On November 10, families, faculty, and staff—including Lower School Principal Adele Paynter and Upper School Principal Robbie Gross, as well as members of the PA’s Parents of Asian Students—celebrated Diwali with traditional foods, dances, and diyas. Lower Schoolers performed a dandiya, an Indian folk dance. Middle Schoolers reflected on the connections between Diwali and the Quaker values of peace, light, and community. And Upper Schoolers danced an up-tempo bhangra. There was even a master class in dance, in which students, parents, and staff all came together to enjoy the rhythm of the occasion with an expert dholi drummer from Virginia Tech who electrified the crowd. Afterward, everyone feasted on a spread of traditional Indian foods, including a bhel puri station. Finally, the celebration ended with the community lighting dozens of diyas together to symbolize the triumph of light over darkness.