Shawmut Elementary college students have a good time Hispanic heritage
Revealed 8:30 am Saturday, October 21, 2023
College students at Bob Harding Shawmut Elementary College celebrated Hispanic Heritage Day with multicultural meals and a passport exercise to present illustration for the rising inhabitants of Hispanic households within the district.
Mother and father introduced in meals like tacos and empanadas to symbolize completely different Hispanic international locations.
College students ready at school by researching completely different Spanish-speaking and Latin American international locations. At every “nation” station, pupil ambassadors introduced details concerning the nation’s local weather, tradition and meals to their classmates who then bought stickers for his or her passports.
The international locations represented throughout the occasion had been Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela and Guatemala.
Chambers County College District Superintendent Dr. Casey Chambley stated there was a rise in Hispanic households within the county.
BHS Bilingual Parapro William Meeks organized the day as a manner of giving the college’s ELL a highlight and bringing Hispanic households into the college group.
Meeks stated though they’re vibrant, lots of the ELL college students are at various ranges of English fluency and have to begin from the bottom up. His aim for this system was to construct college students’ confidence and consciousness of range.
“We’re getting and we’ll proceed to get extra Hispanic children and households on this space, and we have to discover methods to convey them in and welcome them and incorporate them into our group,” Meeks stated.
Many dad and mom had been joyful to get entangled with their youngsters’s college and herald conventional meals to symbolize completely different cultures.
Chambley stated this system showcased the development that many English language learners have made. This system additionally gave them an opportunity to take a management position with their classmates.
