West Seattle schools: Westside celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

October 16, 2016 3:44 pm
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In the final days of Hispanic Heritage Month, which concluded this weekend, Westside School (WSB sponsor) in Arbor Heights held a schoolwide celebration led by middle-schoolers. After an opening presentation, elementary students went to stations around the auditorium and upstairs landing where older students were standing by for mini-presentations, either about a Spanish-speaking country, or a famous person of Hispanic descent. At each station, a visiting student could “press a button: to have the presentation given in either Spanish or English.

Here’s a sixth-grader portraying tour guide Celestina, talking about Equatorial Guinea:

She and other 6th graders gave presentations about history and culture of Spanish-speaking countries, while 7th graders represented current-day people of Hispanic heritage, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor:

sonia

8th graders represented historical figures, including Argentina’s Eva PerĂ³n:

evaperon

The 7th and 8th graders were all prepared with autobiographical presentations about those they portrayed. The students are all learning Spanish with Westside teacher Mary Kratz.

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