Hispanic heritage FIESTA
Friday, October 2nd - 4:30-7:30pm
Hispanic Heritage month is September 15th - October 15th! Please join us on Friday October 2, from 4:30 to 7:30pm for our Annual Hispanic Heritage Fiesta! This year we’re excited to celebrate and honor Mexico's history, culture, and people during Hispanic Heritage month! Grades will be working together to create booths with decorations, information, and delicious meals (optional) from different regions of Mexico such as Oaxaca, Jalisco, and Distrito Federal! We will also have entertainment, crafts, music, dancing, and more!
This fiesta takes a village! Please join our Fiesta next planning meetings on September 4th, room 7 immediately after the morning assembly! Help us plan this wonderful event! We can’t do it without you!
Sign up below to help represent your grade!
At The Event
The event will be held on campus by the MPR and lunch tables. We invite you explore our Hispanic Heritage Plaza, visit each Mexico region booth, enjoy the crafts and entertainment, and make new friends within our wonderful school community.
Every booth should have:
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3 trifold displays with pictures and descriptions - it's ok to keep this simple! Not only can all event attendees learn about each country, but these displays will be used for our trivia game, where children will hunt down answers for the game.
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Topic: fun facts
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Topic: culture and traditions
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Topic: Unique geography
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Decorations for each booth
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Flag or other back drop
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Optional, physical items/decorations that represent the country
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Booth Food
Providing food for your booth is OPTIONAL and up to each grade. If you decide to bring a dish we ask you please let us know, so that we may add it to the menu! Thank you!
Other Food
Pizza
Churros
Chips and drinks
Free activities
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Trivia: Around Mexico Trivia - This is a fun way to get kids to learn about each region! Children who want to participate will receive a trivia sheet and will have to explore each region’s booth to find the answers. Everytime children fill out a new trivia sheet they enter a drawing to win a prize!
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Free sugar skull face painting
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Have your kids dress up for the occasion to enter a drawing to win a prize!
Crafts $5 wristband:
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Crafts to be decided. With the wristband you can participate in 3 crafts.
Entertainment
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Mariachis
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Folklore dancers
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Chinelos and music courtesy of DJ Nick!
Event Background
In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, which is September 15 - October 15, R.H. Dana students learn about various Hispanic cultures around the world in class. To tie it all together and celebrate, the PTA hosted our 2nd annual Hispanic Heritage Fiesta last year! It was a wonderful event where each grade created a booth with decorations, information and tapas from different Hispanic countries. We had entertainment, crafts, music, dancing, and more. Our goal is celebrate the various Hispanic cultures around the world as well as help create and strengthen our own school community.
Watch a video from last year's event!
We would like to replicate this event, but it requires a team of volunteers to make it happen. Help us kick off the school year right!
