Sasebo students celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month
By Greg Tyler, Sasebo
bureau chief
Greg Tyler / Stars and Stripes
Mexico native Nina Toomer, left, and Amanda Sanchez, 12, a seventh-grader from
Puerto Rico, wear outfits indicative of of those cultures at the Ernest J. King School's
Hispanic Awareness Program at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan. |
Teachers and students at Sasebo Naval Base’s Ernest J. King
School learned about Hispanic countries and celebrated their culture through the
school’s Hispanic Awareness Program last week.
October is Hispanic Heritage Month.
Students made maps, posters, flags and brochures for Hispanic
countries to display around the school. The school’s Spanish students offered
informative presentations on several locales, including Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
About 300 people visited the school’s gymnasium to see the
presentations and visit stations around the gym. One station included a variety of
Hispanic foods, another featured dancing and others highlighted cultural games and
storytelling.
Individuals and organizations throughout the base worked together on
the event, including the Parent Teacher Organization and the Morale, Welfare and
Recreation department. Parents, teachers, students and military volunteers prepared the
food.
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