Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

September 27, 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. At Cretin-Derham Hall, we celebrated last week during Community Time on Friday, September 24. 

The Hispanic Heritage month was organized by a group of students working with Crystal Flint, our Student Advocate. 

The ceremony opened with a prayer sung by Señor Lombardi and his Spanish V class. Then, Maria Zago '22 gave a presentation on the Bilinguial Education Movement prepared by Adamari Vargas-Jimenez '23.

Dance group Los Alegres Bailadores, which includes Jazmin Glaser Kelly '08, performed.

Then, a group of students shared a skit on the importance of not pre-judging people that you meet. They also shared a slideshow of CDH students/faculty/staff with Hispanic roots, to show the diversity of people with Hispanic heritage. 

Señora Quesada Cerdas closed the event with a poem reading. 

Our next Heritage event will be the Native American Heritage Celebration on November 19.