Posts Tagged ‘ spanish ’

Ms. Emily Pan’s advisory, raised one hundred dollars, the Weit advisory, twenty dollars, and the Higashide advisory, twenty dollars and counting. All this money, for only one country! On January 13, 2010, Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 quake. Sophomores at our school are raising money to help the people of Read More »

With part one of the exchange finished, 17 eager students, along with English teacher Ms. Heather Prevosti, Spanish teacher Ms. Violetta Suroweic, and Math teacher, Ms. Ho-Ling Lo, embarked on their journey to Winterthur, Switzerland. Similar to the school’s past two exchanges, students on this exchange lived with a host Swiss student and his/her family Read More »

Day of the Dead altar set up oustide the Spanish classrooms. Since when is death celebrated and seen as a joke? Every year on the day after Halloween, the Spanish culture celebrates the return of dead people’s spirits. This holiday became widely known as Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). “Students build an Read More »

Spanish club students decorate for El Dia de Los Muertos-Day of the Dead. Hola! Como estas? Bien. Y tú? Konnichiwa. Hello! How are you? Good. And you? Spanish and Japanese, to many people, is a first or second language used either in their home or at school. A vibrant club last year, Japanese, will be Read More »

Mrs. Vendra standing on the Great Wall of China “It was one of the most amazing and meaningful experiences of my life,” said Spanish teacher Ms. Violetta Surowiec who spent a month this summer in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, where she volunteered for L.I.F.E, an organization that works with children in the poorest Read More »

Searching the Internet for interesting facts about Switzerland, this reporter found and adapted facts about the Swiss. You know you’re Swiss if… …you get frustrated if you go grocery shopping abroad and there aren’t at least 10 different varieties of chocolate and 15 kinds of cheese available. When shopping in Switzerland there are always at Read More »

What is racism? How do people learn to gain a sense of identity? And why are some pushed away because of their ethnic background? These are some questions many people ask that can not always be answered. Fortunately, Ms. Violetta Surowiec took her Spanish Four class to see “La Gringa,” a play that shows the Read More »