West Islip Students Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Through Music, Art

WEST ISLIP, NY — Students at Udall Road Middle School are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with music, art, trivia and lessons highlighting Hispanic culture and history.

The West Islip Union Free School District is holding a variety of schoolwide activities throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

West Islip Union Free School District

Students are listening to Hispanic music during homeroom, allowing them to experience music from across the Spanish-speaking world. Homerooms are also competing in a weekly Hispanic culture trivia challenge focused on countries, traditions, history, language and notable people.

Students in Kristina Rocco's Spanish classes are helping create a "Together, We Fly" mural featuring cultural terms representing Hispanic identity.

Rocco's students, along with students in Caryn Drezner's world language classes, also completed short biographies highlighting notable Hispanic figures and their contributions to history, the arts, sports, science and other fields.

The activities are designed to celebrate the cultures, histories and contributions of Hispanic communities, according to the district.