Tag: Spanish

October 24, 2025
Beautiful Screen Printing in Honor of Dia de los Muertos
Using patience, precision, and a little experimentation, middle school students in the bilingual Spanish class participated in a screen printing art project inspired by Día de los Muertos. Alejandra Rubio, a local San Francisco based Latina artist, worked with the…
November 4, 2024
Celebrating Dia de los Muertos
Bright pops of color and meaningful conversations about how we honor our ancestors sprang up throughout our campuses as students celebrated Día de los Muertos! Spanish faculty and students built ofrendas in our libraries with offerings of papel picado, candles,…
March 6, 2024
Bay Area Latin Restaurants: Student Favorites
Spanish teacher Tanya loves using food to give her bilingual students a window into the incredible diversity of Latin cultures! To showcase the culinary richness found across Latin America, including Afro-Latin and Peruvian Nikkei, Bilingual 5th and 6th graders made a website…
November 3, 2023
Honoring Dia de los Muertos
In honor of Día de los Muertos, students built ofrendas on each campus to prepare for the November 1st and 2nd celebration. In many villages in Mexico, beautiful altars (ofrendas) are decorated with candles, flowers, wild marigolds (cempasúchil), mounds of…
October 17, 2023
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, our middle school Spanish students collaborated on a mural made of Spanish speaking countries' flags shaping huge wings. We love seeing our Latinx community members and allies standing proud below the words "Orgullo Latinx" (Latinx…
September 19, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month at PS
Check out the beautiful door that our elementary Spanish students, led by Maestra María, decorated in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month! Celebrated from September 15 to October 15 in the United States, this month recognizes the contributions and influence of…
March 14, 2023
Summer Program Spotlight: Speak Spanish and Cook!
Check out our brand new Avis programs like Speak Spanish & Cook with Avis’ very own Isabel Bustillos! Students will cook their way through Latin America while strengthening their Spanish language skills and chowing down on their tasty creations during…
January 20, 2023
Master Piñata Maker René!
Did you know that our facilities crew member René is a master piñata maker? Our Bilingual Spanish students were lucky to have him as a recent guest speaker in class, where he explained the significance of the "conos" in the…