By McLean Grimes
Staff Writer
On Oct. 27, Costa’s Latino Scholars Union (LSU)hosted an assembly to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
The assembly aimed to spotlight Hispanic Heritage Month and Costa’s Hispanic community. The first part of the assembly consisted of a video, while the second part took place in the quad and featured crafts, food, games and other activities that highlighted elements of Hispanic culture.
“One of our main goals was to show that although Hispanics are one large community, we do have smaller communities within, depending on our country of origin,” said junior Natalia Herrera, co-president of Latino Scholars Union.
The Latino Scholars Union is a club at Costa that was responsible for organizing the Hispanic heritage assembly. The club aims to share Hispanic culture with Costa’s students and staff and provide a safe place for people of color. Costa Spanish teacher Sandra Martinez is the club’s advisor and oversees all the club’s activities.
“We had a lot of help from Mrs. Martinez, our club advisor, and other club members who happily volunteered,” Herrera said. “Mrs. Martinez really put a lot of time into the assembly, often staying during her free periods to help Dayana [Horta, co-president of LSU] and I plan everything. We are really grateful for her.”
The assembly video included slides that featured different members of the Hispanic community at Costa, including information about their lives and influence on others.
“For the video, we conducted interviews and made a slide show presentation,” Herrera said. “[Junior] Dean Spurgeon did an amazing job with the interviews, and [junior] Sean Kim and [sophomore] Gabriella Fish did a great job editing.”
The second part of the assembly allowed Costa students to participate in a game of Lotería (bingo), make crafts such as tissue flowers and Ojo de Dios (a yarn design), and listen to a mariachi band play music. Tacos and empanadas were also sold by the cafeteria.
“The food was one of my favorite parts of the assembly,” sophomore Sophia Howard said. “I bought a taco and got to taste the other foods, and everything was so good. I also got to listen to mariachi music while I ate.”
The assembly was put together in two weeks by LSU. According to Herrera, the event was successful despite the limited time there was to organize it.
“The assembly was definitely a success, and we are very proud of how it turned out,” Herrera said.
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