Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

Published 10:41 am Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Students got to hit a piñata filled with candy in Laura Hillman’s first-grade classroom during Cinco de Mayo festivities Tuesday at Lakeview Elementary School. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

Lakeview students get taste of culture

Between three classrooms and the school’s library, students learned Spanish through reading, practiced a hat dance, hit a piñata and tried different Mexican dishes. The festivities lasted for about an hour and showed the students different aspects of Mexican culture. Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico that honors the country’s military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III.

: Students got to hit a piñata filled with candy in Laura Hillman’s first-grade classroom during Cinco de Mayo festivities Tuesday at Lakeview Elementary School. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

: First-grade students learn a hat dance in Laura Hillman’s classroom during Cinco de Mayo festivities Tuesday at Lakeview Elementary School. – Colleen Harrisson/Albert Lea Tribune

: First-grade paraeducator Twyla Larson helps dish out different Mexican foods to students in Michelle Kluender’s classroom Tuesday during Cinco de Mayo festivities at Lakeview Elementary School. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

: Success coach Juan Lopez reads a book in Spanish to students in Nichole Brownlee’s first-grade classroom to help them learn the language during Cinco de Mayo festivities Tuesday at Lakeview Elementary School. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

: First-grade students shake maracas, clap and dance along to the hat dance in Laura Hillman’s classroom during Cinco de Mayo festivities Tuesday at Lakeview Elementary School. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune