Día de Los Muertos
Day of the Dead
Spanish language instruction includes so much more than just vocabulary. Students also get immersed in other cultures and traditions. This year, students celebrated Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) by creating an altar with individually decorated boxes honoring friends, family members, or pets.
Día de los Muertos is celebrated on November 1 and 2 in México. These two days, families get together to remember and celebrate people that are no longer with us. The tradition involves making an ofrenda or an altar with pictures, marigolds, candles, sugar skulls, and the favorite food of the person we are remembering.
Morganton Day School 3rd graders demonstrated their open-mindedness and appreciation of other cultures and celebrated the tradition at school. Each student created their own version of the altar in a shoebox.
Adding to the alter, 4th-grade students showed their creativity by making alebrijes out of paper. The alebrijes are “spirit animals” that guide the spirits of ancestors on their journey.
