Hispanic Heritage Month Quiz

La Esperanza students read facts about famous Hispanic Americans this month over the school announcements.  We also had a contest to see which homeroom could come up with the most answers correct to the following quiz.  Our winners were Mrs. Popow's class and Mr. Capalbo's class.

  There are now more people in the United States FROM this place than are living there.

a. Mexico

b. Puerto Rico

c. El Salvador

d. Nicaragua

 _______________________________________________________________________________________________

2.  What proportion of Catholics in the United States is Hispanic?

a. Half

b. A third

c. A quarter

d. One in five

_______________________________________________________________________

3.  In preparation for elections, advocacy groups have recently reported a high level of concern among Hispanics about:

a. Taxes

b. The environment

c. Transportation

d. Defense

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

4. About how many U.S. public school students are Hispanic? 

a. 10 percent

b. 15 percent

c. 20 percent

d. 25 percent

Love FISCHER

 

Profe Finaldi's classes show off their PINK to raise breast cancer awareness and give assistnance English teacher, Mrs. Fischer, who is currently in treatment.

period 1, Spanish II Upper College

 

period 2, Spanish V Honors 

period 3, Spanish II Upper College



                                                                         period 3, again!

period 8, Spanish II Upper College

Pilsen Trip with EPIA

 

Profe Finaldi started the day in her classroom, teaching the students a little bit about the history of the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago.  We took a bus to the Mexican Art Museum and looked around.  Then we got into groups of four or five students, making sure each group had some JCA members and some EPIA members, and we had a scavenger hunt for items that could be found in the many murals. 

 

Following that, we had a typical Mexican lunch in a typical Mexican restaurant, which happens to be owned by the family of Oscar Reyna, who accompanied us on this excursion.  

 

 

 Teachers Rosa and Pilar search for murals.

Chicago Trip with EPIA

 

 

Several JCA students, along with Profe Finaldi and our 23 guests from Escola Pia Vilanova, took a bus tour of downtown Chicago.  We had beautiful weather to travel to the top of the John Hancock, stroll around Millennium Park, grab a bite to eat at Navy Pier, and much more.