ORANGE PARK \u2013 Kindergarten students at Montclair Elementary learned the true meaning of culture and community on Tuesday as they\u00a0were presented with\u00a0special gifts\u00a0to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orange Park High\u00a0Spanish and Spanish Honor Society\u00a0(\u201cVoces Valientes\u201d)\u00a0students stopped by the school to distribute special pi\u00f1atas in honor of the holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orange Park High\u00a0Foreign Language\u00a0Teacher July Zachary said the annual project, involving 100 of her students,\u00a0goes\u00a0far\u00a0beyond a\u00a0fun craft. She said it\u00a0allows\u00a0students of all ages to deepen their understanding\u00a0of\u00a0culture\u00a0and history\u00a0within\u00a0a\u00a0community.\u00a0<\/p>\n
May 5 commemorates the day that Mexico won the Battle of Puebla in 1862, gaining victory over the Second French Empire. The day is a symbol of national pride and success.\u00a0Often misunderstood, junior Avery Schaefer said\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0important to not let the real message get lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0really\u00a0the\u00a0fight.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0really what is important,\u201d\u00a0she said. \u201cThe fight that they\u2019ve won that was really difficult for them.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA community is definitely a big part of it,\u201d added senior\u00a0Adrihan\u00a0Marty. \u201cAnd keeping the knowledge going of what it actually means so it\u2019s not misinterpreted in the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pi\u00f1atas\u00a0are often recognized as one of the country\u2019s most popular traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each pinata was hand-crafted by students,\u00a0who designed,\u00a0decorated and filled them with candy\u2014a way to celebrate Mexico\u2019s cultural impact and spread joy to young children in the community.\u00a0The students practiced speaking Spanish with the children and shared some insight on the anniversary and its importance\u2014leaving a message of honor and cultural joy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of us are seniors, too. And\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0be leaving high school, going on with our lives,\u201d said senior Heily Davila. \u201cAnd it\u2019s heartwarming to see that we\u2019re leaving this message\u00a0for the little ones.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE PARK \u2013 Kindergarten students at Montclair Elementary learned the true meaning of culture and community on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3496,3487,3495,3498,3488,3493,116,118,117,3492,3494,3499,3490,3489,3497,3491],"class_list":["post-261847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-argyle","tag-clay-county","tag-doctors-inlet","tag-eagle-harbor","tag-fleming-island","tag-green-cove-springs","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-keystone-heights","tag-lake-asbury","tag-margaret","tag-middleburg","tag-orange-park","tag-pace-island","tag-penney-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}