Spanish on the Menu!

by: Chloe Taylor, class of 2026

Spanish 3 and 4 students with our teacher, Sra. Grate

Authentic street style tacos

¡Hola! As a celebration of the school year coming to a close, Spanish 3 and 4 visited La Coronilla. La Coronilla is a Mexican restaurant that serves authentic Mexican cuisine, and with its colorful banners and unique decorations, makes you feel like you’ve stepped into Mexico! With the menu being entirely in Spanish, it gave us the opportunity to practice our Spanish-speaking skills. Along with beef and chicken street tacos, enchiladas, and tamales, they offer lengua (tongue) and gripe! We were brave enough to try the gripe tacos, and they weren’t half bad! We enjoyed practicing our Spanish trying interesting Mexican dishes, and spending time together before the summer!

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Paraguay's Itaipu Dam

by: Sra. Melissa Harris, elementary Spanish teacher

¡Hola! Once a month, we have culture week in Spanish class. The students look forward to it, and they treat it like Christmas, always asking me every week how close it is. We learn about a different Spanish speaking country to bring a "why" to learning Spanish. This week we studied Paraguay. Paraguay is a unique little country where they have two national languages: Spanish and Guaraní. On the border of Brazil and Paraguay runs the Paraná River, which is the source for a large hydroelectric dam called the Itaipu Dam. The Itaipu Dam is the largest source of hydroelectric power in the world in terms of its electrical energy output. Because of this, over 90% of Paraguay's power comes from hydroelectricity. That's a lot of clean energy! The students had the opportunity to construct their own dam using Legos and test its ability to direct water and control the force of the water. We saw lots of successes, and they were all so creative! Buen trabajo, estudiantes.