Spanish Club

Spanish Club is a one of Hempstead’s world language clubs that functions to further students’ cultural awareness and appreciation of Spanish. We work throughout the year to provide a wide range of cultural and language experiences. At school, we participate in culinary workshops and plan Hispanic meals at local restaurants to practice speaking Spanish with the staff and each other.  We participate in the Homecoming parade each year and incorporate a cultural perspective to the school theme. We offer a student designed t-shirt and other clothing items to wear in support of their club membership.   We have also offered salsa dancing lessons and movies in Spanish.

Trips we have planned include traveling to Chicago to visit the National Museum of Mexican Art to see exhibits for the Day of the Dead, visiting the shops in the Pilsen neighborhood, participating in a mural walk to learn art history, and eating in an authentic Mexican restaurant. In the past we have attended the Hispanic Cultural Ballet to see different dances from the Latin world and provided the ultimate field trip experience of travel to a Spanish speaking country such as Mexico, Spain, and Costa Rica.  In order to help our members take advantage of these learning opportunities and trips, we conduct fundraising events throughout the year.