How Guadalupe Elementary School is Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month

Guadalupe Elementary staff, parents, and students wearing traditional costumes from El Salvador and holding up the El Salvador flag.

This month, SFUSD joins the nation in celebrating Latinx Heritage Month. Guadalupe Elementary School, which has a Spanish biliteracy program, is hosting unique celebrations. They kicked off the month by hosting a Mariachi performance and a panel discussion featuring Latinx community leaders. 

The school is continuing to celebrate Latinx heritage throughout the month with morning assemblies highlighting different Spanish-speaking countries. At the morning assembly featuring El Salvador and Honduras, the community wore traditional costumes, shared a presentation about the flags and traditional foods, and enjoyed a dance to traditional Honduran music.

The Guadalupe Elementary School community talks about traditional food from El Salvador and Honduras.

Other countries that will be represented in the morning assemblies for the month include Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela, with the last morning assembly featuring other countries.

Guadalupe Elementary community members enjoyed dancing and listening to traditional music from Honduras.