Lafayette Multicultural Week!

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In celebration of Multicultural Week, Lafayette Administration and PTA have some events scheduled for the week, including cooking classes, contortionism presentation, origami class, and a lion dance. Please join us.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (SUPERBOWL SUNDAY)

COOKING LESSONS 

Calling all Food Lovers!  Join us for Lafayette Multicultural Cooking Lesson Zooms for Multicultural Week! Prepare some Superbowl snacks in the morning, eat during game time!

Wontons

10:30 AM - 12:00PM:  Wonton making (so wontons can be eaten for lunch!) with Lafayette Parents Wynnie Wong and Karen Chow

Ingredients needed:

Pork Wontons

  • 8 dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 lb ground pork (20-30% fat)
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 ½ tbsp cornstarch
  • ½ - ⅔ tbsp white pepper
  • 1 tbsp yellow wine or rice wine
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp water or more to achieve the consistency
  • 12 oz shrimp (no shells)
  • Chicken broth
  • 1 package wonton wrappers
  • 1 egg and water (to seal wrappers

Soak dried shiitake mushrooms at least 6 hours ahead of time.

Vegetarian Wontons

  • 1/2 cup firm tofu (mashed)
  • 1 green onion (diced)
  • 4 water chestnuts (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons carrot (shredded)
  • 1 bok choy leaf (shredded)
  • 1 egg (lightly beaten)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pinch pepper
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ginger (minced)
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 45 wonton wrappers (or as needed)
  • 3 to 4 cups oil (for deep-frying, as needed)
  • Hoisin or soy sauce (for dipping, as needed)

Zoom URL: Wonton Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 940 2028 7588

Passcode: 212183

Hammentaschen

1:00 - 2:00 PM:  Hammentaschen making (so cookies for afternoon tea and/or Superbowl!) with Lafayette Parent Hallie Albert

Ingredients needed:

4 eggs

1 cup oil

1 ¼ cups sugar

3 teaspoons baking powder

5 ½ - 6 cups flour

1-2 small jars filling (apricot, prune or cherry preserves, poppy seed filling, etc.)

 

Zoom URL: Hammentaschen Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 922 4682 8154

Passcode: 485666

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 - MULTICULTURAL NIGHT

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Zoom URL: Multicultural Night Zoom Link

 

Contortionism with Lafayette Parent Serchmaa Byamba

Serchmaa from the Mongolian Contortion Center will present contortion acts. 

Year of the Ox origami with Ms. Tong

In celebration of Year of the Ox, come make an origami ox with Ms. Tong. Origami paper can be picked up from school on Friday, February 5.

Lion Dance: Ming Jo Athletic Association

Lion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. Today’s performance will be brought to you by [enter dance group name here]

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

LUNAR NEW YEAR: BOOK READING & ART ACTIVITY

10:00am - 11:00am

Join Ms. Chue, Lafayette 1st grade teacher, as she reads a story about Lunar New Year and leads the students in making a Year of the Ox origami envelope or bookmark.

Supplies needed:

  • 1 Sheet of white paper
  • Markers
  • Color paper scraps are optional.

Zoom URL: https://sfusd.zoom.us/j/86304854549

Meeting ID: 863 0485 4549

 

Pan de Yuca 

2:00 - 3:00 PM: Cooking Lesson with Lafayette Parent Danny Montoya

Ingredients needed:

1 cup tapioca flour

2 cups queso fresco

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

2 eggs

 

Zoom URL: Pan de Yuca Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 949 8420 1592

Passcode: 298488