North Bellmore Students Celebrate Hispanic-Americans During Hispanic Heritage Month

NORTH BELLMORE, NY – Students at Park Avenue Elementary School learned about notable Hispanic-Americans during Hispanic Heritage Month.

From Sep. 15 to Oct. 15, Principal Dr. Lynn Coyle spoke about a different important person each day during the morning announcements.

Librarian Yvonne Francolini read students a book, “Alma and How She Got Her Name,” which is about a girl with a unique name, teaching the importance of embracing their own names. The girl in the story thought her name was too long, until her dad taught her the meaning behind her name and all the people she is named after.

The students talked about their names and the stories behind each of them. Madison Carabia, a third-grade student, said that her mother told her that the name “Madison” means “princess” in Chinese.

To conclude Hispanic Heritage Month with a hands-on activity, students used LEGOs to spell out their names.

“They’re hearing all these names,” Francolini said in a news release, about the Hispanic-Americans being celebrated during the daily announcements, “so let’s get them thinking about their own names to culminate the month.”