Edgewood News

Edgewood's Ofrenda

by Claire Mezan De Malartic and Grace Mialkowski

Día de los Muertos is a holiday with beautiful symbols and traditions. It is a time to remember loved ones who passed on. The holiday is about honoring of loved ones.

This is the first year we are celebrating it in Edgewood. 4th graders were studying about Día de los Muertos in Spanish, and in the library there is a big altar called an Ofrenda where the teachers, aides, and 4th graders brought pictures of their loved ones. Ms. Giustino, Mr. Fitz, Mr. Tomizawa & Sra. Rodriguez are all working on teaching songs, history and why we celebrate to more and more kids so that everyone knows about this very important holiday!!! In art the 4th graders made calaveras. In music learned the popular chant called "El Relój de la Calavera" in music class.

Two very important foods are hot chocolate and pan de muerto. Pan de muerto in English is called the bread of the dead. The reason why it's called that is because it represents the spirits of the dead. The owner of Flor de Jalisco in Port Chester brought in hot chocolate and pan de muerto for the adults at Edgewood to try.

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this was so cool😁😁😁
Leila
December 10, 2024
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Great job, Claire and Grace M!
Jessy
November 24, 2024
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This is a wonderful article. Grace and Claire did an outstanding job.
Grammy Jeanette
November 22, 2024
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This article took me and Grace a hard 2 weeks but it was worth it!!!
Claire
November 18, 2024
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Great article! I love it!
Grace L
November 15, 2024
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It was really fun making this article with Claire 🙂
Grace M
November 15, 2024
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Love the article! It's amazing!
Mia T
November 13, 2024
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its a really good article!!!!!!!!!
Grace
November 13, 2024
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good project
masaki
November 13, 2024
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What an interesting project! It was really fun looking at all the photos in the library. It must be fun to be studying all this in 4th grade and then get to see it put together in the hallway and library. Excellent job with the article, Claire and Grace!!
Mr. Cadalzo
November 13, 2024
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good project
philip
November 13, 2024