Groesbeck ISD celebrates Hispanic Heritage

Hispanic Heritage Festival At A Glance

Photos by Alexandra Cannon, Contributor to the Journal

Students who participate in Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) made seven varieties of salsa for guests to sample, from Strawberry Mango Salsa, to Chunky Cucumber Salsa, and Elote Corn Salsa, also providing a ballot for taste testers to vote for their favorite kind before the Hispanic Heritage Festival came to an end on Thursday, Oct. 12.

 Chips and salsa or queso make the perfect starter for meals at your favorite Mexican or Latino restaurants, and the appetizer could not be left out of the Hispanic Heritage Festival put on by Groesbeck ISD on Thursday, Oct. 12, with an estimated 300 guests attending.

Spicy and salty snacks (with Valentina or other varieties of hot sauce drizzled on top) are popular with people of all ages, and were offered to guests of the Hispanic Heritage Festival on Thursday, Oct. 12, with GISD students and staff serving.

Two craft stations were set up in the Enge-Washington Intermediate gym for the Hispanic Heritage Festival on Thursday, Oct. 12, offering coloring pages, stickers, colorful tissue paper and other materials for children of all ages to create masterpieces to take home.

Children attending GISD’s Hispanic Heritage Festival on Thursday, Oct. 12 were especially excited to take a swing at the colorful, candy-filled pinata, after being spun around a few times to make the activity more challenging. 

A majority of Groesbeck’s second grade students attended the Hispanic Heritage Festival at Enge-Washington on Thursday, Oct. 12, singing songs and performing choreographed dances to a variety of songs in Spanish to an adoring audience.

16 students from Groesbeck High School’s Spanish classes were dressed to the “nueves” to perform a traditional Spanish dance for the attendees of the Hispanic Heritage Festival at Enge-Washington on Thursday, Oct. 12.