Art & Culture


Día de los Muertos

Each fall, through stories, songs and art, we learn about this holiday which is an important part of Mexican culture and dates back about 3,000 years.

We learned about a holiday important in Mexican culture called "Día de los Muertos" and the students made papel picado.

Here are the basic directions for making papel picado that we followed in class. We used tissue paper but any paper would work.

From the 2023-24 school year:

Comunidad y Herencia Cultural

Celebrating the history, traditions and folklore of Mexico by providing cultural, artistic, and educational programming that considers both heritage and lived experiences. 

We had this amazing local non-profit organization visit Irving for an all-school assembly!

Folkloric Dancers!

Charrería (usually done with a horse) is considered Mexico's national sport!

A charro (Mexican cowboy) showing off his rope tricks!

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Irving students counting in Spanish!

From the 2022-23 school year:

Older grades learned a song to the tune of El Jarabe Tapatío (Mexican Hat Dance) 

to practice counting by 10s.

From the 2021-22 school year:

In some classes, we read a story about Tito Puente, the "King of Latin Jazz." Here he is playing the timbales.

In some classes, we learned a few basic dance steps to La Cumbia.

Some amazing dancers performing Cumbia Norteña.