Locust Valley Middle School students in Ms. Adames and Ms. Bressel’s Spanish classes celebrated a belated Cinco de Mayo on May 5.
Inspired by the Disney movie “Encanto,” students decorated maracas and ornaments in vibrant, spring colors and enjoyed crisp platanos. Ms. Adames and Ms. Bressel also taught students about the history behind the annual holiday and how it is not Mexico’s Independence Day, as many believe. Rather, it commemorates The Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, when the outnumbered Mexican army defeated Napoleon’s French forces.