10 Hispanic Heritage Month School Wide Activities

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in your Spanish class is great, but sometimes it’s fun to take the celebration to the whole school and really share history and culture with the student body as a whole! Check out 10 ideas for Hispanic Heritage Month school wide celebrations!

Unfortunately, as teachers we have a lot on our plates. Most of us just don’t have time to cook up plans for a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month school wide! If that’s the case, don’t fret! Pick and choose from these ideas for your student body, or they would even be perfect for your Spanish club! Here are some simple ideas for ways to celebrate in your school:

If you’re looking for lesson plans for Hispanic Heritage Month in your Spanish classroom, check out my post here!

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Ten Hispanic Heritage Month School Wide Activities:

1. Invite your student body to volunteer with members of your community that speak Spanish – or any of these other great activities from Sol Azucar! Partner with local organizations and invite students to volunteer with Spanish speaking community members. This is a great way to connect real world experiences with cultural appreciation. Students can help at events, participate in bilingual story time, or assist with food drives. This activity builds empathy and awareness while putting their Spanish skills to work.
2. Play music during passing periods, before, or after school Not sure where to start with appropriate music? Give them a playlist from one of the past music tournaments to sift through or check out this list of 33 appropriate songs!
3. Plan and host a a Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and hold a “pose”, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the “button” near them. Then students give a short speech about that person’s life. Everything you need to get started can be found here!
4. Organize a Food Truck Day for your students! Partner with local Latinx owned restaurants or food trucks and bring them to campus. If that is not possible, host a tasting event or potluck. Students can research the origin of each dish and share fun facts before sampling. This one is always a hit.
5. Play a movie after school! Check out this list from Spanish Mama for some ideas of titles you could choose!
6. Play trivia- collect guesses in a Google Form, during homeroom, with their first period teacher.
   Here is a set of print and go or post and go trivia questions you can use on a school wide display or to play between classes for a competition.
   You could even share the fast play link from this Boom Card set!

7. School-wide music bracket! Check out this one from Mis Clases Locas for a ready to go resource!
8. Make announcements over the loud-speaker about the accomplishments of famous Hispanics. You could even have your students present information from their printable research poster projects!
9. Make a mural as a class or club, then display prominently – in the cafeteria or atrium would be great. (Option 1 from Kid World Citizen // Option 2 from La Profe Plotts ). You might also try an art project with them!
10. Work with your school media specialist to highlight books and novels that celebrate Hispanic culture! This blog post might be a great place to start as it lists Spanish readers organized by related countries.

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And there you have it. Ten ways to bring Hispanic Heritage Month to life with school wide activities that celebrate, educate, and inspire. Whether you go big with a mural or keep it simple with a song between classes, every little bit helps build a stronger, more inclusive school culture. How are you celebrating this year? Tag me on Instagram or leave a comment with your favorite ideas. I love seeing how other schools create meaningful moments with their Hispanic Heritage Month school wide activities.

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There you have it! Ten ways to hold a school-wide celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! How are you going to recognize it this year?

More on Hispanic Heritage Month

Are you the Spanish club advisor? Check out 7 simple ideas for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with your Spanish club!

If you’re looking for classroom decor ideas, check out this round up of Spanish classroom decor for Hispanic Heritage Month!

Spanish Teacher Tees

If you’re looking for a fun tee to wear during your lessons, check these out! If you’re planning your Hispanic Heritage Month school wide activities and thinking, “Hmm… I need a little teacher flair to go with all this fiesta,” I’ve got you covered. These Spanish teacher tees are the perfect way to show off your love for language, culture, and all things classroom fun. Whether you’re leading a mural project, hosting a music bracket, or just cruising the halls with your cafecito, a good tee makes it all better.