Spanish Ambassadors at WES

Do you know how to say “anteater” in Spanish? Could you identify a lapiz in the classroom? How about making a flower out of three pieces of tissue paper, or cheering on your teammates in Spanish as they play fútbol? These are some of the things that WUHSMS Spanish Club and Language Ambassadors led Woodstock Elementary School students in during a field trip last Monday. 

Picture Above: Spanish Club students got together during ARE time to design and create their activities. Ninth grade students Lindsey St. Cyr, Kara Pomeroy, Addison Tapley, Betta Cirovic and Alaythia Lockhart created a vocabulary relay. They taught students about rainforest animals and students had to race to match the Spanish name for each animal with its picture on the other side of the room.

​Hannah McComb and Ruth Stallard teamed up to lead a classroom scavenger hunt where students had to find the objects on each Spanish vocabulary card that they found.

Georgia Pimentel and Sophie Hendee taught students how to create tissue paper flowers. These are popular decorations for many holidays, especially in Latin America. 

Students making tissue paper flowers

In addition, seniors Jane Stout and Aidan Keough-Vella took charge of the fútbol game. Soccer is the most widely played sport in Spanish-speaking countries, and WES students can now cheer in Spanish at their own games.