Over 150 high school students from 10 urban and rural schools around Raider Country participated in Spanish Immersion Day at Wright State University.<\/p>\n
Students joined Wright State students, faculty and staff for a day of activities and interactive workshops on Mexican culture on Oct. 29 in the Student Union.<\/p>\n
\u201cI brought my Spanish 4 kids because it\u2019s so wonderful when you can take them out of the classroom and they can use their Spanish in the real world,\u201d said Sarah Ross, a 2003 Wright State graduate who teaches Spanish at New Bremen High School.<\/p>\n
Over 60 Wright State students majoring in Spanish led the high schoolers on a tour of the Student Union speaking only in Spanish.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a little intimidating, said Eli Capasso, a senior history major and tour leader. \u201cI\u2019m also learning Spanish as well so I\u2019m trying to talk continuously for 20 minutes in a second language.\u201d<\/p>\n
The high school students also participated in a trivia contest, Altar of the Dead and a game of Loteria led by students from Wright State\u2019s Latino Center<\/a>. Lunch was provided in the Apollo Room with raffle prizes and live Mexican music.<\/p>\n \u201cI like that my students are hearing all kinds of different Spanish and accents from professors from different places and then seeing that they\u2019re not just on an isolated little bubble, there are students everywhere on this same learning journey and we can all celebrate that journey today,\u201d said Ross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local high school students joined Wright State students, faculty and staff for a day of activities and interactive workshops on Mexican culture during Spanish Immersion Day. Continue reading