Garden Hills Elementary School; Tuesday May 3, 2016 11:30am. Garden Hills International Travelers Week, "Travel to Mexico" the week of May 2nd through May 6th. Student will learn traditions, cultures, and history of the people of Mexico by making art, eating traditional foods, and experiencing performance art. Students decorated the halls of the school with art.

Liz Cardenas, left, and her husband, Antonio Rodriguez, demonstrate Mexican dances at Garden Hills Elementary on May 3 as a part of the school’s “International Travelers Week” program.

Photos by Phil Mosier

Garden Hills Elementary School; Tuesday May 3, 2016 11:30am. Garden Hills International Travelers Week, "Travel to Mexico" the week of May 2nd through May 6th. Student will learn traditions, cultures, and history of the people of Mexico by making art, eating traditional foods, and experiencing performance art. Students decorated the halls of the school with art.

Left to right, third graders Vianca Moreno, Annie Neufield and Jannath Jamal react as their classmates learn a Mexican dance.

Garden Hills Elementary School; Tuesday May 3, 2016 11:30am. Garden Hills International Travelers Week, "Travel to Mexico" the week of May 2nd through May 6th. Student will learn traditions, cultures, and history of the people of Mexico by making art, eating traditional foods, and experiencing performance art. Students decorated the halls of the school with art.
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Second graders Daniel Vazquez, left, and Camila Miranda work on art projects to create Mayan two-headed serpents

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