Creating "Cultural Oneness"

     Using music to show how we are all connected is how Mr. Jason Gonzalez, Theology, described the unique opportunity our students have after school twice a week. 

     Guest percussionist Cecilio Negron Jr. is teaching Afro-Caribbean Drumming and Dennis Allan Alvarado Lopez is showing students how to be Latin dancers. 

     Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Suzanne Welsh, Latino Support, and Ms. Jamie Kramer, Spanish, came together to arrange this cultural enrichment through the Milwaukee Public Theater.

     The students will be using their new musical skills as part of the next month's assembly in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15).

     Mr. Gonzalez said the students are experiencing how the arts can show that all races are connected and blend into a "cultural oneness." That connection promotes tolerance, social justice, and peace.