Cinco de mayo

Many people think that Cinco de mayo is Mexican Independence Day, but that isn't what will be celebrated this coming Wednesday. Cinco de mayo celebrates Mexico's victory over France in The Battle of Puebla, a small town not far from Mexico City. The battle took place in 1862 after France sent Maximilian of Austria to rule in Mexico because Mexico owed money to several European countries.

Click on these links to learn more about this holiday that celebrates less than 5,000 Mexican soldiers winning a battle against more than 6,000 French soldiers.

http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

Way to go!!!

You've probably heard about the Ride Janie Ride fundraiser in which the schools in our district are participating. Our students have done an AMAZING job raising money for this worthy cause. For the last two weeks the students have been going around their neighborhoods, getting permission to stand outside of businesses, talking to people in their churches and making and selling duct tape pens to raise money.

I am really proud of the initiative and the drive that the students have displayed in their efforts to raise money. I don't think that anyone imagined that we would raise as much money as we have. Great job you guys!!

Visit the Ride Janie Ride website for more information. http://www.ridejanieride.org/

Travel delays

The Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland erupted on March 20 after last erupting from 1821-1823. It began erupting again on Wednesday and the ash that is coming from the volcano is complicating air travel in much of Europe. Many countries closed their airspace Countries like Romania, Switzerland, Hungary England, Ireland and Poland have closed much or all of their airspace and cancelled flights until Saturday. Northern European countries are expected to reopen airspace as the ash moves south, but this will cause problems for countries to the south. Click on this link to read a complete article about the effect on air (and train) travel that the volcanic ash is having.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8623534.stm

¿Sabes las respuestas?

Did you know the answers to last week's trivia questions? Here they are:

San José is the capital of what country? Costa Rica
Santo Domingo is the capital of what country? La República Dominicana
What is the capital of Nicaragua? Managua
What is the capital of Perú? Lima

Countries & Capitals

Today our trivia questions were about countries and capitals. How well do you know your capitals of Spanish speaking countries?

• San José is the capital of what country?
• Santo Domingo is the capital of what country?
• What is the capital of Nicaragua?
• What is the capital of Perú?