Stacey Venzel’s fourth grade class and Tricia LoPresti’s fifth grade class at Pine Bush Elementary, along with the help of ENL teacher Tricia Becker, celebrated Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – by making and drinking Mexican hot chocolate.

 

 

After learning the history of the holiday, the students analyzed a recipe that would make five cups of hot chocolate and multiplied the ingredients to figure out how much they would need for 50 cups! The students always have so much fun learning about different cultures.

 

 

 

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday where families and friends gather to pay respects and to remember their family members and friends who have died. It includes food, drink and celebration.