Starting September 15, many Hispanic students started celebrating their heritage and cultures. OLA Club members had this in mind and organized some activities for the Hispanic community to enjoy. 

Senior Vielka Corrales, OLA Club social media manager, posted a “spirit week” from September 15 to 19 on their Instagram account, @olaclub.sms. It showcased fun themes such as “Sports Day” (Monday), “College Day”(Tuesday), “Twin Day”(Wednesday), “PJ Day”(Thursday), and “Quince Wear”(Friday). 

Some days were related to a Hispanic tradition such as Wednesday’s theme “Café con Pan”. The english translation, which is “Coffee with bread” refers to a very typical breakfast or mid-day snack for Hispanics. 

According to Corrales, the club leaders did this to have a connection to their culture, but still have it open to all, English and Spanish-speaking students, so everyone can understand and get the meaning behind everything.

 “ We were trying to make it very fun and something our Hispanic Community can connect with, and can be like, ‘oh that’s very much something traditional.’ ” Corrales said.

OLA Club also had an activity where they played a game called “Yo Sabo” during late start on September 18. The game consisted of cards that had pictures of random things with the objective to name the most things displayed on the cards correctly in Spanish.

As Hispanic Heritage Month ended, OLA Club leaders organized another activity during seminar on October 14 to celebrate and acknowledge Hispanic Culture during this month. 

Club president, senior Ashley Ardon, is always looking to improve upon OLA Club through its values and community. 

“It’s really important for me to represent OLA Club and just like the Hispanic Community, especially through everything we go through in school,” Ardon said.

 This is not only targeted to Hispanics 

“So, it’s really important to represent all different cultures, and we definitely do that in OLA Club, like all of our [Hispanic] club members are definitely around people around the world,” Ardon said. 

That mentality and the importance of representing the Hispanic community is what inspired the spirit week, as they wanted to do something new to draw people to the club and spread hispanic culture to more students. 

OLA club is hosting the 3rd annual on March 27 Noche de Baile, the district wide dance night but with all Spanish music and food.