Godfrey-Lee — What started as a cloudy morning turned into a sunny day for the Hispanic Heritage Festival at Lee Middle and High School.
This annual event was once again entirely planned and coordinated by a student-run organization, Legendary Leaders. The group, comprised of Lee juniors and seniors, reached out to local businesses and family-run trucks to sell a variety of food.
Local band Grupo Vizta provided lively musical entertainment that got several staff members dancing in the middle of the parking lot. Lee’s student council, robotics club and prom committee were some of the student organizations with tables to sell snow cones, Dubai chocolate covered strawberries and other treats.
Senior Ileana Reyes Cifuentes said celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the Godfrey-Lee community is important because the school is primarily made up of Hispanic students and “we have to show that we do matter.”
Senior Aron Gonzalez Velazquez added, “It’s good to celebrate that we’re Hispanic people and we should all just be here together.”
Junior Arianna Wheeler, who has lived in the district since she was 6, said, “It brings everyone together, allows us to have our safe space and no other school does it like this.”
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