by Emma Helmick

The crowd roared as students were treated to dance battles, history and stories for culture day

The foreign language students usually come together at the end of the semester to create presentations, songs, skits and more as their final project. The shows were during first and second block.

“I love seeing students so excited about something related to foreign language,” Spanish teacher Miss Miranda Filak said. “I think it is uplifting to see such excitement brought to a class that sometimes people might associate with grammar and vocabulary when it is so much more than that.”

Every class had the opportunity to go; it was up to the teachers and if they were willing to take their students or not.

“A big improvement we made this year was more performances,” senior Greta Hagofsky said. “In years past, kids would sometimes do just presentations, but this year we saw a lot more of students partaking in dancing and singing.”

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French and Spanish Students present their projects for the crowd

Photo Courtesy: Kayla Tamer

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Some of the acts changed between the first and second block show, but some are performed twice for the new audience.

TikTok content creator Maddox is Bussin’ not only attended this semester’s Culture Day, but he also participated in a dance battle on stage. His attendance was advertised around the high school and on social media days prior.

“It was a way for us to draw more kids to Culture Day,” Hagofsky said. “We saw a big turn out this year and I think we partially have Maddox to thank for it.”

Maddox came out on stage at the end of the second block show. He danced against seniors Wesley Heverly and Lauryn Swierczynski. The audience voted Maddox as the winner.

“I think that Culture Day was super fun, and it taught me a lot of things about what people in the French and Spanish cultures practice, do in their lives and are accustomed to,” freshman Ava Richards said.

The goal of Culture Day is to allow students to educate their peers about what they have learned throughout the semester. “I hope that it gives all students the opportunity to be exposed to something outside of what they see every day,” Miss Filak said. “Even if it’s just a minute or two of a catchy song in another language, it is always exciting to see students being exposed to something new and different.”