Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated nationwide and begins on September 15, 2010, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico achieved independence on September 16th and Chile on September 18th. Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the United States since 1974, when President Gerald Ford issued a Presidential Proclamation extending Hispanic Heritage Week into a month-long observation.
With so many countries sharing the same holiday, it can be quite confusing to answer the following question:
Who is Hispanic?
The word 'Hispanic' is actually a cultural or ethnic term. There is no single Hispanic nationality. Hispanics come from many races. Hispanic bloodlines include Mayan, Aztec, Spanish, Mexican, and many others. The Hispanic classification draws from more than 20 nations!
The United States Census Bureau classifies Hispanics as Americans who trace their ancestry to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America, the Dominican Republic and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race. The Bureau excludes people from countries where Spanish is not the primary language spoken--such as Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Belize and Portugal.
We would like the students at OCS to celebrate this occasion by having a dance where we will feature bi-lingual singers such as Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, etc. This dance will be on Friday September 24th.
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