{"id":114743,"date":"2023-02-14T00:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=114743"},"modified":"2023-02-14T00:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:15:28","slug":"roanoke-elementary-event-takes-students-around-the-world-at-multicultural-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2023\/02\/114743\/roanoke-elementary-event-takes-students-around-the-world-at-multicultural-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Roanoke Elementary event takes students &#8216;around the world&#8217; at multicultural event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dozens of students from the Roanoke Avenue Elementary School grabbed their passports last Thursday night and went \u201caround the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and their families set up tables in the school cafeteria to represent their respective countries, some decorated with colorful embroidery and jewelry, and home-cooked food from their cultures for classmates and members of the school community to sample.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students were given a \u201cpaper passport,\u201d which got stamped at each country they \u201cvisited.\u201d Among the countries represented were Poland, El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, Ukraine, U.S.A., Honduras and the Republic of Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-114747\" data-id=\"114747\" src=\"http:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3\/files\/0D9A9914-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172700\/0D9A9914-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172700\/0D9A9914-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172700\/0D9A9914-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172700\/0D9A9914.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The event featured a performance by the Mariachi Juvenil band. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-114746\" data-id=\"114746\" src=\"http:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3\/files\/0D9A9885-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172701\/0D9A9885-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172701\/0D9A9885-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172701\/0D9A9885-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172701\/0D9A9885.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">PTO president Paul Pettersen with Maria Vargas of Guatemala, who prepared a traditional soup. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-114745\" data-id=\"114745\" src=\"http:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3\/files\/0D9A9874-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9874-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9874-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9874-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9874.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There were pierogis from Poland \u2014 dumplings made from wrapped unleavened dough around a savory or sweet filling. There were pupusas from El Salvador \u2014 a thick griddle cake that can be stuffed with cheese, beans and various meats from El Salvador, as well as sweet and sour meatballs from the U.S.A and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday night\u2019s event \u2014 which had about 80 community members in attendance \u2014 featured a table for Ukraine hosted by Iryna Strochenko, Oleksii Arkhypenko and their daughter, Alisa Arkhypenko a student at Roanoke. They participated in the event for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table was covered in children\u2019s books in Ukranian, hand-made accessories, Ukranian folk clothing and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important for me to show not only the beauty of the country but also the tragedy that our Ukrainian people are going through now,\u201d Ms. Strochenko said, referring to the war that has been raging between Ukraine and Russia since last February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-114749\" data-id=\"114749\" src=\"http:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3\/files\/0D9A9941-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172659\/0D9A9941-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172659\/0D9A9941-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172659\/0D9A9941-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172659\/0D9A9941.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Iryna Strochenko, Oleksii Arkhypenko and their daughter, Alisa Arkhypenko. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-114744\" data-id=\"114744\" src=\"http:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3\/files\/0D9A9872-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9872-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9872-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9872-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172702\/0D9A9872.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-114750\" data-id=\"114750\" src=\"http:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3\/files\/0D9A9950-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172658\/0D9A9950-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172658\/0D9A9950-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172658\/0D9A9950-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/11172658\/0D9A9950.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Guadalupe Hernandez of El Salvador made pupusas for the event. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayra Pina from Ecuador and her child from kindergarten attended for the first time and said the cultural representation in event was very important to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe get to learn more about many traditions, [and eat] many meals from each participating country,\u201d she said in Spanish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, Roanoke Around the World, was started through the school\u2019s parent teacher organization (PTO) as an annual tradition in 2016, and is back after a three-year pandemic hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt turned into an event that everyone at Roanoke looks forward to,\u201d school principal Thomas Payton said. \u201cWe have a new PTO board three years later,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had talked about firing it back up again this year now that all COVID-19 restrictions are pretty much over, so we thought that this would be an excellent activity to bring back to Roanoke,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took about two months for the current PTO to plan this event, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PTO president Paul Pettersen made the flyers for the event, helped set up for the event at the cafeteria and helped make sure the announcement of the event went out to the schools\u2019 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe tried to promote it as much as we could to get as many people here because Riverhead is one of the most culturally-diverse areas on Long Island and we have some wonderful families here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In prior years, Spainish flamenco dancers were invited to entertain the crowd. This year the Mariachi Juvenil, which translates to youth mariachi, delighted the audience with renditions of Mexican folk songs like \u201cComo Quien Pierde Una Estrella\u201d by Mexican singer, Alejandro Fernandez, which translates to \u201cLike he who loses a star,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roanoke students Bryanna Cortes and Isaac Fajardo performed an improvised Honduran folk dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geraldine Garcia, the PTO\u2019s cultural representative, said that the event is meant to bring together the entire school community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just getting our community together,\u201d she said. \u201cSince Covid, we didn\u2019t do much and we weren\u2019t allowed to hang out like we\u2019re doing right now, so this is free time for everyone to know each other,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Peyton said he looks forward to seeing what the PTO can do with this event in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy PTO board is incredible,\u201d Mr. Peyton said. \u201cThey put an incredible amount of work into all the events that they put on for our students and for our community here at Roanoke and they\u2019ve worked especially hard at rekindling this massive event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHopefully we can take off further with it starting next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of students from the Roanoke Avenue Elementary School grabbed their passports last Thursday night and went \u201caround the world\u201d. 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