Tuesday, October 16 -- The Guatemalan ambassador to the United States visits Folly Quarter Middle School. The event was a capstone to the school's month-long celebration of hispanic heritage.
Students dress in native
Mayan clothing.
The ambassador arrives.
The ambassador talks with a student.
Spanish teacher Isabel Machado
(center) leads the ambassador
to the main assembly.
GT Resource teacher Bill McCauley
greets the ambassador.
Principal Carl Perkins leads the group
into the cafeteria for the assembly.
An enthusiastic group greeted
the ambassador.
Mr. Perkins introduces the
special guest.
Working the crowd.
Watching student presentations.
A skit illustrates daily life of the
indigenous
people of Guatemala.
A presentation on
Guatemalan languages.
Students line up for their presentation.
A student on guitar leads a
musical performance.
A real Guatemalan band performs.
Students connect the
ambassador's
computer to the projector.
