Jennifer Ramirez, Staff Reporter
January 15, 2016 49 students participated in the 2016 Pinata Contest on Wednesday, January 13 sponsored by the language department. Mrs. Reyes said the students only had two requirements: to bring the mold of the pinata and then to decorate it in class. They had to include either strips of paper mache cut into fringes or bunch up the paper mache to decorate the pinata. It took a week to decorate the pinatas. The students were given instructions on how to make the mold at home and the pinata in class. Participants had the option to work alone, in pairs, or in threes. The pinatas were displayed on tables in the auditorium. Students and faculty had the opportunity to vote for the best pinata. First place went to Crystal Baltazar (Div. 611) and Dianna Raigosa (Div. 606); second place went to Marisol Diaz (Div. 611), Nicole Razo (Div. 606), and Liset Liberto-Garcia (Div. 710); and third place went to Lizette Martinez (Div. 711) and Lorena Gonzalez (Div. 705). First place winner Crystal Baltazar (Div. 611) said, “We chose the design because it was different. We wanted to do something that we knew no one else would think of doing.” Teammate Dianna Raigosa (Div. 606) added, “My mom taught me how to do a pinata when I was younger and I would spend summers outside in my backyard making mini pinatas.” Mrs. Reyes hopes to continue the pinata contest since pinatas are very popular in the Latino culture. She said, “The best part of the pinata contest was when the students realize how tedious it is to make a pinata. Yes, it’s fun to break them but not as easy to make them.”
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