Come celebrate with us! Remember those we have loved and lost through art and music!
A Message From La Catrina
Welcome to Día de los Muertos 2020!
Senior Danae Carrillo-Herrejon
The Dia de los Muertos is one of (if not the most) attended and widest-participated festival at Mira Loma! The tradition of celebrating this cultural-experience festival began in 2002 as a classroom festival. Within two years, other Spanish Classes wanted to participate and so the festival expanded to the library where the larger space meant several classes could share an experience at the same time. Around 2010 it was moved to the Cafeteria and a touchpoint was created inside the International Studies Program’s Senior English and I.S. Art classes.
Through the following years, additional Spanish Languages Classes, Art Classes and English Classes have created lessons and units that teach students new ways to express thoughts, emotions and mark important life events. Through altars, poetry, sculptures, dancings, music, piñatas, and various productions of art the students of Mira Loma contribute to the largest festival at Mira Loma.
Click on the links below to see the many ways to celebrate and share memories of loved ones!
Ofrendas
Día de los Muertos is an important day in commemorating those we have lost. One of these ways to remember include the creation of ofrendas (altars). Ofrendas vary in color to reflect the favorite colors of their subject. The collections of paper flowers, personal items and decorative art create places that celebrate loved ones.
Recordando en poesía
There are many ways to remember those who have left us. One of those ways is through written word. Sophomore English students write poems inspired by family, friends and people they admire each year as a way of honoring those people who have made an impact in their lives.
Música y baile
Dia de los Muertos is all about the community and nothing brings people together more than music and dancing. The type of dancing and music changes year to year, but the expressions of joy through memory and happiness
There are so many ways to celebrate! 
Recetas Familiares
Many cultural traditions are passed down through celebrations and gatherings where good food is involved. In sharing family recipes, students share the food that brings them and their loved-ones together.
Recuerdos en el arte
The MYP Art students express ideas and memories inspired by Dia de los Muertoes through various mediums. See what our students created while engaging in “distance learning”.
Exhibiciones de tiza, piñatas y otras obras de arte del Día de los Muerto
Each year the creative students of Mira Loma pick festive and creative ways to express themselves. Come check it out!
An Authentic Sharing of Tradition
Mrs. Magana and Chavez interview Xitlali and her mother Evelina as they share their family history and traditions around Dia de los Muertos.
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About Día de los Muertos
La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, the Spanish Honors Society, presents to you Día de los Muertos, how it is celebrated, and how we can celebrate this year at Mira Loma.