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12/10/2019 11:00 PM

Students Celebrate Haiti Day at Essex Elementary School


EES 2nd grade student Hannah Trippconey learning the bongo drums alongside James Moss, a musician with Arts for Learning Connecticut, an affiliate of Young Audiences.

Students in the second grade at Essex Elementary School (EES) participated in Haiti Day on December 6, 2019. The daylong celebration was funded by the Essex Elementary School Foundation’s (EESF) Justus W. Paul World Culture Program and included music demonstrations, tastings of Haitian food, and learning about Haitian culture and art.