BALDWIN PARK – Students at Baldwin Park Unified’s Tracy Elementary assembled altars in 12 classrooms as part of a Día de los Muertos celebration hosted by the school’s Dual Language Program.

The effort focused on the multiculturalism emphasized in the English-Spanish program and included speeches students made to classmates and parents as they toured the altars.

Parents joined the celebration and created their own altar in front of the school remembering leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks and Frida Kahlo.

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111616_BPUSD_DIA_1: Parents stand behind an altar they created remembering deceased leaders for Tracy Elementary’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 2.

111616_BPUSD_DIA_2: Students speak about deceased family members and share kind words with classmates at Tracy Elementary’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 2.

111616_BPUSD_DIA_3: A teacher stands beside her student clothed in traditional holiday dresses and face paint at Tracy Elementary’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 2.

111616_BPUSD_DIA_4: Students created an altar inside of a classroom dedicated to deceased loved ones at Tracy Elementary’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 2.

111616_BPUSD_DIA_5: Teachers dressed in traditional holiday fashion with face paint and flower headdresses at Tracy Elementary’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 2.