LIA Committees in Action
This committee is in charge of planning fun school spirit activities like birthday celebrations
What is the Social Committee?
The mission of LIA is to empower Latino youth through leadership, college, and ___.
What is service?
These steamed corn cakes wrapped in husks are popular across Central and South America.
What are tamales?
This labor leader and civil rights activist co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) in 1962.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This Spanish word means deep respect for others, especially elders.
What is respeto?
This committee keeps track of student rewards like Rocket Bucks.
What is the Professional Committee?
LIA helps students build skills for their future in both leadership and ___.
What is education?
These corn patties are common in Colombia and Venezuela.
What are arepas?
Born to Puerto Rican parents, this individual made history in 2009 by becoming the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
The LIA class works to create a welcoming environment where students feel like this.
What is family?
Our next LIA lunch event is this exciting competition.
What is Sports Trivia?
LIA’s mission includes empowering students to serve and give back to their ___.
What is community?
This holiday on November 1–2 honors loved ones who have passed.
Dia de los muertos.
Who is the current president of El Salvador?
Who is Nayib Bukele.
This is our class theme for the year, reminding us that everyone is accepted.
What is 'You Belong'?
This committee helps plan school drives and helps the community.
What is the service Committee.
This person is the founder of Latinos in Action
Who is Dr. José Enriquez?
This holiday on January 6th, and is celebrated with gifts for children.
What is Día de los Reyes (Three Kings’ Day)?
After a breakout role in Game of Thrones, this Chilean-born actor starred in the blockbuster Disney+ series The Mandalorian and the critically acclaimed video game adaptation The Last of Us.
Who is Pedro Pascal?
This traditional celebration marks a girl's 15th birthday in many Latin American cultures.
What is a quinceañera?
Name the three committees.
Service, social, and professional.
One of the key goals of LIA is to help students prepare for this after high school.
What is college?
These meat-filled pastries are popular across Latin America and can be baked or fried.
What are empanadas?
This Puerto Rican baseball Hall of Famer played his entire MLB career for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was tragically killed in a plane crash while delivering aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
This is a community dance and music tradition common in many Latin American festivals.
What is folklórico / traditional dance?