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Lawrence Primary School Celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year
LAWRENCE, NEW YORK (February 2022)—Lawrence Primary School celebrated the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, February 1, the first day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar calendar. It is often referred to as the Spring Festival because it signals the beginning of spring. Communities across the world celebrate with festivities that are meant to bring good luck and prosperity into the New Year.
Lawrence Primary School students read My First Chinese New Year by Karen Katz and they learned the significance of the Lunar New Year and the many symbols associated with the celebrations. All students received oranges for good luck from their school's food service management company.
In celebration of the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Tiger, students in Ms. Young’s art class painted tigers with watercolors. The students watched a BrainPOP video on Lunar New Year and created paper lanterns and red envelopes. During the Chinese New Year, people celebrate by hanging paper lanterns for good luck. The red envelopes are a traditional gift given to children and elders. The color red symbolizes energy, happiness, and good luck.
Students also learned about the Chinese calendar, and how the year we are born determines what Chinese zodiac we are and how it supposedly affects our personality. Students learned that people born in the Year of the Tiger are said to be brave and intelligent. Students also learned how the Chinese dragon is a very important symbol during the New Year and created dragon masks to represent good luck and long life.
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Photo 1: Ms. Brescio's class learned about Lunar New Year by making traditional symbols such as lanterns and a red envelope
Photo 2: Mr. Flammia's and Ms. Pagnotta's students celebrated Lunar New Year by making dragon masks
Photo 3: Student, Kaila M.Constanza holding up her Chinese calendar
