Students salute Italian culture

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Neighbors | Submitted.Students in Boardman's Italian IV class made sure they sampled the pepperoni rolls that were prepared as part of the club's Italian Week Feb. 8 through 12. The taste-testers include, from left, (front) Sara Garwood, Gianna Beconder, Lauren DeLuca, Alison Hall, Gina Palagano, Nicole Davis, Bianca Robinson; (back) Karlie Liguore, Kelly Manning, Marra Cercone, Anthony O’Nesti, Mario Leone, Doriyon Glass and Jenna Horvat.

Each year, the Boardman High School Italian classes sponsor an Italian Week in order to experience food and other things in the culture. More than 250 students at the high school study Italian and many took part in the events the week of Feb. 8.

Activities included sampling Italian food, learning about the culture of the country and learning Italian folk dances such as the Tarantella and the Quadriglia.

In addition, students made masks, sampled food and designed special T-shirts for the festivities. The food the students feasted on included pepperoni rolls, Italian bread, meat trays and rolls.