Day of the Dead

Intermediate students at St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows celebrated Day of the Dead with a prayer service, presentations, Spanish songs, Mexican food and mask-making on Nov. 1, 2013.
Alex Marron, a third grader, bites into a "concha." (Karen Callaway / Catholic New World)
Third graders Joel Ramirez, Francisco Hernandez and Juno Kim look over pictures of deceased relatives of their teachers and classmates on Nov. 1. (Karen Callaway / Catholic New World)
St. Collette third grader Angelina Lopez colors a picture of a "skull" they planned to make as masks on Nov. 1. (Karen Callaway / Catholic New World)
Third grader Jacqueline Lopezal leads classmates in songs in Spanish as intermediate students celebrated Day of the Dead with a prayer service on Nov. 1. (Karen Callaway / Catholic New World)
Fourth graders Jocelyn Esquivel, Rebecca Harris, Lizbeth Gutierrez and Haley Gonzales look over Mexican baked goods. (Karen Callaway / Catholic New World)
Fifth grader Adrian Camacho holds a "sugar skull" as students marked the Day of the Dead on Nov. 1. Traditionally people give sugar skulls to the living and the dead. They are often decorated with icing and bright glitter and foil. (Karen Callaway / Catholic New World)

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