Darwin School celebrated its fifth annual Carnival. The 8th grade students took over and put on games and shows for the younger students. Opening celebrations include the parade through the hallways with elegant masks made by the students. The teachers incorporate carnival history into their lesson plans making it a week of cultural awareness and the celebration of the human spirit.

The World Language Program at Darwin Elementary has worked with its sister schools in Santiago, Chile and Milan, Italy for three years exchanging teachers and sharing curriculum ideas. We've conducted several video conferences where teachers from Chicago share strategies, live streaming on the web. to teachers in Santiago.

Italian language classes are given to students 5th through 8th grade. The great staff of Darwin Elementary understand and appreciate culture and how important it is for our students to be exposed to it as much as possible.