Spanish

The Spanish club here at Lake Gibson High School is run by Mrs. Landron, a Spanish I teacher here at Lake Gibson High School. Spanish Club is open to any student who has taken a Spanish class. Spanish Club meets to give students more opportunities to experience the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.

Spanish Club is open to any student who has taken a Spanish class. Spanish Club meets to give students more opportunities to experience the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.

Hispanic Facts in the U.S.

• One in seven people in the United States is of Hispanic origin.
• Hispanics are a mix of European, African, and Native American people.
• In 204 B.C. Romans created the term Hispanic to identify inhabitants from the Iberian Peninsula
  which encompass Spain and Portugal today.
• The term Hispanic was adopted in the U.S. in the 1970s by the federal government in its census questionnaires.
• The U.S. is the fifth largest Hispanic country in the world.
• St. Augustine and Santa Fe were Hispanic cities founded before Plymouth.
• Spanish is the fourth most frequently spoken language in the world.
• Twenty countries speak Spanish as their first language.
• 70% of the Hispanic population lives in five states: California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois.
• Hispanics are the largest minority in the U.S.