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H-BC Spanish Club students to hold taco bar fundraiser this week

By: Lexi MooreThe Hills-Beaver Creek Spanish Club will host a Taco Bar from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in the high school commons."We will be collecting a freewill donation — 100 percent of the donations will help to pay for the students’ trip to Europe in June," said H-BC Spanish Club advisor, Teri Richards.The Spanish Club began in 2002 and currently has 15 members. The student co-presidents are Ashley Buck and Danielle Fransman.This year the students have an opportunity to test their language skills as they travel through England, France and Spain. Richards and the students will spend 15 days in Europe. They will visit some of the world’s most historic sites including Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Windsor Castle and Sagrada Familia Cathedral. Richards said she feels the experience is an excellent learning tool and she is looking forward to helping her students experience what the world has to offer."They will see that there are so many possibilities out there for them," she said."They gain independence and self-reliance as well as realizing that there is a huge world out there made up of many different people, languages, customs and attitudes."Tuesday night’s taco bar will include soft and hard shell tacos, nachos, toppings and pop.

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