Storyteller Carolina Quiroga-Stultz has fifth graders help her tell a story from Mexico at Peete Elementary School in Tyler on Thursday Sept. 26, 2019. Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2019. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)

Young Audiences of Northeast Texas teamed up with Tyler Independent School District to help students learn more about Hispanic culture during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Carolina Storyteller (aka Carolina Quiroga-Stultz) visited five Tyler ISD elementary schools to tell stories from Hispanic folklore and educate students about Hispanic culture and Latin America. The presentations are part of a partnership between Young Audiences and the Tyler ISD Visual and Performing Arts Department.

At Peete Elementary School, she first told students a story about a princess who was given three magic shawls that could transform into beautiful dresses.

“Magic shawl, magic shawl, make me a dress for the ball!” students chanted throughout the story.

The next story, about the moon, was more interactive, with students getting to play the parts of various celestial bodies giving advice to the moon’s suitor.

Young Audiences program coordinator Keira McCreery said the organization received a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, which helped fund the performances.

McCreery said they brought in Carolina to help students learn more about Hispanic culture with dynamic, hands-on performances.

Young Audiences partners with schools across the region to bring arts integration into classrooms through performances, workshops, activities and more.

Last year, Young Audiences launched an Arts After School program at Bonner Elementary School.

Other Tyler ISD Hispanic Heritage month activities included a parents night at Robert E. Lee High School on Wednesday and a celebration at Jones Elementary School on Monday.

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