Atlantic high school Spanish students are conducting a fundraiser this week to help defray costs of an upcoming trip to Costa Rica. A canned food drive effort is underway for all K-12 classes within the Atlantic school district. Atlantic freshman Hank Roberts discussed the effort.

The food drive works in two ways to raise funds. K-12 classes will be competing to see which grade brings in the most food items through Friday. The winning grade will be announced the week of May 1st and will receive a pizza party sponsored by Pizza Ranch at a future date.

AHS Spanish students will then be out in the community this Saturday to collect donations door-to-door. Once all items are collected they are then taken to the Atlantic HyVee to scan and get a monetary value. A number of local businesses have then pledged to match the monetary amount that is raised. Items will then be donated to the Atlantic Food Pantry. If you would like to donate items on Saturday you are welcome to just leave them outside your door. Roberts talked about the value of the experience.

He said they immerse themselves in different scenarios throughout class to try to improve their speaking skills.

AHS Spanish students appreciate the community and sponsor support to help them with the trip experience.