Ortega Elementary School PTO
1283 Terra Nova Blvd. Pacifica, CA 94044
Office 650-738-6670
December 11, 2025 5:00 - 6:30pm
The Ortega Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is hosting a celebration of the families, traditions, cultures, and people that make our school unique with a Global Village Celebration. The night will include learning about families, people, nations, and heritages through food, information, dress, geography, music, and more.
Students and families attending the event will be given Ortega "passport books". Participants can walk around the Global Village, interact and taste snacks from the host family's tables, and receive a scrapbook sticker from the tables they visit. They can also participate in the breakout activities room.
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Global Village Night would be nothing without our diverse community.
We would love to have you host a table celebrating your people, traditions, cultures and heritage!
If you want to Host a Table or activities:
Families are asked to host or co-host a table on which they display items representing their family/people/culture or heritage. This is an inclusive, joyful event and all ideas for hosting a table are welcome. Examples of previous host tables items include: Finger foods, flags, books, art, linens, clothing, and more! This is only limited by your creativity and the space (a table). If we have more than 1 host family for a specific tradition/people/nation, organizers will group hosts together.
Families can also participate by hosting an 10-15 minute activity representing their family/people/culture or heritage. This activity will occur in the library. Examples of activities include but are not limited to: teaching a dance, reading a book, giving a cooking lesson or demonstrating one of your family's traditions.
Please fill out this form if you want to host a table or activity