Miller Place Students Celebrate Italian Carnevale

Miller Place High School students in Signor Mancuso’s Freshman Italian class recently celebrated the nearly 1,000-year-old Italian tradition Carnevale and learned more about Italian history and culture. After learning about the colorful costumes and masks worn by Italian Carnevale participants and performers in the famous form of street theater—‘commedia dell’arte,’—students decorated their own masks. The masks are currently on display at Miller Place High School.

During the Carnevale celebration, students studied Medieval Latin to learn the origin of the words ‘carnem levare’ and ‘carnelevarium,’ from which ‘carnevale’ is derived. Participating in the celebration was part of the Miller Place School District’s ongoing initiative focusing on using unique, creative ways to engage students in course material.

For more information about the Miller Place School District and the opportunities it offers students, please visit the District’s website: www.millerplace.k12.ny.us or www.millerplaceinthemedia.com.

Photo 1 (7565): Miller Place High School ninth grade students show the masks they decorated as part of their studies on the Italian tradition of Carnevale. This event was part of a Miller Place School District initiative to engage students in their course material in unique, creative ways.

Photo 2 (6786): Miller Place High School students sit for a picture with the festive Carnevale mask they created as part of a Miller Place School District initiative to engage students in their course material in unique, creative ways.