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Celebrating Filipino Heritage Month - Louis Diamond Phillips is a Filipino-American actor and film director. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba. For Stand and Deliver, Phillips was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won an Independent Spirit Award.

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán born July 20, 1947 is an American guitarist. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine listed him at No. 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards,and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Happy October Westport community here’s a quick look at this week’s highlights.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage month, - Before starring in the live-action Barbie movie, America embarked on a remarkable road in Hollywood. In 2006, she was tapped to play Betty Suarez in ABC’s dramedy Ugly Betty. Throughout its four-year run, she won multiple awards, including at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards where she became the youngest person to be named Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the age of 23.

Desi Arnaz, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, (born March 2, 1917, Santiago, Cuba—died December 2, 1986, Del Mar, California, U.S.), Cuban-born American musician, actor, and business executive who was best known for the classic television series I Love Lucy (1951–57), in which he starred with his real-life wife, Lucille Ball. As the show’s cocreator and producer, Arnaz introduced a number of innovations that revolutionized television and laid the groundwork for the modern sitcom.

Mr. A-Rod: born Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, the man that made history in the game of baseball by becoming the highest-paid player ever. Let’s hear that magic number again-$252 million over ten years, plus escalator clauses and bonuses. if that doesn’t tell you much: it’s twice the amount of the highest-priced player contract in the history of sport.

Good afternoon WHES Friday - 9/29/23
8:30 a.m. PICTURE DAY for our students and staff! Send your child in their best photo outfit! Children can wear your CONDOR Blue T-Shirt or hoodies for Spirit Day, either way, all will get the Condor Coupon! 📸🎥📸🎥

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Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García (born September 1, 1957), simply known as Gloria Estefan (Spanish: [ˈɡloɾja esˈtefan]), is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard.[2] Estefan's record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female singers of all-time.[3][4] Many of Estefan's songs became international chart-topping hits, including "Bad Boy (Miami Sound Machine song)," "1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Turn the Beat Around", and "Heaven's What I Feel". Other hits include "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Get On Your Feet", and "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)".

Our school will be closed Monday, September 25, 2023. School will resume Tuesday, September 26, 2023.