Author: Circulo De La Hispanidad

Círculo asks the school district principals to submit names of students every year for its Awards Night ceremony. Students are selected based upon academic achievement as well as effort. Círculo also recognizes non-Hispanic students including students in the Dual Language Program, and Language Department who have excelled or showed great effort.   Over two hundred students are recognized each year.

Awards Night is also a celebration of the students that have been awarded a scholarship through Círculo de la Hispanidad. Each year Círculo accepts applications from students in Long Beach and Hempstead High School (where its offices are based) for scholarships for those accepted to college. The agency has a committee of volunteers from the schools, Círculo’s Board Members and others that uses special criteria to select applicants. Criteria includes volunteer work as well as effort and academic achievement.

For the past ten years Círculo has also included students from the Hempstead School District to participate in the scholarship process. Scholarship awardees from both Long Beach and Hempstead are honored at the Awards Night Celebration.

Many students have received awards for their twelve years of school in Long Beach. Awards Night has certainly had an impact on their education in Long Beach by creating a culture where educational success is expected.

Awards Night is held in June every year at the Long Beach High School.

Our 2024 Walk for Peace will be on Saturday, September 28, 2024.

Círculo de la Hispanidad began its “Peace Walk to End the Silence on Domestic Violence” with a purpose to raise awareness about domestic violence in our community and to provide information to break the silence on violence.  Círculo holds the walk every fall on the Long Beach boardwalk at Riverside Boulevard. The event begins with a program including different speakers following by a walk on the Long Beach Boardwalk.

Círculo’s Salva Domestic Violence Program posts educational information on large posters throughout the boardwalk in both English and Spanish offering facts, statistical information, and resource information about domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence in our society.  These educational posters also include artwork by children in Círculo’s youth programs.

For additional information about the Peace “Begins with Me Walk” see the Special Events Tab.

For information on sponsorships, volunteering or to get involved with this event contact the Long Beach office at 516-431-1135

Dear Circulo Community:

Please note our Food Pantry is open in Long Beach on Thursday from 2 to 4 pm.

Círculo offers summer camp for elementary school age children out of two office locations, Long Beach and Hempstead.

Long Beach Camp

The Long Beach summer day camp provides a 7 week day camp experience for children ages    6-13.  The camp is authorized and licensed to operate through the Nassau County Department of Health. It is inspected twice a year.  Lunch is provided free for those that are eligible through the Nassau County Department of Social Services. Staff are certified in CPR- AED and first aid and provide a range of recreational, educational and enrichment activities designed to help children have fun, build lasting friendships as well as enhance their self-esteem, socializations skills, and leadership skills.  This is a traveling camp that uses local parks, pools, and venues for activities.  In the event of rain, indoor activities are planned including movies, skating, bowling and other activities.

Three days a week children go to parks and pools and participate in recreational and enrichment activities.  Two days a week trips are taken to local venues.  Past trips have included Adventure Land, Bayville Adventure Park, the Bronx Zoo, Boomers Amusement, Cradle of Aviation, Cold Spring Fish Hatchery, Coney Island, Dave and Buster’s, Long Island Children’s Museum, Deno’s Wonder Wheel, Fun Station USA, Fun Zone, Long Island Game Farm, Michael’s Amusements, NY Aquarium, NY Hall of Science, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park, Splish Splash, Tackapausha Museum and Nature Preserve, Tae Kwon Do Institute, United Skates of America, and the Vanderbilt Planetarium.

For the 2015 year:

Long Beach Summer Camp begins Monday, June 29th, 2015, and ends Friday, August 14th. Camp will be closed on July 3rd. The Camp day begins at 9:00 a.m., where we meet at City Hall, in Long Beach, and ends at 3:00 p.m.  After care is also provided for those that are interested.

For information and registration contact:

Cynthia Mejia

(516) 431-1135.

Hempstead Summer Camp

The Hempstead summer day camp provides a 6 week day camp experience for children ages 6-13.  The camp is authorized and licensed to operate through the Nassau County Department of Health. Lunch is provided free for those that are eligible through the Nassau County Department of Social Services. Staff are certified in CPR- AED and first aid and provide a range of recreational, educational and enrichment activities designed to help children have fun, build lasting friendships as well as enhance their self-esteem, socializations skills, and leadership skills.  This camp is based at Círculo Center, located at 605 Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead, New York.

Camp activities take place on and off-site including pool, parks and field trips.  Activities are also held on site at the Center.  Past trips have included Adventure Land, Cradle of Aviation, Cold Spring Fish Hatchery, Long Island Children’s Museum, Long Island Game Farm, and the Vanderbilt Planetarium.

For the 2015 year:

Long Beach Summer Camp begins Monday, June 29th, 2015, and ends Friday, August 7th. Camp will be closed on July 3rd. The Camp day begins at 9:00 a.m., where we meet at City Hall, in Long Beach, and ends at 3:00 p.m.  After care is also provided for those that are interested.

For more information contact:  (516) 282-0145.