Students in immersion program welcome Chinese New Year with dragon dances and cultural awareness

Ian Malesardi, a fifth grade student at Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna Niguel, stands inside a lion head just prior to the lion and dragon dance as the students celebrate the Chinese New Year on Thursday, January 30, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Students at Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna Niguel wait for the lion and dragon dances to begin as they celebrate the Chinese New Year on Thursday morning, January 30, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmir