Richel Middle School student Narciso Miranda, 14, waits backstage before he and other students perform a Mexican folkloric dance for their school to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They are in the ballet folklorico group, "Raizes de Colorado," a Mexican Folkloric Dance class taught after school at the Beacon Neighborhood Center...Festivities throughout the next couple of weeks are abundant as Denver Public Schools celebrates Cinco de Mayo. On. Friday, May 3rd at 12:10 p.m. Mexican Consul Leticia Calzada will present a Mexican flag to Rishel Middle School (451 S.. Tejon St.). The student ballet folklorico group "Raizes de Colorado," taught by Lucia Hurtado, will also perform. Rishel. students will present a program on the background and history of Cinco de Mayo. The community is invited to attend a. 4:45 p.m. performance where dollar donations are welcome. Here is a list of other activities taking place throughout the. week: