Eighth-grade Spanish students from Cape Elizabeth Middle School organized a fiesta for pre-schoolers from On Our Planet day school in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

The event was held on Thursday at the Thomas Memorial Library. The older students entertained the children with stories read in Spanish and English and games that helped them learn the foreign language.

At the end of the fiesta, the eighth-graders tied a pinata to a tree outside the library, and the pre-schoolers took swings with a stick until they got at the candy inside.

Cape Elizabeth Middle School students Emily Hollyday, Bella Narvaez and Abby Armstrong acted out a Spanish story with stuffed animals for pre-schoolers at the Thomas Memorial Library.Kelsey Maguire and Lydia Berman read a story in Spanish and English to pre-schoolers as part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration.Dana Long, 3, takes a swing at a pinata set up outside Thomas Memorial Library by eighth grade Spanish students from Cape Elizabeth Middle School.Will Clancy, 2; Vince Inhorn, 5; Sal Deschino, 4, and Brendan Connolly, 3, sit and listen as eighth grade Spanish students read stories.