The new grant offered by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and el Fondo Flamboyán para las Artes de la Fundación provides the amount of $ 25,000 with no restrictions for recognized and emerging writers located in Puerto Rico and the diaspora in the U.S.
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Reyna Lopez Garcia, Bilingual First Generation to College Student, Harvard University-Class of 2025 Written by Kristina (Tina) M. Howlett, Ph.D.Community Projects Coordinator/College Advisor, Rogers Honors Academy, Rogers Public Schools, Rogers, Arkansas Reyna Lopez Garcia, Rogers Honors Academy-Rogers Heritage High School, Rogers, Arkansas, Class of 2021, excels academically with a GPA of 4.3. Reyna is engaged
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Here, we will share stories of young people who have succeeded in mastering an additional language and learning in a new culture. Reyna Garcia Lopez Bilingual First Generation College Student Entering Harvard this year from the Rogers Heritage High School, Arkansas, Class of 2021, Reyna came to the U.S. from Mexico at age 12. Read
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California Language Teachers Association 2022 Conference The conference will be held virtual from February 25 – 27. Proposals are being accepted for presentations. See details here. Return to Language Leadership Council page
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I have made it relatively clear in the past that besides languages and traveling my main hobby is video games. (see these articles for how games have actually shaped my language learning!) Recently, one of my favorite series, Resident Evil, released the 8th game in the main series, and although it was fairly obviously the
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By the time this article is published, many of you will be nearing time for final exams. The focus will begin to shift from new content and learning to how to utilize the skills that your students have been practicing all year. Whether you give a comprehensive final that summarizes the content of the year,
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A multilingual resource for families in eight languages: Hawaii educators collaborated with the Council of State Science Supervisors to translate resources for families teaching science subjects at home during COVID-19 school closures into eight languages. In an immediate response to COVID-19 school closures, the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) collaborated to create resources for families to engage in
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As you may have seen in our newsletter or on our website, we are reaching out to language professionals around the country to join the Language Leadership Council. Our museum president, Greg Nedved, recently interviewed our Minnesotan liaison, Kathy Olson-Studler, of the NNELL (National Network for Early Language Learning). Please take a look at what
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Reflection has been a theme throughout this year’s Teacher’s Corners, and we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel of pandemic teaching. This may be the best time to begin evaluation of lessons learned to carry forward. Although it feels like we have radically altered our teaching in the past few months,
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