Ecuadorian Students Bring Cultural Message To Palm Beach County Schools

For six years in a row, a talented group of about students and teachers from Ludoteca School in Quito, Ecuador have visited several schools in Palm Beach County to bring their message of culture, music and language. The group will be performing in various schools from Tuesday, April 30th to Thursday, May 2nd.  Some of [...]

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  The King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, has decreed that Multicultural Education Director, Dr. Margarita Pinkos, be inducted into Spain’s Royal Order, the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Orden de Isabel la Catolica) . The Order of Isabella the Catholic is the highest civil honor awarded by the government of Spain. King Juan Carlos [...]

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Free Bi-lingual Books and Native Language Information Sessions Planned Boynton Beach High School will be a hub of multicultural activity for the school year’s final English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Parent Night scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, from 5:50-8:30 p.m. The itinerary begins in the school’s cafeteria where families will gather for dinner [...]

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Parents and families of some of the District’s nearly 2,000 Brazilian students will gather at Hammock Point Elementary School April 3 for Brazilian Family Night—an informational evening designed to support efforts to enhance student academic success.  Tania Snellenberger, a Portuguese translator for the District, said the annual sessions are crucial for this segment of the [...]

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Two charter buses carrying  96 high school juniors departed from the School District’s Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center parking lot before dawn Wednesday morning. The students from 14 area high schools  embarked on a three-day college tour around the state that will help them get closer to achieving the American dream of success. Organizer Connie Berry said [...]

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Current Palm Beach County School District substitute teachers are being recruited by the Department of Multicultural Education to work one-on-one with students in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program. They will administer the speaking portion of the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA), which is conducted annually as required by the state [...]

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This is the time of year that over 8,000 public school teachers across Palm Beach County receive the popular Multicultural Teachers’ Desk Calendar that doubles as a teacher’s best friend for providing teaching strategies, classroom activities, and suggestions to enhance parent involvement. Distributed each year through the District’s Multicultural Education Department schools have already started [...]

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Three District employees are part of a ten-person mission trip organized by Palm Beach Atlantic University and their graduate Psychology Program– headed to Haiti to help in relief efforts following the devastating earthquake six months ago. ESOL guidance counselors Viviane Jean-Francois and Velouse Jean-Jacques, from the Multicultural Education Department, and Anax Pompilus—who coordinates District support [...]

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Dr. Banks Also Featured in April 15 Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series Dr. James Banks, Founding Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle, headlines the upcoming Global Education Symposium— titled Learning and Leadership in a Diverse World set for Saturday, April 17, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by [...]

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Palm Beach County Organization to Serve as Bridge to French Culture The Alliance Francophone of Palm Beaches has extended an invitation to District educators to attend a reception of its opening ceremony, set for the Society of The Four Arts in Palm Beach, on March 11 at 4:00 p.m. This collaborative event of The Four Arts [...]

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International Baccalaureate School Representatives Visit Florida Counterparts  A whirlwind visit of about 47 students and 12 teachers from Ecuador is scheduled for Palm Beach County later this month.  Home Language Program Planner Sandra Arroyo said the intent of the trip set for March 22 and 23 is enriching.  “The plan is to increase mutual understanding between [...]

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The School District of Palm Beach County Department of Multicultural Education initiated a series of meetings targeting the Guatemalan-Mayan community in Palm Beach County. The meetings take place in various elementary schools located in the central area, such as Barton Elementary, Northgrade Elemementary, South Grade Elementary and Highland Elementary. The next meeting will be on [...]

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January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz/Birkenau.  In 2005 the United Nations General Assembly designated this day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), a day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Nazi era.  Every member nation of the United Nations has an obligation to [...]

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