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    ESOL Parent Workshop and Public Library Tour for Hispanic Parents

    Monday, November 7, 2005

    6:00 pm

    Downtown Leon County Public Library

     

     

    For our first family literacy workshop for parents, we invited Hispanic parents to view a video and take a tour of the downtown public library with Maria Mena, Youth Services Coordinator for the Leon County public library. We invited parents from Pineview and other southside elementary schools. Students from an Adult Education ESOL class also attended (5 students). One family from Sabal Palm and one family from Astoria Park attended the event. There are currently 29 Hispanic families (18 ESOL and 11 non-ESOL) at Pineview. Of these, 9 parents attended the workshop/tour (31%) (50% if counting only ESOL parents; 9 of 18). The following was our invitation to our parents: 

    Pineview Elementary School is sponsoring a literacy workshop for Spanish-speaking parents. You will watch a 30-minute video titled “Sugerencias sobre como leer en familia.” You will also receive a FREE booklet titled “La lectura te lleva a lugares! Una guia para adultos y ninos.” Then Ms Maria Mena, a Spanish-speaking librarian, will guide us on a tour of the public library. She will tell us about the different services offered by the library, such as Spanish books for children and adults, English (ESOL) classes, cassette tapes to learn English, how to write a resume, tax forms, etc.

    La escuela primaria Pineview está patrocinando un taller de alfabetismo para padres hispano-parlantes. Este taller se llevará a cabo en la biblioteca pública del Condado Leon localizada en la avenida Park, en el area del downtown.  Durante el programa, verán un video de treinta minutos titulado “Sugerencias sobre como leer en familia.” También recibirán gratuitatemente un folleto titulado “¡La lectura te lleva a lugares! Una guía para adultos y niños.” Luego la Sra. Maria Mena, una bibliotecaria hispana, nos guiará en un visita a la biblioteca pύblica. También nos informará sobre los diferentes servicios ofrecidos por la biblioteca, tales como:  libros en español para niños y adultos, clases de inglés para adultos (ESOL), el uso de cassettes para aprender inglés, como escribir un resumé, como completar un formulario de impuestos, uso de computadoras, etc.

     

    Many thanks to the following Pineview parents who attended the workshop/tour:

    Mrs Ruiz

    Mr and Mrs Laureano

    Mrs Marines

    Mrs Rodriguez

    Mrs Aldaz

    Mr and Mrs Lamilla

    Mrs Cedillo

    Mrs Medina

    Mrs Medina