Funded Oct 3, 2024Happy New Year.
Wishing you health and joy in 2025.
We are immensely grateful for the dictionaries. Do you know how many students have moved on to regular classes since the dictionaries were donated?
Seventeen out of 142.
I was expecting to use them for tests, but the students were so enthusiastic about using the dictionaries that we started an unofficial English club, "Of Course I Speak English!" We use the dictionaries to translate songs, learn commonly used sentences, and complete homework assignments. It's a tool not only used for academic advancement but also for merging into the culture. These students have only 3 years before they graduate and have to move on from the shelter of school with Spanish-speaking teachers into the real world.
Your gift is making a difference in these student's lives. Some were already on the way, but others just needed a shiny new book to inspire them.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Rodriguez