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CONSULATES SUPPORT LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
Glendale News Press, CA
Dec 5 2014
Donations come in the form of dictionaries, textbooks or dollars.
By Kelly Corrigan, [email protected]
December 4, 2014 | 4:44 p.m.
Three Glendale schools last month received a total of $18,000 from
the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, part of a growing
trend of diplomatic missions supporting Glendale's dual language
immersion programs.
In November, district records show the office donated $6,500 each
to the Korean dual-language program at Mark Keppel and Monte Vista
elementary schools. At the schools, students spend half the day
speaking and learning in Korean.
The consulate also donated $5,000 to Toll Middle School where middle
school students study Korean history in that language as well as
Korean language arts.
Last January, the consulate gave Toll $25,000 for the dual-language
program there, which began on campus at the start of the last school
year, and had teachers focused on writing new curriculum for the
middle school students coming from Keppel who had spent the majority
of their elementary school years learning Korean.
The funds went to purchase Korean textbooks, and pay for cultural
activities such as field trips, food or dancers to perform for students
on campus, said Principal Matt Dalton.
"They were really focused on trying to incorporate cultural activities
into the lessons," he said.
Other funds helped train teachers or were set aside for technology,
such as Chromebooks.
The donations are important, he added, because the majority of the
instructional materials are sourced from Korea.
"The communication between the two entities is great," Dalton added.
"They want to see us succeed as much as we want to see us succeed."
Elsewhere in Glendale, schools have enjoyed support from several
other consulates, who have sent representatives to visit classrooms
and observe annual holiday performances where students sing songs in
foreign languages.
Last December, the German Consulate General donated about $6,100 to
the German program at Franklin Magnet, where students spend up to 90%
of the day learning in that language.
In September, Franklin also received a combined $18,000 donation from
the Fondaziona Italia -- a nonprofit that supports Italian language
instruction in Southern California -- and the Italian Consulate.
Several months later, in February, the Ministry Diaspora of the
Republic of Armenia made a donation through the Armenian Consulate
General to give Jefferson and R.D. White elementary schools resources
such as CDs, DVDs, dictionaries and other instructional materials
for the dual-language Armenian programs there.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-consulates-support-language-programs-20141204,0,2660615.story
Glendale News Press, CA
Dec 5 2014
Donations come in the form of dictionaries, textbooks or dollars.
By Kelly Corrigan, [email protected]
December 4, 2014 | 4:44 p.m.
Three Glendale schools last month received a total of $18,000 from
the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, part of a growing
trend of diplomatic missions supporting Glendale's dual language
immersion programs.
In November, district records show the office donated $6,500 each
to the Korean dual-language program at Mark Keppel and Monte Vista
elementary schools. At the schools, students spend half the day
speaking and learning in Korean.
The consulate also donated $5,000 to Toll Middle School where middle
school students study Korean history in that language as well as
Korean language arts.
Last January, the consulate gave Toll $25,000 for the dual-language
program there, which began on campus at the start of the last school
year, and had teachers focused on writing new curriculum for the
middle school students coming from Keppel who had spent the majority
of their elementary school years learning Korean.
The funds went to purchase Korean textbooks, and pay for cultural
activities such as field trips, food or dancers to perform for students
on campus, said Principal Matt Dalton.
"They were really focused on trying to incorporate cultural activities
into the lessons," he said.
Other funds helped train teachers or were set aside for technology,
such as Chromebooks.
The donations are important, he added, because the majority of the
instructional materials are sourced from Korea.
"The communication between the two entities is great," Dalton added.
"They want to see us succeed as much as we want to see us succeed."
Elsewhere in Glendale, schools have enjoyed support from several
other consulates, who have sent representatives to visit classrooms
and observe annual holiday performances where students sing songs in
foreign languages.
Last December, the German Consulate General donated about $6,100 to
the German program at Franklin Magnet, where students spend up to 90%
of the day learning in that language.
In September, Franklin also received a combined $18,000 donation from
the Fondaziona Italia -- a nonprofit that supports Italian language
instruction in Southern California -- and the Italian Consulate.
Several months later, in February, the Ministry Diaspora of the
Republic of Armenia made a donation through the Armenian Consulate
General to give Jefferson and R.D. White elementary schools resources
such as CDs, DVDs, dictionaries and other instructional materials
for the dual-language Armenian programs there.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-consulates-support-language-programs-20141204,0,2660615.story