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IN THE COMMUNITY<br />
RealArts Final Bow Performance<br />
Children in our RealArts After School Program presented original work created<br />
during the Fall Session in our auditorium on December 8th. Performances<br />
featured original drama and dance pieces, a Photoshop collage, visual art exhibits,<br />
an original film and musical presentations, an original theatrical presentation called<br />
‘Trouble at the Watering Hole,’ an original dance and drumming piece called ‘Migration’<br />
and a Photoshop montage by the 3-D Digital Animation group called ‘Animals on the<br />
Great Plains.’<br />
20 Children from Southern<br />
Mexico Attend<br />
Early Childhood Center<br />
MEXICO<br />
USA<br />
GULF OF MEXICO<br />
Our Early Childhood Center has partnered this<br />
year with Little Sisters of the Assumption Family<br />
Health Service, a community-based organization<br />
in East Harlem. In September, twenty four-year-olds from<br />
families engaged by Little Sisters joined our Center; most<br />
of their families had emigrated from Puebla and Guerrero<br />
PUEBLA<br />
GUERRERO<br />
in southern Mexico and are living in East Harlem. A few speak Spanish, but many speak the indigenous languages<br />
Mixteco and Nahuatl as their primary languages. Some of the parents are now enrolling in our English for Speakers<br />
of Other Languages (ESOL) classes, while their children attend our NAEYC-accredited full-day program.<br />
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER<br />
INTERNATIONAL LUNCHEON<br />
Our Early Childhood Center hosted their annual<br />
International Luncheon on November 16th, a feast<br />
celebrating the diverse cultural backgrounds of<br />
Center families and the holiday season. Parents and<br />
family members prepared dishes representing their<br />
myriad cultures and countries of origin and came<br />
together in our auditorium to enjoy the delicious<br />
food and festive music. Countries represented at<br />
this year’s luncheon included Mexico, Guatemala,<br />
China, India, the Dominican Republic, Malta, Albania,<br />
Senegal and Egypt, among others.<br />
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