Program Newsletter

Caminante, no hay camino, se hace el camino al andar.

Traveler, there is no road, the road is made by walking.

-Poem by Antonio Machado

EL teacher Stephanie Segretto read the book The Arabic Quilt to her class. Every child's name was translated into Arabic by Seham Alsakaff, EWSD Arabic-speaking Multilingual Liaison. The children then made a beautiful quilt from their names to display in the school. If you are an educator who would like to see how Stephanie and Seham planned and carried out this lesson please reach out to us. Stephanie has a video of the lesson and you can also request access to her slides.

Join us for a movie night in the Essex High School library at 6 pm on March 30th! We will be watching "The Eagle Huntress", a rated G movie. The movie is mostly in Kazakh with English subtitles. Click here to see the flyers translated into multiple languages. Folding chairs will be provided and you are welcome to bring your own along with a cozy blanket and/or pillow. There will also be light snacks like popcorn, cookies, fruit and dates as well as water and seltzers.

LIFT (Launching Inclusive Futures in Trades) is Vermont Works for Women's newest program, designed to provide high school girls* with hands-on exposure to various trades fields in a safe, fun, and empowering environment. To read more, click here. Thank you to EL Teacher Marina Brzostoski for sharing!

The Essex Free Library is hosting a program related to the Vermont Reads book El Viaje Mas Caro/The Most Costly Journey on Monday, April 17th, 6-8 pm. It is co-sponsored by VIEW, Phoenix Books, and Migrant Justice. This is an amazing opportunity to learn about this book and meet some of the people involved in the Milk with Dignity campaign. Click here to see the flyer.

A big thank you to Victoria Tibbits, librarian at the Essex Free Library, for sharing an important resource for families and staff. Here is a link to the pamphlet that you can download and print. We will also be handing out 50 copies (compliments of the Essex Free Library) at our Movie Night. It's important to be engaged in your community.

A huge thank you to all the amazing EL teachers for completing the first window of ACCESS testing! The field test will be complete by April 17th and then we will be completely done with this year's ACCESS testing. Thank you everyone for helping make ACCESS testing this year go as smoothly as possible.

Did you know that English is the primary language in all of these countries? Sometimes people who are new to the United States enter with English as their home language. Did you also know that the United States has no official language? Other times, people who immigrate to the US may speak multiple languages including English. There are over 7000 languages spoken in the world.

Email: tparks@ewsd.org
Website: https://www.ewsd.org/Page/2518
Phone: (802) 878-8168