The Benefits of Being Bilingual

Here is a cool resource Sylvia found about the many good reasons for speaking your home language with students as they are learning English in school!  Let us know if you are interested in talking more about why or how you can promote bilingualism in your home!

Greetings Around the World

Some first grade classes have been learning about how people greet each other around the world.  At the same time, they have been finding out about life in other countries, including countries of origin for some of our UES families.

Here, one class gets a special Canadian visitor!

In another class, we learned that many families in India celebrate the spring festival of Holi with fires, music, dancing, and color!