A Bilingual Generation of Readers and Global Thinkers
My students need 30 copies of the book La Fiesta Fatal by Mira Canion to continue fostering language and culture acquisition simultaneously via Spanish literature.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Research shows that if a person can acquire a first language, they are more than capable of acquiring a second language and beyond. During my first weeks of teaching, I emphasize on motivating my students to believe that they have the power to acquire a second language and their eyes lighten up not only because they believe, but also because INTRINSICALLY, they find foreign languages appealing.
I teach 115 students, each with a unique personality, that strengthens our classroom community and fosters smooth language acquisition because in the process we are learning more than just another language, we are training our minds to think critically and act globally right from where we are, our Spanish classroom.
Over 98% of my students receive free or reduced school means and over 90% are African American. For the last three years, we have maintained a 99% graduation rate because our teachers and students continue to pour much of themselves into our school environment.
My Project
True language acquisition happens when students receive comprehensible input. This could be by means of stories, songs, movies, and novels. However, students produce milestone results when literary works are read in class, and even more when these are engaging, such as the book La Fiesta Fatal by Mira Canion.
This novel completely in Spanish will allow my students to stretch their language acquisition to the max while gaining new phrases and perspectives through the observation and discussions of global topics in the target language.
Our school budget currently cannot afford these novels and without your generous donation, my students will miss out on the novelty and many unique language and cultural gains this novel has to offer. Thank you for your donation!
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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