Volunteer recruiting blurb and flyer, and minutes from 4-7-10

[Beth Soltzberg]

Hi everyone,

 

Below please see a blurb for you to edit as you wish and submit to your school newsletter.  It would be great if you could submit it to newsletters now and maybe again in a few weeks so that many parents have a chance to see it.  If there is a big response, I may schedule a separate orientation session for incoming volunteers, or have them meet before our 6/3 celebration.  If there are just a few people, I think having them join in on 6/3 will work.

 

I’ve attached the minutes from 4/7.  Let me know if you have any trouble opening the document.

 

In a few days, I’ll be sending out a flyer that you can post and/or hand out at events to help recruit volunteers.

 

Thanks, everyone!

 

Beth

 

 

 

As you may know, this year the Arlington elementary schools initiated a fourth grade curriculum about life in Teosinte, El Salvador.  Teosinte is a rural village that has been Arlington’s sister city for 22 years. The curriculum brings real-world content about life in a different society and about international friendship, to Social Studies and English Language Arts requirements.  It includes an “imaginary trip to Teosinte” presented by Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project volunteers, a lesson on “knowing your audience”/cultural awareness, and a letter exchange between fourth graders and kids in Teosinte.  Arlington High School Spanish students participate by translating the letters.   

 

The curriculum has been a great success, and we look forward to another exciting year ahead.  In late spring, the Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project will hold an orientation meeting for parents who are interested in volunteering to support and enhance the curriculum at their child’s elementary school next year.  Volunteer opportunities include helping with the classroom presentations, planning a mini-fiesta in the classrooms to celebrate when students receive their letters from Teosinte, or many other options.  The time commitment is flexible. 

 

Please contact Beth Soltzberg at bet...@comcast.net or 781-648-1445 if you are interested.

 

[Thea Frost]

HI,

I'll put this into the next issue of the Herald.

Thea Frost

Beth Soltzberg wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Below please see a blurb for you to edit as you wish and submit to
> your school newsletter. It would be great if you could submit it to
> newsletters now and maybe again in a few weeks so that many parents
> have a chance to see it. If there is a big response, I may schedule a
> separate orientation session for incoming volunteers, or have them
> meet before our 6/3 celebration. If there are just a few people, I
> think having them join in on 6/3 will work.
>

> I�ve attached the minutes from 4/7. Let me know if you have any
> trouble opening the document.
>
> In a few days, I�ll be sending out a flyer that you can post and/or

> hand out at events to help recruit volunteers.
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> Beth
>
> As you may know, this year the Arlington elementary schools initiated
> a fourth grade curriculum about life in Teosinte, El Salvador.

> Teosinte is a rural village that has been Arlington�s sister city for

> 22 years. The curriculum brings real-world content about life in a
> different society and about international friendship, to Social
> Studies and English Language Arts requirements. It includes an

> �imaginary trip to Teosinte� presented by Arlington-Teosinte Sister
> City Project volunteers, a lesson on �knowing your audience�/cultural

> awareness, and a letter exchange between fourth graders and kids in
> Teosinte. Arlington High School Spanish students participate by
> translating the letters.
>
> The curriculum has been a great success, and we look forward to
> another exciting year ahead. In late spring, the Arlington-Teosinte
> Sister City Project will hold an orientation meeting for parents who
> are interested in volunteering to support and enhance the curriculum

> at their child�s elementary school next year. Volunteer opportunities

> include helping with the classroom presentations, planning a
> mini-fiesta in the classrooms to celebrate when students receive their
> letters from Teosinte, or many other options. The time commitment is
> flexible.
>
> Please contact Beth Soltzberg at bet...@comcast.net

> <mailto:bet...@comcast.net> or 781-648-1445 if you are interested.
>
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[Heather Smith]

Thanks Thea - do you think we should mention our names as Hardy resources in case anyone has any questions about volunteering?

For example,

The current Hardy volunteers for the ongoing school year are Thea Frost, Sonia Lackey and Heather Smith.  Please feel free to contact them also if you have any questions.

 

Cheers,
Heather

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From: Thea Frost <tr...@frostbytes.com>
To: teosintec...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 10, 2010 10:12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Volunteer recruiting blurb and flyer, and minutes from 4-7-10

HI,

I'll put this into the next issue of the Herald.

Thea Frost

Beth Soltzberg wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Below please see a blurb for you to edit as you wish and submit to your school newsletter. It would be great if you could submit it to newsletters now and maybe again in a few weeks so that many parents have a chance to see it. If there is a big response, I may schedule a separate orientation session for incoming volunteers, or have them meet before our 6/3 celebration. If there are just a few people, I think having them join in on 6/3 will work.
>

> I’ve attached the minutes from 4/7. Let me know if you have any trouble opening the document.
>
> In a few days, I’ll be sending out a flyer that you can post and/or hand out at events to help recruit volunteers.
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> Beth
>
> As you may know, this year the Arlington elementary schools initiated a fourth grade curriculum about life in Teosinte, El Salvador. Teosinte is a rural village that has been Arlington’s sister city for 22 years. The curriculum brings real-world content about life in a different society and about international friendship, to Social Studies and English Language Arts requirements. It includes an “imaginary trip to Teosinte” presented by Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project volunteers, a lesson on “knowing your audience”/cultural awareness, and a letter exchange between fourth graders and kids in Teosinte. Arlington High School Spanish students participate by translating the letters.
>
> The curriculum has been a great success, and we look forward to another exciting year ahead. In late spring, the Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project will hold an orientation meeting for parents who are interested in volunteering to support and enhance the curriculum at their child’s elementary school next year. Volunteer opportunities include helping with the classroom presentations, planning a mini-fiesta in the classrooms to celebrate when students receive their letters from Teosinte, or many other options. The time commitment is flexible.

>
> Please contact Beth Soltzberg at bet...@comcast.net <mailto:bet...@comcast.net> or 781-648-1445 if you are interested.
>
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[Thea Frost]

Um, sure.� Though I'm not sure how helpful I'd be.� ;)� But yes, I can do that.� I might put something in about how much the 4th graders enjoy this, too.�


Heather Smith wrote:

Thanks Thea - do you think we should mention our names as Hardy resources in case anyone has any questions about volunteering?

For example,

The current Hardy volunteers for the ongoing school year are Thea Frost, Sonia Lackey and Heather Smith.� Please feel free to contact them also if you have any questions.

�

Cheers,
Heather

---

From: Thea Frost <tr...@frostbytes.com>
To: teosintec...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 10, 2010 10:12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Volunteer recruiting blurb and flyer, and minutes from 4-7-10

HI,

I'll put this into the next issue of the Herald.

Thea Frost

Beth Soltzberg wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Below please see a blurb for you to edit as you wish and submit to your school newsletter. It would be great if you could submit it to newsletters now and maybe again in a few weeks so that many parents have a chance to see it. If there is a big response, I may schedule a separate orientation session for incoming volunteers, or have them meet before our 6/3 celebration. If there are just a few people, I think having them join in on 6/3 will work.
>

> I�ve attached the minutes from 4/7. Let me know if you have any trouble opening the document.
>
> In a few days, I�ll be sending out a flyer that you can post and/or hand out at events to help recruit volunteers.
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> Beth
>
> As you may know, this year the Arlington elementary schools initiated a fourth grade curriculum about life in Teosinte, El Salvador. Teosinte is a rural village that has been Arlington�s sister city for 22 years. The curriculum brings real-world content about life in a different society and about international friendship, to Social Studies and English Language Arts requirements. It includes an �imaginary trip to Teosinte� presented by Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project volunteers, a lesson on �knowing your audience�/cultural awareness, and a letter exchange between fourth graders and kids in Teosinte. Arlington High School Spanish students participate by translating the letters.
>
> The curriculum has been a great success, and we look forward to another exciting year ahead. In late spring, the Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project will hold an orientation meeting for parents who are interested in volunteering to support and enhance the curriculum at their child�s elementary school next year. Volunteer opportunities include helping with the classroom presentations, planning a mini-fiesta in the classrooms to celebrate when students receive their letters from Teosinte, or many other options. The time commitment is flexible.

>
> Please contact Beth Soltzberg at bet...@comcast.net <mailto:bet...@comcast.net> or 781-648-1445 if you are interested.
>
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[Evelyne Delori]

We had our fiesta this week and one of the things we served were mandarinas (like clementines) which they have in El Salvador.  The kids really liked them.

We also played a game of bingo with all Spanish words and pictures (using red beans for the markers).   Very fun!  The grand prize winner won a Spanish phrase book.  Kids really into the Spanish language!

Mi Tierra was GREAT!  The food so delicious!

Evelyne

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