Blog Post #5

My service learning has been done at the school where my children are students. We live in an area that has a very diverse population. We have several families that the children have entered school, at various grades, as Spanish speaking only. There are a variety of things that are being done to help these students. Just last year, a volunteer named Crongi was named the volunteer of the year for the state of Utah and was recognized for his efforts in helping the students are our school. He comes daily to help our Spanish speaking students learn English.
One thing the school does is to print letters home in both English and Spanish, as many of the parents are only Spanish speaking, it is important that they are made aware of the things going on inside the school.
Other efforts to help Spanish speaking students, is having special small groups. Here there are three to four Spanish speaking students who are pulled and worked with in a group setting so the kids are able to learn from each other as well as the teacher.