Hispanic+Guests





Martha y colegas, We won't be able to use the hallways for half of the presenters. We talked about having one hispanic in the room and one in the hallway. Jeff Hayes says it is a fire code violation. Please let us know at PD tomorrow approximately how many hispanics are able to participate so far, Martha, and we can see if each can get their own room. If not, I know there's room for two in the classroom as long as we can move desks. As far as keeping the festive feel in the hallway, perhaps we can have a volunteer stationed outside each hispanic room being personable and inviting people in. They could even wear something of that country if possible. I'm thinking this would be a good place to have outgoing, high school spanish students. Fiesta Hispana - Native speaker coordinator: Martha Avina *Yolanda helping and Ruth Burlew

1. Make list of contacts (Ruth’s lunch group, parents of students, native teachers, spouses, relatives, etc.). ***See attached contact lists at the bottom of this page. *I think there's also an updated list in the share folder from Yolanda Fiesta 09 of Hispanics; their emails, phone numbers and addresses *Ask each elementary Spanish teacher for contacts of native Spanish speaking parents in their buildings who might want to help

3. In the few months before the fiesta make contacts: (emails, phone calls, etc.

In the emails, phone calls, explain : *we’d like them to represent their country and ask 5th grade level questions in Spanish to the students. Sample questions need to be given to them. *suggested from Fiesta 08, have each table have a different set of questions to ask, or at least not have all of them asking the same ones *We’d like them to display items from their country (nothing precious they’d be afraid would break) *Fiesta starts at 6:30, Friday March 18 and they’d finish around 7:45. We’d like them there between 5:45-6:00 to set up, get last minute instructions, etc.

4. A month or so ahead, send out an email or call to get an rsvp count.

5. A week ahead, send an email reminder with any last minute updates, instructions on what to expect when they check in that night, how to find their table, who will be there to help, etc.

4. Night of fiesta, *Place the country flags outside the room where you want each speaker to set up (Tina has the flags at Woodcrest). Speakers will each be in a classroom *On the tables, provide water, pens for them to sign the passports, and chairs to sit on.

*Have someone greet the Hispanics when they come in (volunteer chair? Hispanic chair? other?). Have a map (guide? Layout?) of the rooms marked with the countries so the Hispanics know where to go (they’ll have boxes, etc and won’t want to wander looking). They can get there name tags at this time *Have volunteers there to help the speakers get their stuff to the tables and set up,

5.Keep the speakers informed well before the fiesta and as it gets closer

6. Write thank you’s to the native speakers after the fiesta (this may be a large group. Ask another committee that doesn’t have as many thank you’s to write to help out or have all the chairs help out *Jenn has taken pictures of each of the Hispanics during the last two fiestas to put in their thank yous.

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