HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EDUCATION PROGRAM
Photo reprinted from www.shapethefuture.org
Last week I mentioned a photography and essay contest for high school students surrounding Hispanic Heritage Month, which is Sept. 15 - Oct. 15. In addition to that contest, Ford Motor Company and Newspaper In Education programs are sponsoring a program to help middle school and high school educators teach their students more about Hispanic heritage and to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. This year the theme of the program is “Faces of the Future: Hispanics Who Will Influence the World.”
The program includes a 16-page bilingual supplement, (delivered in all NIE papers, including the Las Vegas Review Journal, September 15-19+), a 20-page bilingual Teacher Guide, a full-color classroom poster and thought-provoking activities for teachers who register online to participate in the program. The program examines Hispanics who will be future world leaders in the fields of film, music, video, design, Internet communication, multi-media news, literature, drama, architecture, television and entrepreneurship.
Clark County School District, or private school teachers who want to participate can register at http://www.lasvegasnie.com/hheritage08.html. Also, homeschool parents interested in this program may call Susan Knoll at 383-4655 or email her at: nie@reviewjournal.com.
Hispanic-Americans now count for 26 percent of the population in Las Vegas. That’s one-fourth of our city! I hope many of our local educators will participate in this program to recognize the great names and faces of Hispanic legacy.
