I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas with your loved ones... We will definately have a wonderful 2010...

Sincerely, Alfredo

I hope everyone did great in their finals. Well I just wanted to wish you all a Feliz Navidad! And hope that everyone has a safe New Years! Enjoy your break.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Enjoy your break from school and try to find some time to relax and have fun.

Janelle

Danza Cihuatlan

Hello Team,

Hope you guys are doing great. I just wanted to share estas pics w you guys. Dis is how we celebrate La Virgen De Guadalupe, en Cihuatlan, Jalisco. I really miss those days. :-( There are about 12+ differenct Danzas that perform on Dec 12. Around 4 or 5 are from the town of Cihuatlan and the rest come from different ranchitos around Cihuatlan. If you guys wanna see more pics go to www.canal235.com or go to you tube and just type "Danza Cihuatlan" and there are some short videos. Well hope you like them. :-)

MI prima...

Washington

Hey u guys,

I forgot to mention that Polo is working on his Masters degree in Political Science. I wish you guys the best holidays ever and drive safely.

Washington Union

Hey everyone,

I contacted a friend Polo last week. He is working on his masters in Fresno State. Polo is going to be our guest speaker in Washington Union this Wednesday. He is a nice person and I am confident that the students will be able to connect with him. :)

West Fresno

Last Wednesday and Thursday Hmong and I visited West Fresno. The students sign-up to bring a dish for next Wednesday; we will be enjoying a potluck to celebrate before going in vacations. Mr. Adame, School Principal, is incredibly supportive on what the students want to do. He gave us a room for the potluck and gave permission to bring guest speakers.

Today newsletter

FROM ROOSEVELT:

Hello all, I hope everyone had a great time today at the meeting (eatting Eddie's cake) LOL.
Just want to share with you guys that my visit at Roosevelt today was successful. The students were very good in turning their transcript and release forms on time. I also had some new students
take the pre-test and students evaluation forms. I also help one of my student to send her scores,
I showed her how because she did not know how. Besides that, I was working on my summons
of students for tomorrow after school (hoping to see the majority of them). Hope everyone have
a good evening. =)

School Visit

Hello Everyone,
I was in Coalinga High yesterday and meet with seven migrant students as we continue to inform all current migrant students of our program. During lunch i had a lot of our regular students come in and ask for additional information regarding trade schools, scholarships, and more information regarding the Fresno state portal. Martina and I will be giving a presentation Friday during lunch, about the UC and CSU system and the universities. We are currently pulling migrant students out of their classes and informing them of the college migrant program and the fact that we are their for them and so far its been great, i wont be able to post any further pictures as we are still collecting release forms and some of the students in are pictures have not turned them in. I will report on our Friday meeting once it occurs...
Good luck with finals everyone and see you all Thursday at 9am during our staff meeting...

MHS..MHS..MHS..MHS !

HELLO EVERYONE,
DON'T WANT TO FALL BEHIND DURING THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO GOODLUCK TO ALL WITH YOUR FINALS.

WELL I WANTED TO SHAR SOME PHOTOS OF OUR LOVELY MENDOTA GALS.
WE WERE ALL VERY GLAD TO SEE EACHOTHER BECAUSE WE HAD NOT SEEN EACHOTHER FOR A WEEK OR SO..DUE TO THE BREAK.



WE TOOK OUR GIRLS SOME SNACKS AND FILLED THEIR TUMMIES.. =)


WE REFLECTED ON OUR WEEKEND BREAK AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN SCHOOL AND THEIR LIVES.



WE HANDED OUT RELEASE FORMS AND ARE REQUIRING THEIR TRASCRIPTS FOR NEXT TIME.

E.L.A.C PARENT MEETING

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM THE ELAC MEETING FOR MIGRANT PARENTS.
MANY THINGS WERE DISCUSSED
FROM ABUSE, TO WORK, TO SCHOOL, TO THE MIGRANT PROGRAM AND EDUCATION






PARENTS LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS
AND ATTENTIVE TOWARDS THE NEW INFORMATION.



ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM MENDOTA HIGH GIVING HER FEEDBACK FROM ONE CAMP THAT SHE ATTENDED.
SHE WAS VERY DETAILED AND WAS A GOOD SPEAKER THAT REPRESENTED THE STUDENT FROM THE CAMP.

G.man for Ever

Hola a Todos,

How you guys been? I hope everthing is going great with you and your mentees...

Sigan hechandole ganas...


G.man

Roosevelt High School:

Update update today. Today, I also gave out some more release forms to some students. I received some release forms and transcript from other students also. They did a good job on turning in their forms on time. I am hoping to receive the rest sometime tomorrow or by next week before they are due. As of right now, I am still at Roosevelt currently helping out some students on their essays for English. Well, back to work I go. Hope everyone is doing well and are as busy as me or busier. LOL. =)

Roosevelt

Yesterday Pa Nhia and I took the opportunity to update our lists and to create a list of the students that have not turned in their transcripts. I got to say that we are expecting a big turnout friday since we are sending out lots of summons. Wish us good luck!

Hi everyone,

I'm glad that everyone is back to work after a relaxing and needed break. The pictures that are posted above are from our last meeting at Caruthers. This group of students has turned in their release forms and are now getting their transcripts. We had a very good idea as to how to make sure they bring their paperwork--we will be bringing tacos to the meeting Tuesday and if the students want to attend they must submit their transcripts as a ticket. Moroever, we will be contacting them the night before, the goal is to get them motivated so we hope this works.

Finally, Yadira and I are planning a series of trips to Fresno Pacific University. Mentors, if you are interested in taking your students there, please contact us and we'll make it happen!

Hope to hear from all of you.

Ricardo Guevara

West Fresno

Hi Everyone,
Hmong and I visited West Fresno yesterday. We asked the students to form groups of four and share what they did in Thanksgiving week. After five minutes of conversation, we played “Green light, red light.” The objective of both activities was to create cohesion and apparently it worked because they [students] begin to organize a potluck all by themselves. I selected a student to be in charge of the potluck and explained to everyone that their contribution could be small. I gave them examples such as a small bag of chips or a bag of candies. :) We will be meeting in the computer lab next week to look information on campuses, and to make a list on the potluck.

Hello Mentors!

Timecards are due tomorrow

Staff Meeting Dec. 10, 9-12pm.

Migrant Office

A. Ponce, J. Martin & E. Rodriguez

Today visit & yesterday

Hello all,

Hope all is well. Well, I just want to update you guys what I've done so far at Roosevelt
yesterday and today. Yesterday, I was just helping the majority of seniors with their
community service paperwork. I also pass out some release forms and ask some of the
students to get their transcripts for me also. Today, Jose and I was just making summons
for the students we need to see, we also look up some students that we need their
transcripts and release forms. That's about it for today's update and remember, time cards are due tomorrow. Like Alfredo joked, no time card no holiday shopping. LOL.

THANK YOU THANK YOU.

For wishing me a happy birthday yesterday. WOW, I'm getting older now. LOL. Anyways, I was just looking at the migrant website and wow good job Alfredo for the colors. They look so attracting and outstanding. =)