Take time to grieve, mourn and think of our fellow educators, students and families at Ingraham International High School. I am saddened. We are saddened. Please reach out to me or other educators if helpful to have someone to talk with or process. We love you Ingraham International educators.

Each year as October ends and November begins, Spanish language educators across the district engage students in learning about Día de Los Muertos. This year I am excited to highlight the incredible work led by Elizabeth Pérez and Garfield High School students.

"Our ofrenda represents the Latinx/Hispanic community of Garfield. We want to show a small part of our culture so everyone can learn a bit from it. Anyone is welcome to help contribute, and we would gladly appreciate it! The tradition of making an ofrenda in front of Garfield has been going on for 6 years. An ofrenda helps people of the Latinx/Hispanic culture remember our deceased loved ones. It speak an affection toward the deceased and is an expression of love towards life. Razas Unidas as a club wants to show our proud Latinx/Hispanic pride. Being able to make this ofrenda speaks to us because it is a way we feel represented as a community, seen even. We hope to continue this tradition in the future! ¡Sí se peude mi gente!"

- Garfield Community

Read more here about this self-paced training available for clock hours. Interested? Sign up here. Sign up extended to 11/18/2022 and licenses will be available to begin after 11/18/2022. You have one year to complete.

This year we will once again offer Wednesday afternoon trainings with Organic World Language on Job-Alike Red Wednesdays. If you are interested please email tbwilliams@seattleshools.org so you can get the Outlook invite. Trainings are virtual. Dates are still being decided but will likely be December, January, February, and March.

This year the following dates will be World Language Department Meetings. You should have received an Outlook invite already if a department chair. I look forward to seeing you then.

WL Department Chair Meeting #1 - Wednesday, 12/7 4pm - 5pm

WL Department Chair Meeting #2 - Wednesday, 2/1 4pm - 5pm

WL Department Chair Meeting #3 - Wednesday, 4/5 4pm - 5pm

World Language Credit Testing dates and registration are available here.

Interested in hosting a testing date at your school? Please contact tbwilliams@seattleschools.org to discuss details and schedule a date for this fall or spring. Last year over 10 schools hosted site-based testing days. Thank you educators for leading this work!

Do you have something you would like shared or focused on? Please email tbwilliams@seattleschools.org and we can work on getting that in future newsletters.

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Email: tbwilliams@seattleschools.org
Website: https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/international-education/world-languages/
Phone: 206 252 0191