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Press Releases & Announcements
Press Releases & Announcements
11/18/2020
The Culturingua Project involves a group of IB Diploma students at Jefferson High School, in conjunction with the SAISD LAVA Program (Student Leaders)
Census art contest winners announced
10/21/2020
Northside Independent School District art students in grades Pre-K through 8 are winners in the Culturingua's 2020 Census Art Competition.
Student Art Contest Aims to Increase Awareness of Census Among Immigrants
09/26/2020
By Jade Esteban Estrada - Arts Writer, San Antonio Sentinel. Today, Culturingua Partners, Northside Independent School District, and the City of San Antonio will team up to present a 2020 census art contest in an effort to increase awareness of the census before the looming Sept. 30 deadline. The show will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, September 26, 2020, at Ali Baba International Food Market located at 9307 Wurzbach Road.
09/25/2020
The Culturingua’s 2020 Census Art Contest received 44 submissions from students in Pre-K to Grade 8. Local nonprofit organization Culturingua partnered with Northside Independent School District and the City of San Antonio Immigration Liaison to raise awareness about the importance of completing the 2020 census particularly among immigrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, many of whom live in the Medical Center area and whose children attend Northside ISD schools.
Designing Interactive Lessons for the Virtual Language Classroom with Culturingua
07/20/2020
The session was moderated by QFI’s Director of Programs, Julia Sylla, and led by QFI nonprofit partner Culturingua’s leadership team, Nadia Mavrakis, Nader Mehdawi, and Cindy Dorsey. They shared their experience designing and delivering engaging Arabic, Spanish, and French courses following ACTFL standards.
Virtual summer camp explores the Middle East
06/04/2020
ALA and Culturingua, a local nonprofit that teaches Spanish, French, and Arabic language and culture classes, have joined together for a unique virtual summer camp: A Virtual Trip to the Arab World - Language and Culture.
06/04/2020
Culturingua, in partnership with the City of San Antonio and Bexar County’s “Count Me In” initiative, has launched a virtual art competition for Bexar County children and youth aged 4- to 14- year-old.
Culturingua holds 2020 Census art contest event for children
06/04/2020
San Antonio residents including Arab Americans and other Muslims in the area, ensure they're accounted for, organizers are also holding an art contest for children in Pre-K through 8th grade in collaboration with local non-profit group, Culturingua, which celebrates Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian heritage.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Theatre-Based Strategies to Promote Proficiency
02/26/2020
This session will review how to incorporate theatre into the language classroom to engage students and encourage them to use the target language in creative ways. Participants will experience various techniques first-hand to teach theatre-based language lessons and theatre skills through an Arabic lesson based on the well-known folktale "Sinbad the Sailor."
Explore Morocco through the Arabic Language Course (Ages 3-5) - Event - Arab America
01/27/2020
Students will go on a journey with Culturingua's Arabic teacher through Morocco while learning about how to describe items they see, such as animals and colors, activities they do, and emotions they feel.
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