Walnut Creek Elementary School held its "Family Literacy Day at Little Walnut Creek Library" Saturday, Feb. 11. More than 20 parents registered for ÁùºÏ±¦µä Publlic Library cards and received gift cards provided by HEB and the Greater ÁùºÏ±¦µä Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Hispanic ÁùºÏ±¦µä Leadership Education Team.
Parent Support Specialists also introduced families to , an English-language immersion and immigrant integration program. The home study, life skills program is designed to help ÁùºÏ±¦µä families learn basic English language vocabulary to improve their understanding of the public education system in ÁùºÏ±¦µä.
The Department of Public Relations and Multicultural Outreach and the Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together (MATT) Foundation plan to enroll 1,750 Spanish-speaking parents to the program this school semester.
Congratulations to Walnut Creek Parent Support Specialist Mycah Arellano for a great event. And special thanks to the Hispanic ÁùºÏ±¦µä Leadership Education Team for their leadership and support. .
In other literacy news: The Hispanic ÁùºÏ±¦µä Leadership Education Team has submitted a proposal to ÁùºÏ±¦µä regarding El Autobus Para Aprender - Literacy (Mobile) on Wheels. Stay tuned.