Forwarded from Judth Tannenbaum in the S.F. Bay Area:

Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues:

WritersCorps has begun working with a wonderful public elementary school in San Francisco -- Sanchez School. Everything I've observed there indicates that the children -- most of whom are Latino/a and live in the Mission -- are encouraged in dozens of deep and wonderful ways.

One of my favorite encouragements is this: there are college pennants up everywhere. And instead of a classroom being called "Room 2," it's called "San Jose State" because the teacher in that room graduated from San Jose State. The last time I visited, I heard "college" mentioned to 1st and 2nd graders at least five times in 45 minutes. In a good way, in a way that let these young children know that college was part of their world.

Here's the request: if you have any college items (pennants, mugs, sweatshirts, decals, folders, etc.), could you send them to Assistant Principal, Sara Shenkan? Many of you teach (or are students) at colleges and universities in a number of states, and it would be great for the school to display items from Georgetown, University of Michigan, and Princeton, for example.

Send to:
Sara Shenkan
Assistant Principal
Sanchez School
325 Sanchez Street
San Francisco, CA 94114

   

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