Welcome to the District
100
Bilingual Department
Bilingual Advisory Board Members
President: Mariana Gonzalez
Vice-President: Maria Pineda
Secretary: Maria Benitez
English Language Learning
The State Board of Education Division of
English Language Learning provides leadership, advocacy and support to
districts, policymakers and citizens by promoting equitable access to language
support services for students from culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds who have been identified as English Language Learners. These
services will assist them to become lifelong learners, able to contribute to and
function in a multicultural and globally competitive world.
News /Next Meeting
The next meeting will take place Wednesday, December16th, 2009 at
9:00 a.m at LaVergne Education Center, 3401 Gunderson Ave., Berwyn,
IL
*Topic of Interest: Census 2010
Noticias/Próxima
Junta
La próxima junta será el miércoles, 16 de diciembre, 2009 a las 9:00
a.m. en el Centro de Educación LaVergne, 3401 Gunderson Ave., Berwyn,
IL
*Tema de Interés: Censo 2010
The
Bilingual Department of South Berwyn
School District #100 Offers English Classes/*Computer Class FREE
at
the following school:
Komensky
–
2515 S. Cuyler
Classes begin: October 27th
Class days: Tuesday & Thursday 3:15p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Past Events:
Winners were awarded
with prizes
 
The
following are excerpts from the 2009 Hispanic Heritage Month Essay
Contest:
Pershing 4th grade: A.L.
En México celebran el día de
los muertos. Esto me recuerda de mi bisabuela que vivió en la
ciudad de México. Cuando fui a visitar a mi bisabuela me llevo mi
abuela…ese día siempre la recuerdo.
El Año Nuevo festejamos en
la casa de mi abuelita. Fueron mi tío, tía y primos y primas. Nos
quedamos despiertos toda la noche mientras celebramos el Año Nuevo…
Cuando fue las doce de la
noche celebramos el Año Nuevo como lo hacen en México y aquí igual..
Me gusta celebrar mucho mi cultura. Me siento bien cuando estoy con
toda mi familia.
Translation: (submitted
in Spanish)
In Mexico they celebrate the Day of the
Dead. This reminds me of my great-grandmother who lived in Mexico
City. When I went to visit her, I went with my grandmother…I always
remember her on that day.
We celebrated New Years at my grandmother’s
house. My uncle, aunt and cousins were there. We stayed up all
night while we celebrated the New Year….
When it was twelve midnight we celebrated
the New Year as they do in Mexico and here too. I like to celebrate
my culture very much. I feel good when I am with all of my family.
Pershing 4th grade: B.S
Being Hispanic in Berwyn means hardworking
people, large family parties, and Mexican food… We have large
parties like cotillions, weddings and birthdays…The food is one of
my favorite things. I like my family’s “mole” because it tastes
good. I like pozole and menudo that my mom makes at the parties.
We also have other food like tacos and tamales. It smells good.
Translation:
Ser hispano en Berwyn
significa gente trabajadora, fiestas grandes de familias y comida
Mexicana… Tenemos fiestas grandes como quinceañeras, bodas y
cumpleaños…La comida es una de mis favoritas cosas. Me gusta el
mole de mi familia porque tiene buen sabor. Me gusta el pozole y
menudo que mi mamá hace en las fiestas. También tenemos otras
comidas como tacos y tamales. Huelen sabrosas.
Pershing 4th grade: A.G.
El fútbol es divertido y mi
jugador favorito es Omar Bravo. El es hispano como yo. Me gusta
Ronaldinho que es un buen jugador de Brasil…
Yo quisiera ser pediatra
cuando sea grande porque me gustan los bebes. Quiero ir a la
Universidad y ganarme becas y trabajar duro para ser pediatra.
Translation:
Football soccer is a lot of fun and my
favorite placer is Omar Bravo. He is Hispanic like me. I like
Ronladinho who is a good player from Brazil…
I would like to be a pediatrician when I
grow up because I like babies. I want to go to the University and
earn scholarships and work hard to become a pediatrician.
Pershing
Grade 4: K.M.
He vivido en Berwyn un año.
Es muy tranquilo aquí. Soy de Acambaro, Guanajuato, México. Para
mi ser hispana en Berwyn significa que uno puede seguir su cultura
hispana. Me siento orgullosa de mi cultura porque soy Mexicana.
Ser mexicana me recuerda de
mis comidas preferidas como el pozole, pambazos y las enchiladas.
Cuando mi mamá hace esa comida me recuerda de mi país con esos
sabores.
Recuerdo mucho el día de la
independencia de México porque todos mis primos siempre se visten de
los colores de la bandea. Fuimos a Lo Comales con mis tíos y
comimos [-ara festejar ese día. Hacemos comidas casi como el color
de la bandera de Medico. Mi mamá le pone pimiento en el centro para
que se vea como un águila.
Y mi idioma se habla en mi
escuela y en mi casa aunque estoy aprendiendo ingles. Par mi eso es
ser hispana en Berwyn.
Translation:
I have lived one year in Berwyn. It is very
peaceful here. I am from Acambaro, Guanajuato, México. To me,
being Hispanic in Berwyn means that one can continue with their
Hispanic culture. I am very proud of my culture because I am
Mexican.
Being Mexican reminds me of my favorite
foods like pozole, pambasos and enchiladas. When my mother makes
this food the flavors remind me of my country.
I remember Mexican Independence Day because
all of my cousins always dress with the colors of the flag. That
day we went to Los Comales (restaurant) with my uncles and cousins
to celebrate. We make food almost like the colors of the Mexican
flag. My mother puts pimento in the middle to make it look like the
eagle.
My language is spoken at my school and in my
house although, I am learning English. This is what it means to me
to be Hispanic in Berwyn.
Pershing
4th grade: J.M.
Lo que celebramos en México
es el día de la independencia, lo celebramos el 16 de septiembre.
Cuando lo celebramos en México nos juntamos toda la familia y
comemos comida mexicana.
Translation: What we celebrate in Mexico is
Mexican Independence Day, we celebrate it on September 16th.
Freedom
Grade 6: C.H.
… For me January is one of our favorite
holidays because it has the Three Kings Day, we make a delicious
rosca (ring of bread). We put small plastic babies to see who makes
tamales. (This is a custom where the family members slice a piece
of a bakery ring that contains baby figurines, whoever gets one has
to provide a meal at a later day, sometimes there are more than one,
so they share the expense)…
The thing I like to do the most is participate
in the 5 de mayo. I like that they think of doing Mexican stuff.
But the thing I like the most about being a Hispanic in Berwyn is
that they accept Hispanics.
Traduccion:
Para mi enero es uno de
los feriados favoritos por tiene el Día de Los Reyes Magos, hacemos
una deliciosa rosca. Le ponemos bebes para ver a quien le toca
hacer la cena.
Lo que mas me gusta es
participar en el 5 de mayo. Me gusta que piensen en hacer cosas
Mexicanas. Pero lo que mas me gusta de ser hispano en Berwyn es que
aceptan a los hispanos.
Freedom
Grade 8 : A.O.
…para mi el mes hispano es
algo que siempre lo voy a celebrar porque lo llevo en mi sangre…en
este mes es cuando me acuerdo de mis tierras como el aire puro de
los árboles y también es cuando me siento fuerte, cuando me siento
alegre.
Translation:
…for me the Hispanic month is something that
I will always celebrate because I carry it in my blood…in this month
I remember my land with the fresh air of the trees it is also when I
feel strong it’s when I feel happy.
Freedom
Grade 6 :J.S.
Mi orgullo de ser hispano
- Por todas nuestras
tradiciones que tenemos por mis antepasados
- Estoy orgulloso porque
soy nacido en México
- Porque tenemos nuestro
idioma
- Me siento muy suertudo
porque no a todos les toca ser hispano
Translation:
My pride in being Hispanic
- For all of our traditions that we have
from our forefathers
- I’m proud because I was born in Mexico
- Because we have our own language
- I feel lucky because not everyone gets
to be Hispanic
Freedom Grade 8 : L.J.
Hispanics brought music to dance to like Salsa,
Bachata, Spanish Hip Hop and Spanish Rap. Hispanics also brought
traditional dances… Hispanics like Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Daddy
Yankee, Pitbull and Nina Sky are awesome, talented and creative
singers. George Lopez is known for his TV comedy show…Hispanics is
what it’s all about, they are hard workers that fight for a better
life and a better tomorrow.
Translation:
Los hispanos trajeron
música para bailar como Salsa, Bachata, Hip Hop en español y el Rap…tambien
trajeron bailes tradicionales…Hispanos como Shakira, Jennifer Lopez,
Daddy Yankee, Pitbull and Nina Sky son formidables cantantes,
talentosos y cantantes creativos. George Lopez es conocido por su
programa de comedia en la televisión…Hispanos lo son todo, son muy
trabajadores y luchan por una mejor vida y un futuro mejor.
Freedom Grade 6: B.E.
Yo me siento muy orgullosa
porque ya que este mes es el mes de todos nosotros, los mexicanos o
hispanos…Bueno lo único que recuerdo es que en México mi abuelita y
yo ordeñábamos los becerros pero también me acuerdo que me enseñaron
a hacer comida como chilaquiles, chiles rellenos, en fin muchas
cosas mas. También me regalaron un caballo recuerdo cuando hacia
carreras de caballos con mis primos, una vez le iba ganando a mi
primo entonces me caí y todos nos reímos ese día, también íbamos a
un lado donde había barro y hacia muchas cazuelitas bueno esos son
mis recuerdos, gracias por leer mi historia.
Translation:
I am very proud because this month is our
month, the Mexicans or Hispanics…Well the one thing that I remember
is that in Mexico I used to go with my grandmother to milk the
calves and I also remember that they taught me how to cook things
like chilaquiles, stuffed peppers and other things. They also gave
me a horse and I remember when I used to run horse races with my
cousins, one time I was beating my cousin but I fell and then we all
laughed that day. We also used to go where there was some clay and
made little pots, well those are my memories, thank you for reading
my story.
Freedom Grade 8: B.J.P.
…porque no importa de donde
somos o de donde venimos sino que todos compartimos un mismo
sentimiento de añoranza y hermandad y que de igual manera todos por
una razón u otra dejamos en nuestro país, nuestras raíces, nuestros
recuerdos, muchos de nosotros, familia, pero lo mas importante es
que como hispanos nos hemos ganado un papel muy importante dentro de
esta sociedad porque el ser hispano nos da un espíritu de lucha, de
perseverancia y de triunfo.
Translation:
..it doesn’t matter where we’re from but
rather that we share the same longing feeling and brotherhood and
that we left our country for one reason or another leaving our
roots, our memories, many of us our family, but what is important is
that as Hispanics we have earned an important role in this society
because being Hispanic gives us the fighting spirit of perseverance
and triumph.
"5 DE
MAYO"/MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION 2009
The program was
held Friday May 8th at
Morton West High
School
May 5th celebrates an important Mexican victory against the powerful
and sophisticated French army. It
is often confused with Mexican Independence Day, which occurs on September 16th.
The date lends itself to celebrations in the schools, testing is done and
the end of the year is close at hand thereby allowing teachers and students time
to practice and share their culture in the schools.
Our District 100 Bilingual students and staff take this opportunity to
celebrate the diversity from their countries through song and dance
Please take time to view and enjoy some of the students in our district
dressed in folkloric attire. Each
year the turnout gets bigger and better! Enjoy!
May 8th, 2009
Eight
Annual Cinco de Mayo/Mother's Day
Celebration
Click to view
images here
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