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Pingback: Welcome Back! The experience was amazing. AMBASSADORSHIP, SCHOOL SERVICE, and COMMUNITY SERVICE. In 1799, the Lazaretto Station was established in response to the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. Participate in SHA contests for activity of the year. “I was like, ‘Is this real? As we walked around, we saw more beautiful murals and mosaics.

Du Bois and Engine #11. Middle schools offering Spanish I and above usually induct honor members because this membership requires that the chapter establish minimum grade requirements. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Featured Members: Featured Jobs. Artist Carl Willis Humphrey completed in 2008. Imagining the street we were on, imagining what it looked like in the late 1800s and imagining Dr. Du Bois knocking on all the doors, asking questions, and collecting data over and over. Du Bois’ study of Philadelphia’s Black Community and The Great Migration. I was exhausted at the end of each day! Link your chapter with others across the USA to share activities. The research was published in his 1899 paper, The Philadelphia Negro. However, a replica was built in 1975 just in time the nation’s bicentennial. VIRTUAL ON CALL PROGRAM CONTINUES THROUGH AUGUST 27TH, The Jersey City Public Schools is now on DonorsChoose.org, McNair Alum Tatiana Cruz, honored as Boys & Girls Club New Jersey Youth of the Year, Department of Recreation & Youth Development Division of Recreation Pop-Up Programming Summer 2020 July 13th – August 28th. We walked part of it in July wearing shorts and sneakers. Amistad Commission Summer Institute On-line Curriculum Course for Educators and Administrators August 18-22, 2020. This list provides a list of pop sites provided by the division of recreation during the summer. I always tell my students when we study history that someone lived through it and try to imagine what it was like for that person. New Jersey Educators! The Jersey City Public Schools was chosen as part of the Subaru Share the Love Event! Change ), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Amistad Commission Summer Institute for Teachers – 2016, Welcome Back! Amistad Commission Summer Institute On-line Curriculum Course for Educators and Administrators August 18-22, 2020.

All students are required to participate in projects in order to become members. The Amistad Commission meets quarterly to promote and protect the law mandating the teaching of African-American history in all New Jersey public schools. Additional Seats are being made available for the Summer Sessions Workshops. If you are interested in historic novels, be sure to read Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson.

( Log Out /  While visiting Philadelphia, there is so much to do, but I highly recommend visiting Mother Bethel. The Amistad Commission is a division of the New Jersey Department of Education and as per their website “The Amistad Commission ensures that the Department of Education and public schools of New Jersey implement materials and texts which integrate the… The scene is painted on the wall of Engine #11, a historical African-American firehouse. Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad (SHA) is an activities-based Spanish Society for elementary and middle school students enrolled in a Spanish class.

Enhance student pride in the projects and in their membership. About Us. Additionally, there are two types of membership: regular members and honor members.

In the basement, is a small museum with original artifacts and the tomb of its founder, Bishop Richard Allen. Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages by Katie Fitzgerald The summer reading program is the focal point of a children's librarian's year, requiring countless hours of preparation and nearly year-round promotion. We compare his ideas with Booker T. Washington’s. Last summer (2016), I attended the Amistad Commission Summer Institute for Teachers at Rowan University. At the age of 30, he and his new wife moved to Philadelphia. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Dr. Du Bois conducted his research in August, wearing a top hat and long coat.

The Amistad Commission meets quarterly to promote and protect the law mandating the teaching of African-American history in all New Jersey public schools.

We did not just learn about Du Bois’ research, we walked it. Did I hear my name correctly?’ I was about to cry.

... ©2020 … It is located at 6th and South Streets.

Traveling through the past to prepare for the future! A group of teachers from PS 22 participated in a virtual workshop to increase student engagement in a virtual setting.

Association Management Software Powered by. About 100 educators were at a 4-day workshop as part of the Amistad Commission’s annual summer institute. 2017 Amistad Commission Summer Curriculum Institute for Teachers (Northern Region) Due Process Disregarded: Emmett Till and the Legacy of Lynching in America Date(s) & Time(s) July 31, 2017 ~ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm August 1, 2017 ~ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm August 2, 2017 ~ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Principal Google and Infinite Campus Letter, School Related Closure Lesson Packets-Beginning May 19th, Student Packets for School Related Closures, DonorsChoose 20 year Anniversary Promotion, Meal Distribution Effective Monday September 14, 2020. Du Bois is depicted observing a city scene with a census in his hand. Projects must use Spanish in some way and must be completed on each of the following three areas: AMBASSADORSHIP, SCHOOL SERVICE, and COMMUNITY SERVICE.

Our workshops were fascinating.
Amistad Commission Summer Institute On-line Curriculum Course for Educators and Administrators August 18-22, 2020. “(When I was named Youth of the Year) I was questioning it, honestly,” Cruz said, laughing. Motivate students and increase enthusiasm for the language because they are engaged in interesting and fun projects. – History With Mrs. Johnson. Here I was doing just that. Du Bois was commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania department of sociology in 1896 to conduct a survey of blacks living in Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward. Elementary and middle schools offering exploratory programs usually induct regular members only. 7/20/2020 » 7/24/2020 Summer Institute: Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education.

Dr. Ercel Webb School (PS 22) teachers participate in PD from the George Street Playhouse, PHYS ED. On day 2, we took a walking tour down South Street, past shops and restaurants I have seen dozens of times, and walked a small portion of what he walked. The Amistad Commission meets quarterly to promote and protect the law mandating the teaching of African-American history in all New Jersey public schools. Extend your classroom to the school and community through your SHA activities.

Increase the number of student that continue to study Spanish in high school. ( Log Out /  The mural above is titled Mapping Courage: Honoring W.E.B. City Tavern first opened in December 1773 and was home to some of history’s most famous people. The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1794.

– History With Mrs. Johnson. I was trying to hold back tears of joy.”.

Yet, I learned so much more about Du Bois on the walking tour and I love that I can take my new knowledge back to my classroom. ©2020 The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese / 2100 1st AVE N STE 320, Landmark Center, Birmingham, AL 35203-4213 USA / Phone: 205.506.0600/ Fax: 205.855.0600, Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE), 8th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference. Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad. In order for a school to have a chapter of the Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad, all sponsors (teachers) must be members of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, (AATSP). W. E. B. Free First-Year Membership for National Teach Spanish Day 2020, Grants available to universities for SPANISH FILM CLUB festivals, AATSP Coordinator of Communications Search. Publicize your classes, department, and school by sponsoring a chapter of a national society for elementary and middle school students. Contest: Show Us Your Pandemic Classroom! The church has beautiful stained-glass windows with both religious and Masonic images.