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First-grade students hosted Art
Shows in Spring 2005
Click
here to see photos from the Art Shows.
2006 YDC Showcase Performance
Click Here for
the whole story and photos.
2007 Youth Showcase
Accept the Challenge; Be the Change! Click here for
Daily Globe article
http://www.dglobe.com/articles/index.cfm?id=6793
Visit
www.dglobe.com/video to see a video clip from "Distractions" a skit by
YDC.
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NCIC
provides integrated activities that will create multicultural awareness
and understanding. We are a collaboration of six school districts which
have students in Nobles
County:
Adrian, Brewster,
Ellsworth, Fulda,
Round
Lake, and Worthington.
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learn more about NCIC's
goals
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Dia de las Madres Celebration
May 18, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m., MN West
Commons
Area residents are invited to
participate in the Dia de las Madres celebration sponsored by Nobles
County Community Action. This will be a multicultural celebration
honoring mothers. Festivities will include music and dance
presentations by local individuals; a clown with balloon animals; and
door prizes for mothers. Those who attend will enjoy an evening meal
featuring food from various cultures. This event is free and open to
the public due to support from local businesses and organizations
including the Integration Collaborative.
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NCIC Hosted the 2007 Youth Showcase
Theme:
Distractions are Deadly:
Accept the Challenge - Be the Change!
Drama, dance and presentations about
safe-driving practices. Click link above to see details.
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8th Grade Retreat: Holocaust
presentation by Tim Scott and Youth Diversity Corps
On January 29 & 30 8th-grade students heard a
presentation by lawyer Tim Scott about the Holocaust and its relevance
today. The NCIC Youth Diversity Corps also performed at the event
which was held in the Fine Arts Theater at MN West. In
February the students will also attend "Through the Eyes of a Friend" at
Memorial Auditorium, which is also related to the Holocaust as it was
experienced by a young Jewish girl.
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Fourth-grade Pen Pals meet
at Prairie Elementary to celebrate Chinese New Year
Each year fouth-grade students in the
area pair up with another class as pen-pals. The students write
letters back and forth to get acquainted and then meet at Prairie
Elementary for a Chinese New Year Celebration. This year students
from Adrian, Brewster, Luverne, Prairie and St. Mary's Elementary
Schools participated.
Voices of Immigrants documentary
available for purchase
Last school year, a
documentary featuring interviews with 32 area immigrants from 17
different countries was produced by Nobles County Integration
Collaborative, Southwest Initiative Foundation and Points of View, Inc.
The 32 minute DVD and discussion guide are available for purchase from
NCIC for $12 each. Call 507-376-3300 to order one today!
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The NCIC Scholarship program is
in its last year. The program will be discontinued and the funds
redirected to programs serving secondary youth.
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2007 Courage Retreat
Area seventh-graders attended a
Courage Retreat on Mar. 25 & 26. Students learned about the virtue of
courage
and how to make their schools more welcoming places. Youth
Frontiers staff led the students in interactive games, personal stories
and small-group discussions. High school students from 6 area high
schools served as small-group leaders.
Mar. 25 participants
Adrian
Ellsworth
St. Mary's
Round Lake-Brewster
Worthington
Nov. 14 participants
Fulda
WALA
Worthington
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Elementary
Spanish
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This will be the fourth year that Spanish lessons will be provided to
elementary students in the Collaborative area. For the last few years
students in Brewster/Round Lake, Fulda and Worthington have received
Spanish language instruction and multi-cultural education from licensed
elementary teachers. This Elementary Spanish program sponsored by
NCIC is an exploratory program in
which students have one or two lessons per week throughout the school
year. Research shows that younger children are able to learn additional
languages more quickly, so this program capitalizes on children’s natural
ability to learn languages at an early age.
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learn more about Elementary Spanish
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English
- Spanish Interchange
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Adults
who wish to learn either Spanish or English may take advantage of this unique
program. Individuals who wish to learn Spanish attend the first hour of
the class to study the Spanish language, then they participate in a
30-minute interchange time with native Spanish speakers who are in the
process of learning English. Following the interchange time, the
Spanish- speaking students remain for an English lesson. Childcare and
transportation are available.
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learn more about English - Spanish
Interchange
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Analyzing the Melting Pot article published in
Daily Globe by Julie Buntjer on 6-22-06
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Click
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NCIC
News
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8th-Grade Dynamic 507 youth received a mini-grant from
Delta Dental to plan and implement an oral health program for younger
youth in the community. Students will be making at least two
presentations in May and touring a local dentist office to learn about
careers in the dental field.
NCIC youth staff members are currently recruiting
secondary students to participate in next years' programs. Tables
will be set up at area schools during lunch time to talk about
opportunities available at NCIC.
Click here to see the Project Ignition page.
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Events Calendar
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May 4 - Cinco de Mayo celebration hosted by
Latino Business Committee at Long Branch
May 14 - Serve a Smile presentation at
We Care Daycare by 8th grade Dynamic 507
May 15 - Dia de los Maestros (Teacher’s Day)
May 16 - Arttango Show for Prairie & Adrian
Elementary Schools, 2-3 p.m., Adrian gym
May 18 - Dia de las Madres (Mother’s Day)
celebration by NCCA at MN West, 2-6 p.m.
May 24 Christian Hispanic-Anglo
Partnership Picnic at Centennial Park, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
June 2 - Collaborative Council Meeting at
6:00 p.m.
June
9-22 - Summer Theater Camp at Adrian Elementary, Mon. – Thurs. 12:00
– 3:30
June 10-26 - Time to
Share at NCIC, Tues. & Thurs., 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon |
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see the full calendar
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