SHS seniors continue teaching Spanish at SLC
JACK FREEMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 months, 2 weeks AGO
Students in Mary Imax's Spanish 202 class pose for a photo with props and books they use to educate preschoolers at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
Photo Courtesy MARY IMAX
Amya Darley reads a book to two children at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
Hope Barnes, a SHS student, reads to two children at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
Lane Gavin reads "The Little Engine that Could" to preschoolers at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
SHS students Logan McGrann and Everett Gilman sits with kids at Sandpoint Learning Center.
SHS student Joah Collins reads to two preschoolers at the Sandpoint Learning Center last Thursday.
SANDPOINT — Seniors from Sandpoint High School returned to Sandpoint Learning Center to continue teaching Spanish to the younglings last week.
Spanish 202 students have been making trips to the youth center in an effort to encourage early learning of a second language. Mary Imax, the Spanish teacher at SHS, said students read books focused on feelings and colors, purchased thanks to a mini grant from Underground Kindness, an education-focused nonprofit.
This past Thursday, Imax said students taught the preschoolers the days of the week in Spanish by signing “Lunes Martes” and read them bilingual books, building on their last visit in January.
“We were awarded a mini grant from Underground Kindness to support our mission of promoting early second-language learning and raising awareness about its lifelong benefits,” Imax said.
Imax said the class already has plans to return to SLC multiple times before the school year ends in June.
Amya Darley reads a book to two children at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
Hope Barnes, a SHS student, reads to two children at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
Lane Gavin reads "The Little Engine that Could" to preschoolers at the Sandpoint Learning Center.
SHS students Logan McGrann and Everett Gilman sits with kids at Sandpoint Learning Center.
SHS student Joah Collins reads to two preschoolers at the Sandpoint Learning Center last Thursday.ARTICLES BY JACK FREEMAN
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