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Señora Palmer and Señorita Baker
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The 4th grade students in Mt. Lebanon School District are taking on a very worthy cause! As part of the Spanish curriculum, students in 4th grade learn about América Central. Recently, we became aware of "Project Chacocente", a charity program that helps needy families in Nicaragua. Project Chacocente moves families living in a garbage dump in the capital city, Managua, Nicaragua to the clean air and fertile soil of rural Masaya, where the people learn skills for living independently. Project Chacocente is a non-profit project that does more than provide food and/or housing. It improves the lives of families in Nicaragua by teaching parents trades and other important life skills while also providing an education for their children. Project Chacocente helps families help themselves. To learn more, go to http://www.outofthedump.org
To raise money for Project Chacocente, the 4th graders are selling Guatemalan worry dolls. All proceeds from the sale will go to Project Chacocente. Each pouch of worry dolls is $1. All orders are due Monday, March 22nd. Information about the project and order envelopes have been sent home with students.
A "parranda" is the Puerto Rican version of Christmas caroling. Friends gather late in the evening and go from house to house singing traditional holiday songs. The parranderos (carolers) generally are invited in by the homeowner and, in anticipation of their visit, the host offers them food and drinks. The parranda then continues on to the next house with the host usually joining in. This continues from house to house until it comes to an end in the early morning concluding with a huge party. Small children usually don’t carol throughout the entire night. They remain at one of the stops to sleep. Older children continue until morning. Parrandas generally take place from early December until mid January.
