By: Amanda Zimmerman Each year before the holiday break, Northeastern High School in Manchester, PA’s Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica visits Shallow Brook Intermediate School to spread holiday cheer and to promote an interest in the Spanish language by singing villancicos—Spanish Christmas carols—in the hallway. One year, as the familiar words of José Feliciano’s“¡Feliz Navidad!” filled the […]
LINKING PARENTS AND EDUCATION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
By: Jamie Marrs Consider the following scenario: Every evening, Fernando Leon helps his son 11-year-old son Samuel—who has big dreams of one day becoming a doctor—complete his homework. Together, they can fly through the math problems. They always do those first. “Math’s easy,” explains Samuel, “And it runs in our family. It’s easy for my […]
MARCH OF DIMES NAMES 13-YEAR OLD BOY FROM PUERTO RICO
Ismael Torres-Castrodad of San Juan, Puerto Rico, born five weeks prematurely, has been named the March of Dimes 2016 National Ambassador. He’s the first child from Puerto Rico to be named to this position in the history of the March of Dimes. Ismael’s story emphasizes the serious and complex problem of late preterm birth, (between […]
Hispanic Heritage Foundation Educating and Mentoring Latinos from Elementary to Professionals
The Latino Connection is going to challenge everyone reading this article to do one thing today. EDUCATE yourself about the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF). WHY? HHF could directly benefit a Latino youth that you know. Much like the American Cancer Society educates the public on cancer, HHF helps educate and mentor Latino youth from elementary […]
Love Begins By Loving Yourself First by Sara Snow
What’s going on with women today? Where does this saying that “women are strong” come from? It is obvious that after the courtship, the wedding, women go through a phase in which helping them becomes less every day. Is it possible that there’s a misapprehension concerning the strength of women today? Being a strong woman […]