Found in translation

Something a little different for the blogosphere tonight...Algo diferente esta para los que leen este blog. noche

Tonight I had the pleasure of hosting a workshop for parents at our school. The workshop was about asset building, a fancy way of saying, "how to get our kids to build the skills they need to be successful". The information was sent out to parents via our newsletter, which is translated into Spanish. Now, given that about 50% of our students are Hispanic, I should have expected that Spanish speaking parents would show up. Little did I know that only Spanish speaking parents would show up. Needless to say, it was an interesting night.

What I didn't expect, however, was that, what could have been an utter fiasco (with no translator), ended up being a great success. Luckily for me, one parent spoke both Spanish and English and was gracious enough to translate some of the information, and I spoke as much as I could in Spanish. The feedback was great! One parent even asked if they could come every Tuesday night! I am very thankful that I was able to connect with these parents and learn to find some common ground within the Spanglish translation. I look forward to working with these parents more and am hoping that they will share some of the information they learned tonight with more parents and members of our community!

Drifting

Another great weekend brought lots of time outside, and three shows! Scott and Ellen played in their newest collaboration, Tumbler, on Friday night, then Evan busted out some comedy and the Perpetual Drifters played on Saturday. It is times like these that I become so incredibly grateful for the friends that I have in Chico. They bring immense joy to my life. I loved the lighting set up at the show saturday because it made for such fun photos. 

Lil rockin' out!

February Sun

To commemorate one of the most beautiful months experienced thus far this year - I know, I know it's only February, but you have to admit it has been pretty damn beautiful - I am sharing these photos from the highways and byways of California. Enjoy!