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Parents, Students, Staff and Principals Come Together for Education Conference
The 2nd Annual Conferencia Educativa Para Padres was held at the BCSD Community Campus on Saturday, September 29. Parents had access to teachers, principals and staff members who spoke about resources for parents and students including Skyward, college and career planning, fundamentals of early childhood learning and more.
Cox Communications sponsored the event and promoted their Connect2Compete program which offers discounted internet service for qualified families. Community partners such as the Blaine County Recreation District, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Girls on the Run, St. Luke’s attended and provided information in both Spanish and English for families. Four people were the lucky winners of Bluetooth speakers from Cox.
Special thanks to our Latino Staff Advisory Committee for planning the conference. Latino Staff Advisory Committee members include: Olga Maza-Santos, Jane Lopez, Nora Gutarra, Jorge Pulleiro, Yesenia Guevara, Gabby Bryant, Lorena Horne, Alejandra Silva, Daniela Anguita, Deiysi Paredes-Monjaras, Rosa Quispe, Juan Salamanca, Adan Sanchez, Thad Biggers, Angie Martinez and Heather Crocker. Presenters at the conference included keynote speaker Sam Byrd, Jorge Pulleiro, Ruben Rivera, Rosa Quispe, Deisysi Paredes-Monjaras, Fritz Peters, John Pearce, Jane Lopez, Liz Clark, John Peck. Interpreters include Olga Maza-Santos, Nora Gutarra, and Daniel Anguita. Student presenters included Viridiana Lemus, Emanuel Guzman, Melissa Gonzalez and Amy Aranda. Students represented the club Nosotros United, a student club from Wood River High School.