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While I am in Vermont and then Spain, Bridget
Yaden,
Professor of Spanish at PLU, will fill in for
me.
Since the BOLE is a very time-consuming task,
please
assist her by submitting information of interest,
whether they be jobs in your district, a cultural
event in your part of the state, etc. Bridget
will be
using this address to write BOLE, but you may
reach
her personally at yadenlbe@plu.edu. Additionally,
chapter contacts and queries should be addressed
to
provisional secretary Carol Froelich,
cfroeli@thurston.com. Membership questions
go to
Treasurer Dandy Porter, dporter@universityprep.org.
Please don't forget that you voted as a chapter
to
raise dues for the year 2001 to $10 last October
in
Spokane!
2. FILM FESTIVAL EVENT A SUCCESS.
On June 3rd, 15 chapter members (about half of
what we
had at our last two events), went to see the
hysterically funny MANOLITO GAFOTAS during the
Seattle
International Film Festival. We had tapas
and
conversation beforehand at Dandy Porter's.
Thanks,
Dandy, and to everyone who came. It was
especially
nice to meet first-time attendee Kurt Wimer of
Bush
Prairie High School.
3. 2000-2001 EVENTS IN PLANNING
The other members of the junta directiva are hoping
you will attend LA VIDA ES SUEÑO at WAFLT
in Portland
this fall. Contact Oriana Cadman, ocadman@kalama.com.
For this you must send a $15 check by August
15th...NO LATE PAYMENTS ACCEPTED...PERIOD.
We are also planning a MERENGUE DANCE PARTY as
part of
our fall event, EN FOCO: CARIBE. There
will be clock
hours, and not only dance instruction, but about
three
hours of instruction on CUBA, PUERTO RICO and
THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, and it will include concrete
things to bring back to your classroom.
This will be
the Saturday after Veterans Day.
In the spring there will be a joint AATSP-AATF
TPRS
Workshop. Details to be announced.
4. EASTERN VICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Kerry Chama of A.C. Davis High School in Yakima
is
currently filling in due to the resignation in
February of the previous Eastern Vice President.
We
are having an election this fall for the position,
which is a two-year commitment. Contact
Paloma
Borreguero paloma@u.washington.edu, or Oriana
Cadman
ocadman@kalama.com if interested.
5. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM
Oriana will be writing an article for an upcoming
BOLE
explaining the benefits of participation by your
students in the NSE: college portfolio, award
certificates and scholarship potential.
Look for this
in an upcoming BOLE.
Wish Bridget good luck as she tries her hand at
BOLE!
I will be writing electronic postcards from time
to
time about my experiences and Bridget will pass
them
on!
Saludos cordiales y hasta luego.
Jay