Includes bibliographical references (page 167) and index.
Contents
Responding to the needs of our increasing Latino school population -- Proactive efforts of the school-community -- July: establishing the direction of reaching-out activities for the school year -- August: researching demographics and initiating home contacts -- September: motivating staff and involving school-community committees -- October: planning and hosting first major school-community event -- November: utilizing the positive tone from the first activity to reinvest in future efforts -- December: capturing the holiday spirit to enhance student camaraderie -- January: involving students and staff in planning second semester events -- February: solidifying school-community support and participation in upcoming activities -- March: promoting understanding and motivation through staff in-service -- April: exploring long range commitments and planning culminating events -- May: acknowledging the school-community's participation and justifying the need for continuing similar efforts in the future -- June: end-of-year activities and suggested summer reading lists -- A model school district program -- Epilogue.