Su Casa

Visiting Su Casa provided an enlightening experience of how the Latino community's fortitude in successfully networking and obtaining the support of the local church has really made a difference in terms of early childhood education, GED training, and social services for Latino immigrants.  Housed in Carthage, this old building has been repurposed as a one stop shop for processing immigration papers, tax services, academic skills training, employment training, and a summer day camp for students in K-3 giving them an enriching experience so as not to lose their academics over the summer.  In my particular class, my group of students spoke english well and interacted with me easily and confidently making it an enjoyable experience for all of us.  They were learning about plants and had just planted sunflower plants in their dixie cups, so they delightedly played show and tell on that accomplishment!  We read through several books on plants written in english with some spanish words or phrases intertwined so I made a game of me reading in english with them interjecting in spanish which was a hit.  This was an all around great experience.