***NOTICE***
I write to let you know that we are postponing until next Saturday the inauguration of our Academia Cuauhtli primarily because of the bad weather report that we’ve gotten for this weekend and not wanting folks to take any unnecessary risks in getting to the event.
Here is the updated information with only the date changed (everything else is the same):
You are cordially invited to the inauguration of Academia Cuauhtli (Cuauhtli Academy) that takes place on Saturday, January 17, 2015 from 11:00AM-3:15PM at the new AISD Performing Arts Center located at 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Austin, TX 78723 (see link to map below). Tamales, chocolate, and pan dulce will be served with performances by Tejano music master Joel Guzman, McCallum High School Ballet Folklórico, Crockett High School Mariachi, Martin Middle School Ballet Folklórico, Bedichek Middle School Mariachi, and El Grupo de Danza Mexica Xochipilli.
Academia Cuauhtli is a language and culture revitalization partnership project for AISD fourth graders attending Metz, Zavala, and Sanchez Elementary Schools that takes place every Saturday at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center located at 600 River St. from January 10, 2015 through May 2, 2015. Instruction will take place exclusively in Spanish in the context of a TEKS-aligned, culturally and linguistically relevant Mexican American and Tejano history curriculum in the areas of local history, immigration/migration, and civil rights—soon to be expanded to women, indigenous heritage, and the cultural arts. All of the curricula developed out of this initiative is (or will be) available to students at multiple grade levels throughout the entire district.
Originating from our community, the Saturday academy is a collaboration between Nuestro Grupo (a community organization), the Texas Center for Education Policy at the University of Texas at Austin, the Tejano History Curriculum Project (an Initiative of the Tejano Monument Project), the Austin Independent School District and the City of Austin’s Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center.
Attached is our press release and event schedule for the day in English and Spanish.
Here are all the pertinent links:
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AcademiaCuauhtli Map to AISD Performing Arts Center: http://tinyurl.com/AISDPAC AISD Website: http://www.austinisd.org/academics/cuauhtli
• Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• Austin Area Association for Bilingual Education
• Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin
• Tejano History Curriculum Project
• Texas Center for Education Policy
• National Latino/a Education Research and Policy Project
For more information, please contact Larissa Davila at davilaly@live.com (email) or (512) 636-6381 (phone).
We apologize for any inconvenience this change may have caused. Although things could change, right now, the forecast for next week looks MUCH better than this weekend’s. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D., Director
Texas Center for Education Policy
University of Texas at Austin
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