1.28.09: La Escuela Fratney

It has been awhile since I have been on a field trip so it was a blast to head east with a group of grad students to go to La Escuela Fratney, a bilingual school (Spanish/English) in Milwaukee. The school was delightful - the building itself is so charming, the kids were so poised, and the principal so passionate. It was exciting to see a real life school embodying the principles we learn about on campus and read about in books. My favorite moment was helping a little guy open his milk carton during lunch. Or maybe when a fifth grader realized that "knowing two languages helps you know both better" when he figured out what "equilateral" meant by knowing that "lado" means "side" in Spanish. Or maybe it was when I got to eat a gluten-free pound cake at the co-op a few blocks away. Mmmmmm. Pound cake.

Check out this school - it's doing wonderful things.