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cano and Latino middle school
students improve their perform
ance in school.
The program, which is run out
of the MEChA office on campus,
has now expanded from
Kennedy to Jefferson and Kelly
middle schools.
Sylvia Gil, director of MEChA,
said the program is open to all
students but the activities are tai
lored to the needs of Chicano and
Latino students. Each week, Uni
versity students plan activities
such as field trips and games in
addition to offering help with
homework, said Gil, a senior ma
joring in political science.
Last week, they had a chance
to go to Oregon State University
for the “Chicanitos tour,” which
was meant to show the students'
what college has to offer.
Later this year, MEChA will
bring Edward James Olmos, star
of the film “Stand and Deliver,”
to campus and give Ganas stu
dents a chance to meet him.
Daniel Lopez, a Jefferson
Ganas student, said, “I like the
field trips and the food. Every
thing; I like everything.” Lopez
has been attending Ganas every
week since it began.
Larsen, a psychology and
Spanish double major, said
Lopez was shy at first, but “now
he sings for us.”
That seems to be the common
story: Students timidly enter the
program, and after a few weeks
they feel right at home. Larsen
worked at Jefferson with English
as a Second Language students
before Ganas expanded into the
school. She knew some of the
kids before she was a Ganas tutor.
“I love them,” she said.
Each time the groups meet,
they sit in a circle and check in.
The middle schoolers tell the tu
tors what they are doing in
school, and the tutors do the
same.
Guillen told the group about
an assignment she is working on:
“I’m doing a project on immigra
tion and how they shouldn’t take
advantage of the people.”
University student Gerardo
Ochoa said, “I’m doing a presen
tation on immigration for one of
my classes too, maybe I can help
you out.”
After they check in, they break
up and start their homework. The
students all have different sub
jects they want to work on.
The tutors sit by the students’
sides and read through the mate
rial and break it down so the stu
dents can understand it. Many of
the students speak English as a
second language, so the Ganas
program is a chance for them to
get one-on-one attention.
Larsen, who volunteers at Kel
ly and Jefferson, said she enjoys
seeing the students improve not
only in grades but in their critical
thinking skills as well.
“They learn how to do their
homework [on their own] at
home,” she said.
For Jane Harrison, University
alumna and principal of Kelly
Middle School, the most exciting
moment was when the Universi
ty students walked into the
school. She said every Latino stu
dent’s head turned and everyone
wondered why they were there.
“They hadn’t had role models,”
she said.
Harrison said the program is
important because “it helps them
see they can be learners.”
The middle schoolers are not
the only ones who benefit from
the program. “The kids end up
being your little friends,” Larsen
said.
Ganas tutors meet at 3 p.m. in
the MEChA office, EMU Suite 30,
every Monday through Thursday.
For more information call 346
3508.
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