May 14. 1986, Portland Observer, Page 7
Video Letter to Corinto
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geography. but the children also
joyed visits Irom Port landers who
been lo Nicaragua, said Chaconas
visitors told stones from their trips
showed slides ami photographs,
H"b li >ih 11 h i
Apryl Ivans and Stephanie Cla)
smiled<io the) » Jish id ilietiisehes sing
and c I. uk e
I I k - two Portsmouth Middle V tus.l
sislh graders unit lour classmates ssere
watching the side., ihes made and plan
In send li. Nicaragua
Their len minute "side« letter i « i
I'lirmiu will Ms.n I k - on iis way lo
children in IA h i I. iik I » Nicaraguan sister
ells
He' ssallied lo shoss them hoss
much ssecaied. said Aprvl Stephanie
.hlik'.t H e aie hoping lor a sislet» tape
Irom them
I he sis soung women Irom leasher
Penelope ( haconas sixth grade class
iik - i alter school lot filmmaking twice a
week loi live weeks | I k - independent
learning projccl grew oul ol sixiul
studies segment on Central \,iK-ric.i
Ihes lilmed thenisclses in class, at
home. Irohcking at a plasgioimd. plus
mg basketball, skateboarding. singing
and dancing
I I k * sound track includes risk and
reggae music, and a nan.it ion in
Spanish \ musing rendition ol ' H e
Are the Hoi Id. sung bs the students,
concludes the film
II s just a really powerful siaieiiK-nt
ol Iriendship, said Judith H ild. a sid
eogr.iphei w uh the Northwest Him and
A ideo ( enter and coordinator ol the
se himl I i I iii protect
W ild will edit hours ol tape into a
tight ten minute video Students at
Portsmouth will see it first, then it will
be sent to C orinto through the
Portland Corinto Sister Cits Commit
lee. H ild said Corinto ss.is adopted as
the newest ol Portland's thiee sister
cities by the ( its (. ouncil last spring
The sister cits committee will send
along a donated s iileo cassette recorder
I S ( Rl so that Corinto children can
watch the Portsmouth students' video,
H ild said She ami the Portsmouth
filmmakers look forward to slewing a
tape Irom Corinto. she said
I he idea is to have soiik - communi
cation bc-twen kids in the two coun
In es." H ild said
Communicating then lives through
I i I iii prosed to be a good learning pro
ject lor the students because- it ke|M
them interested. Chaconas said
They need exjvneiK e." she said
"lex th o o k stu tl" in the Central
AtiK-rica segiiK-nt included hislorv and
en
had
The
and
she
said
H e also did a lot ol work with
maps, said Chaconas
The students said they van now pick
oul Nicaragua and other Central
Amcrxan countrx-s on a map Ihc»
also learned concepts like "d ictator."
and "They know there’s a war going
o n ." Chaconas said
Not only did the children learn about
Central Amcin.i. but they learited how
lo make a I i I iii . H ild said they wroll
out the script ami slttryboard plan, and
they operated the caim-ra Irom its tripod
and in the' hand held position
Alter their tinal lilimiuking session
last week sixth grader Jamcctla Mitch
ell explained how to locus and operate
Ihe camera
JaiiK-ena and her sister lilmmakers
then watched with rapt alenlion as H ild
placed lot them the- lapx- they had made
that a I ter noon
Ml agreed that oik - ol the Ivst things
about thc-ir video letter to Corinto"
will lx- the look on l lx- faces ol Nicaia
guan children when thev see it
( hher children who appear in the film
aie I m v \nn Blown. Stephanie IX-
( oteau ami Shen Trecmonl Several
other girls ami boys started on the pio
ject but dropped out tor vanous jk - i
sonal reasons H ild said
S ix lh -g r a ili rs fro m Purl sun m ill Middle SchiKil review a v ideo tape lhal will he
a pail of a len-minute "A ideo I elter lo C orinto." Judith \ \ ild. Heft, rear I,
coordinator for the project and teacher Penelope ( haconas, i right rear), also
watch the tape.
Phofo hy Richard J. Brown
PLAIN TALK.
EASY BANKING.
Sometimes, it can almost seem as ifyour
Hank speaks another language Because the
words and phrases it uses are complicated, and
often haw unclear meanings W hich nukes for
w ry nice Hank talk And wry pcx»r people talk
ROLLOVER
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Io most people, it sounds like a trick you teach
a dog Not a word used to describe what you
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when it's time to a-inwst
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Intant CPR will he taught bs the Red
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Inlant CPR < lass w ill cover 11 intant
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Participants will earn Red Crosscer
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Vet ewty day Hanks use these terms. And
others Leaving it up to you to f ind out what
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Except at The Benj. Franklin. We’re
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You see, our plain talk makes Hanking easy
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Reinforcing our “plain talk" employee training
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Child Abuse
Awareness
Training
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C A I is unique in that it is taught lo
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these- leaders base already estab
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mg the children in lanuliar surround
mgs enhances the success ol the prog
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Ireshman C A I has also crossed cul
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an estimated I.X00 how and girls who
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W ORKSHOP
OFFERED:
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