November 11, 1987, Portland Observer, Page 3
School Exchange Brings Delegates From Nicaragua to Portland
Two Nicaraguan high school students and their high school principal
arrived in Portland Saturday, November 7, for the first Portland-Corinto
Sister City School Exchange.
The Sister City School Exchange brings Mayra Gallo Aguirre, principal
of Corinto High School,*and two students, Jose Martin Altamirano Chevez
and Sara Maria Oviedo Ortiz, to Portland for three weeks to observe and
participate in the U.S. educational system and make presentations about
education and youth in Nicaragua.
According to Millie Thayer of the Sister City Association, the purpose
of the exchange is to "build ties of friendship between the youth and educa­
tors of Portland and our sister city in Nicaragua. We hope to give Portland
students a chance to hear first-hand the perspective of young people in a
developing country which has been the focus of so much attention, and
often misinformation, in the United States." Thayer said she hopes an ex­
change can be organized to send Portland students and teachers to Corinto
for a similar experience.
The students will divide their time between Lincoln and Jefferson high
schools, where they will attend classes, give presentations, and participate
in student activities. They will be housed with families from these two
schools, where students, staff and parents have helped make the visit pos­
sible through fundraising projects. Students at Lincoln earlier produced
and sent a "video letter" to students at the high school in Corinto.
Principal and mathematics teacher Maya Gallo will visit and address
teachers at several schools and colleges in the area. All three guests have
been invited to meet with the Portland City Council, Multnomah County
Commission, Portland School Board, Portland Association of Teachers,
and several churches.
Students at Jefferson High School plan a special welcome on Novem­
ber 9, and the public is invited to "Conzca Corinto — Get to Know Our Sis­
ter C ity," a special presentation to be held at Portland State's Campus Mini­
stries, 633 S.W. Montgomery, at 7:30 p.m., November 13. A reception
precedes this event at 5:30 p.m.
Mayra Gallo Aguirre was born in Chinandega, Nicaragua, in 1952. She
began her teaching career at the age of 18 and then attended the National
University in Leon in the mid-seventies. A founding member of the Nicara­
guan teachers union, ANDEN, she organized teachers in her hometown
from 1977-79.
Communities
Women Art Show
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Art Down the Alley, located at
3764 S.E. Hawthorne, will hold
'Communities of Women Art
Show” from November 17 through
December 31, 1987. The hours are
11 2 Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday: and 6:30 to 10 p.m. on
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M illie Thayer and about tw e n ty Portlanders greeted three visitors
fro m P ortland's Sister City in Nicaragua, C orinto. as they arrived in
Portland Saturday evening. T w o students and the ir high school
principal w ill be in Portland fo r three weeks. (L-R) Sara Maria
Oviedo O rtiz, Mayra Gallo A guire, Thayer, and Jose M artin
Photo by Richard J. Brown
A ltam ira no Chevez.
In 1980, during Nicaragua's award-winning literacy campaign, Gallo
was a Zonal Delegate in charge of the program in two municipalities. Today
she is director of Corinto's only high school, Azarias Henry Pallais Institute,
where she also teaches fourth year mathematics. She is the mother of
three children, aged 15, 10, and 4 years.
Jose Martin Altamirano Chevez was born in Corinto in 1966. He com­
pleted two years of military service in his late teens and then returned to his
studies at the Corinto high school, where he will graduate in November.
This year he was elected President of the Secondary Students' Federation
at the school. Altamirano also volunteers in Nicaragua's Adult Education
Program, teaching reading and writing skills to illiterate Corinto residents.
Sara Maria Oviedo Ortiz is 16 years old and also a native or Corinto.
She is in her second year of high school at the Institute and is an elected
representative to the Students' Federation. Like Altamirano, she was
chosen by her fellow students to represent them as part of this first Sister
City School Exchange.
For more information, contact Millie Thayer, 236-7916; Debbie Car-
nail, 239-4872; Helen Lawrence (Lincoln High), 280-5200; or Bill Bigelow
(Jefferson High), 280-5180.
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On N ovem ber 27, from 7 p.m
to
9 p.m. Carolyn Gage will present
an excerpt from her original work
"Joan of A rc" and Mary Rose will
sing about women's realities. Hear
Substitution Teachers Blues".
On December 11, beginning at
7 p m. women will speak out on the
topic of "Women in the Arts —
What it's Really Like."
For more information, call Art
Down the Alley, at 235-0654.
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Urban League
Hosts Free Health
Screenings
The Urban League of Portland,
at 10 N. Russell, will host FREE
HEALTH SCREENINGS, Satur-
day, November 14, from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m., in cooperation with the
American Red Cross and the Ore-
gon Health Sciences Unversity
Lung Health Study department.
For individuals over 18 years of
age and who have not had their
blood pressure checked within the
last six months, the American Red
Cross will provide free blood presure
and cholesterol testing and infor­
mation. Candidates for cholesterol
screening must fast for 16 hours
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determination of thousands of students. In this unique environ­
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As scholars. Athletes. Musicians. Leaders. At Black colleges, there
is no ceiling on achievement; no goal is too far-fetched.
A ln d from the graduate classroom to the corporate conference
— room, that spirit of resourcefulness and achievement is a lasting
benefit to the graduates of Black colleges and those who live and
work with them. Is it any wonder that, though they enroll only
16% of Black college students, Black colleges produce 37% of
all Black college graduates?
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