“Cultivating Higher Learning”:

Anahuacalmecac InternationalMarcos Aguilar, Executive Director, Semillas Community SchoolsMinnie Ferguson, Director of EducationSBE May 5, 2014 Sacramento, CA

Semillas Community Schools2002 – 2008 - 2014

Building CommunityParent volunteer group meets weekly

Quarterly school-wide parents meetings keep parents involved

Parents actively rally behind school’s initiatives

Semillas: CONTINUUM TOWARDS HIGHER EDUCATION

AP & A-GCollege Prep

PYP MYP

SOWING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING

CONSTRUCTING CULTURALRELEVANCE

GENERATING TRANSFORMATIVELEARNING EXPERIENCES

BEFORE SMARTER BALANCED,THERE WAS SEMILLAS

REAPING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

CALIFORNIA STATE PRIORITIES: TOJTEKAYOTL TLAJTKE NAUAJKE

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

BEFORE COMMON CORE, THERE WAS I B

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

SCHOOL CLIMATE

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTNOW

Pupil achievement, as measured by all of the following, as applicable: Statewide assessments The Academic Performance Index (API) Percentage of pupils who have successfully

completed courses that satisfy UC/CSU entrance requirements

Percentage of ELs who make progress toward English language proficiency as measured by the CELDT

EL reclassification rate Percentage of pupils who have passed AP exams

with 3+ Percentage of pupils who demonstrate college

preparedness pursuant to the Early Assessment Program

Indigenous Languages in California

StatusU.S.Several of Uto-Aztecan languages are extinct, and most are either severely endangered or on the brink of extinction. Only Hopi has over 5,000 speakers. Recently, attempts have been made by various Native peoples to preserve their cultural and linguistic heritage. For example, the Hopi Language Education and Preservation Plan calls for a comprehensive, reservation-wide language instruction program.

MexicoIn Mexico, the largest Uto-Aztecan language is Nahuatl which is spoken by 1.6 million people. SOURCES: http://aboutworldlanguages.com/uto-aztecan-language-family ANDhttp://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23548

Root, Reach and Regeneration

ANAHUACUto-Aztecan Language

Human Heritage

"We may see ninety percent of these languages, or perhaps all of them, disappear in our lifetimes" (Hinton, 1994).

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Cultivating Higher Education