Si Se Puede is hosting a literacy fair event on Saturday, May 5th! And the entire event is FREE! We will have educational games for families to learn and be able to play together at home, story time, face painting, art activities, prizes, and more. Every family will receive a door prize gift and every child will receive a free book and the tools needed to play the games you learn. The event starts at 1:00 and runs till 5:00 and is located at La Villita Community Church (2300 S Millard; Chicago, IL 60623). The event is come and go and activities are running the whole time.

Above are some pictures from last years Literacy Fair! We are sure to have a great event this year as well, so come out as a family and have a day of fun!

March was a great month for Si Se Puede. We finished our literacy unit and the students all successful composed their own story. Then we had our spring break camp, where the students were able to design projects to prevent an egg from dropping. All of our students were able to design at least one project that protected an egg from breaking during a two story drop to the ground. We culminated our camp by having a parents night where students were able to show off their work from the entire year. Students put on a little presentation with songs, a memory verse, two stories they wrote, and their egg drop presentation. We are very excited about the work our students have been doing this year and are excited to start planning our summer activities.

February has started off well.  LVCC's youth group recently returned from a weekend retreat at Dickson Valley where a great time was had by all.  Whether it was a silly game of "Sock-Wars" (dodge-ball using socks), a frustrating team-building exercise, or a more serious heart-felt discussion reflecting on the question "Who is God?  Why does He matter?" the youth enjoyed their time away.  But the heart of youth group isn't centered on fun experiences, as many of them voiced their concern to give back to the community.   With that, the youth are planning a trip at the end of this month to a local elderly home to host a Bingo night where they will play games and give prizes and simply hang out with the residents.

Si Se Puede is heading into its last few weeks for the school year. We are going to finish strong with a unit on critical thinking where students are going to complete activities that require them to use their higher thinking skills and stimulate their vocabulary. To partner with these activities, students are going to write their own book that requires them to be creative and draw from their array of experiences. We will continue working on phonics skills (pictured). We have found that our phonics activities are veryadvantageous to the students, especially the language learners.