Zulu Basket Scholarship News - Fall 2008
Zulu Basket Sale Flier - February 2009
Basket Sale: Press Release 2009
Zulu Basket Scholarship Story 2009
Scholarships for South African Students:
Since 1997, LATTICE has paid hundreds of school fees for students in KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa where students must pay for tuition, books and uniforms. All scholarships have been funded by profits from Zulu basket sales and donations from LATTICE members and friends.
LATTICE members visited South Africa in the summer1999 when they were awarded a Fulbright Hays Group Study Abroad. Later that year nine South African students with their teacher visited Michigan for three weeks and two basket and bead artists visited as well. Since that time, many LATTICE members and their students have created links with South African students, teachers and administrators.
Picture Gallery - Zulu Basket 2006
Picture Gallery - Zulu Basket 2007
Scholarship News:
Congratulations to Velenkosini Buthelezi who graduated from John Ross College in December 2006 and plans to attend Rich Tech Community College in Richards Bay.
Congratulations to Sibongeleni Zulu who recently completed his coursework in mechanical engineering at Durban Institute of Technology. Sibongeleni was also sponsored at Nzalabantu,Primary School and Dover high school and is presently an intern at Richards Bay Mining Company.
Two other students, Pretty Dube and Canther Ntuli from Nzalabantu, are now undergraduates at the University of Zululand and the University of Cape Town respectively.
Scholarship Coordinator:
-Sally McClintock, sallyma@comcast.net
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The goal of the Kenyan Interest Group is to establish sustainable connections/"bridges" between Kenya and the mid-Michigan education community, promoting a two-way conversation with authentic and purposeful interaction.
- Explore possible connections
- Meet with local Kenyans to learn about various aspects of Kenyan culture and promote dialogue about common issues
For questions about the Kenyan Interest Group, please contact:
"Sue Seyfarth" suseyfar@msu.edu
"Greta McHaney-Trice" mchaneyt@msu.edu
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Some of the LATTICE teachers have been meeting once a month to discuss literature with a global perspective. Taking advantage of the rich international resources in our group, we make sure that we have representation from the countries or regions that are presented in each book.
As a result of this, we’ve learned much more about the cultures and feel more comfortable using the books in our schools because we are more knowledgeable about which aspects of each book are accurate and which are not. We haven’t been looking so much for the “perfect” books as much as we want to read a wider variety of books and be more prepared to teach them well.
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LATTICE Bookclub Dates for 2009-2010
Sessions are held on Thursdays at the East Lansing Public Library, 950
Abbot Rd., East Lansing , from 4:15- 6:00 pm.
September 17 - Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate and No English by Jacqueline Jules and Amy Huntington
October 15 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs by Ashley Bryan
November 12 - After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson and Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
January 21 - To Be Determined
February 18 - To Be Determined
March 18 - To Be Determined
April 15 - To Be Determined
May 13 - Brainstorming of possible selections for next year
For questions about LATTICE bookclub, please email Book Club Coordinators:
"Mary Hennessey" maryhenn@sbcglobal.net "Amy Kilbridge" AKILBRID@inghamisd.org
Click Here for a list of all the books we’ve read and discussed. There are wonderful websites associated with many of these books but we highly recommend that readers seek out people in their community who can add yet another dimension to the appreciation and understanding of each book.
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Summary:
Five LATTICE members participated in a 6 week project at the Wilkshire Early Education School in Haslett, Michigan during January and February of 2007. They are Kamila Rosolova (Czech Republic), Wiline Mallory Troullioud-Oudot (France), Dwi Agus Yuliantoro (Indonesia), Geofred Osoro (Kenya), and Norseha Unin (Malaysia). The first week focused on introductions and briefly sharing information about each person’s home country with the kindergarten children.
The following five weeks allowed for each person to visit one of the five classrooms and make a connection with the children and teacher. Pictures, stories, songs, personal artifacts, and music added a depth to their learning experience and helped form a connection to the country being discussed.
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Contact Persons:
- Sally McClintock, sallyma@comcast.net
- Barbara Roxas, barbararoxas@yahoo.com
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LATTICE members love to share their recipes from around the world. Many of these recipes have been compiled to form the "LATTICE Cook Book." Click here to see these recipes.
New Recipes
Corn Souffle (USA - Jill McKillips)
Pumpkin Pudding (Malaysia - Norseha Unin)
Pretzel Dessert (USA - Judy Huynh)
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