Students in Sarah Howard’s fifth-grade Spanish dual immersion class at Monterey Hills are participating in Global Connections, a program offered by Level Up Village that promotes cultural sharing and collaboration. Howard’s class has been paired with a class in Argentina, and students from both schools will be sharing videos about local bodies of water. water use, and water conservation in their communities. 

Students exchange videos asynchronously every week through a secure platform. All videos are monitored by the teachers and these guided interactions allow students to learn about a curricular topic, as well as share their culture, learn about each other’s lives, and develop intercultural communication skills through authentic interaction with their peers. Videos created in both English and Spanish will be shared between the classes over the next two months. 

Thank you to Sarah Howard for embracing this new project.

Go, Roadrunners!

For more information, contact: South Pasadena Unified School District, Office of the Superintendent, [email protected].