NEWSLETTER!
Volume 26
Number 2
November 2013
Another exciting year is underway! We had 37 persons in attendance in September! Thanks to
L.J. Randolph, Amanda Boomershine, Rachel Hatfield and Amanda Holliday for their very
appropriate and useful presentations. Our November meeting will bring you another great
program and the announcement of the scholarship recipients from UNC. For the first time, our
two undergraduate recipients will be joined by a graduate recipient. We will also enjoy a
“getting to know you” activity. Watch for an announcement from Ashlee Balena. She will be
telling you how you may participate. A little advance information is necessary!
Dates for our Professional Development Meetings for 2013-2014
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November 16 8:45 - 12:00
February 1
8:45- 12:00
March 22
8:45 - 12:00
Leutze Hall 136 Parking in Lot G (north of Leutze Hall)
Leutze Hall 136
Leutze Hall 136
NOVEMBER MEETING
September’s program will include (with approximate times):
8:45
Breakfast snacks and registration
9:00
Business meeting and announcements
Please bring announcements of school changes, cultural events, workshops and
conferences, etc. We will hear a report from the treasurer and discuss committee work.
9:30
Announcement of Scholarship Recipients from UNCW
9:40
Report on the UNC World Language Exchange – Raymond Burt, UNCW
10:15 “Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You” – Ashlee Balena, UNCW
Enjoy this activity as you get to know fellow teachers better. Plan to adapt it to
your own classroom and your target language.
10:30 Break
10:45 Using Graphic Blogs in Your Beginner-Level Class – Marcio Moreno, UNCW
SPEAKER FOR FEBRUARY 1:
We are delighted to have Ken Stewart, Chapel Hill HS, join us in February. We will
announce the topic of his presentation or workshop as soon as possible. Ken is a master
teacher who has received numerous awards including the 2006 ACTFL National Foreign
Language Teacher of the Year.
INTERCULTURAL FESTIVAL – February 22, 2014. CFFLC will have a table featuring
passports for traveling through the festival. Office of International Programs is providing
prizes with an international theme for children and the young at heart.
SPEAKER FOR MARCH 22:
North Carolina Virtual Public School – Ellen Minter Hart, (NCVPS) Curriculum and
Instruction, Division Director, Arts Education and World Languages
FUNDRAISING RAFFLE – March 22 (second half of the meeting)
Our wild and funny raffle now has national attention! It will only be a matter of time
until it is also internationally known!
YEARLY DUES: Please be ready to pay CFFLC dues at the September meeting. Yearly dues
are $15 ($5 for full-time students). Checks should be made to Cape Fear Foreign Language
Collaborative. Dues may be mailed at any time to our treasurer Julie Bordo, 202 Wayne Drive,
Wilmington, NC 28403. We depend on your dues to help with miscellaneous expenses and with
the scholarships. Dues paid in September amounted to $435.00.
SPONSORS: CFFLC has been sponsored for twenty-five years by the Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In recent years,
we have also received support from the Women’s Studies and Resource Center. We are
currently seeking additional campus support since the restructuring of some offices at UNCW
brought an end to the Office of Public Service and Continuing Studies, an office that had also
given support in the past.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Our scholarship program continues to be a success. We gave two
scholarships to UNCW students last year and two to graduating seniors in high schools for a total
of $1000 awarded. This year we will give $1100 (2 scholarships to undergraduate students for a
total of $600, 1 to a graduate student for $300; and 1 to a high school student for $200).
UPCOMING EVENTS:
For Cinematique Films, see http://whqr.org/topic/cinematique-wilmington-film-series
For UNCW Presents, see http://uncw.edu/presents/currentseason.html
Latino Festival: Saturday, November 9, 2013. Ogden Park, Wilmington, NC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please contact Joann Mount at mountj@uncw.edu in the event that you
have professional information and announcements that you would like distributed to our
membership.
Everyone is encouraged to forward a copy of this newsletter with a personal invitation to
attend to someone else in your school or county. If you are the only person who attends from
your school or county, please send personally or ask a coordinator to send an e-mail with an
announcement and this newsletter to your list of FL and ESL teachers. Consider especially new
teachers or teachers new to our part of the state. Our membership and participation is holding
steady, but we would be delighted to have new faces and new ideas.
The following persons have signed up to be recruiters and send announcements to various
counties or units:
Brunswick Co. – Kayce Smith, Theresa Lominac, Kate Hanly
Pender Co. – Lisa Byrd
New Hanover Co. – Leslie Dobkin and Holly Marshburn
Duplin Co. – Nivia Batista
Horry Co. – Elana Núñez-Tiso
Cape Fear Academy and other private schools – Rachel Hatfield
UNCW – Terry and Joann Mount
We need volunteers for community colleges and Columbus, Onslow, and Bladen Counties.
As always we will keep track of attendance for the year and will distribute certificates
verifying attendance at meetings. These may be used to request CEU credit from your
school system.
Joann McFerran Mount, Coordinator of CFFLC
Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UNCW / mountj@uncw.edu