-Welcome.
We are here to
do two things today, so we'll have time to walk
and we'll have time to do art.
(conversation in Spanish)
-Today we'll be working with Seattle World School
High schoolers.
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This is a high school that has students
from all over the world that come to the States
and are coming to high school there.
They speak over ten different languages,
and this is a partnership that we started
with Seattle World School over 20 years ago.
This program is a five week summer program,
100% voluntary, 100% free for all of these students.
These are all students who have moved
from another country....
(student chatter)
here in Seattle for the first time.
(student chatter)
-One portion of our program
is often doing art project and allow them
to engage with materials in the natural world.
-Okay, you got the you got the big fish coming out there.
-Yeah!
We're really trying to get them to grow their vocabulary.
-I learn English.
Right now I don't speak very well my English.
(chatter and talking)
-We try to bridge the gap for
for barriers those immigrant who might be facing.
-We're going to go for a walk in the forest.
-Hey hey hey, hey. (cheering and shouting)
-They don't speak that much English,
so we try to have interpreters come along with us.
(speaking in Spanish)
Or we have materials that are in multiple languages.
-And I go to school everyday and my English is better for me.
Yes.
-One way that I can identify it.
I love it when I see kids outdoors exploring,
putting their phones away and getting that chance to
connect with their urban areas and the flora and fauna
that live here.
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-Oh, see?
See the spiderweb up there in the tree?
How it's like a dome. Look, the spider.
So trying to speak slowly.
Show them things.
And maybe after,
you know, 1 or 2 times, you realize that, like
okay, they got it. And then they
start pointing out. You see it?
Yeah. Good job.
Nice job.
-Because I learned English.
-Western red cedar-- very important trees.
We have a
group of volunteers called Sun Guides, Seattle Urban Nature
Guides, and they help us with all our programs,
including the Seattle World School.
And there are trainings in the spring and fall.
(gentle foot steps)
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-And the big leaf maple
you see as big leaves.
-By the end of the summer, they'll all be talking;
they'll all be joking with each other...
(laughter)
as they get to know each other on these fun field trips,
knowing that that connection is helping them to relax
and to they're learning about it. They're enjoying it.
They're getting to know Seattle in a new way
and learning some new English words
so that they can
be more proficient in English
as they go into their next year of high school.
-Oh it's good. We learn, we learn.
It's going to help you.
-Let's see what else we can find.
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