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-Welcome.

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We are here to

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do two things today,
so we'll have time to walk

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and we'll have time to do art.

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(conversation in Spanish)

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-Today we'll be working
with Seattle World School

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High schoolers.

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♪♪

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This is a high school
that has students

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from all over the world
that come to the States

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and are coming to 
high school there.

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They speak over
ten different languages,

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and this is a partnership
that we started

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with Seattle World School
over 20 years ago.

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This program is a five week
summer program,

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100% voluntary, 100% free
for all of these students.

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These are all students
who have moved

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from another country....

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(student chatter)

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here in Seattle
for the first time.

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(student chatter)

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-One portion of our program

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is often doing art project
and allow them

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to engage with materials
in the natural world.

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-Okay, you got the you got the
big fish coming out there.

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-Yeah!

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We're really trying to get
them to grow their vocabulary.

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-I learn English.

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Right now I don't
speak very well my English.

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(chatter and talking)

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-We try to bridge the gap for

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for barriers those immigrant
who might be facing.

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-We're going to go for a walk
in the forest.

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-Hey hey hey, hey.
(cheering and shouting)

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-They don't speak that
much English,

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so we try to have interpreters
come along with us.

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(speaking in Spanish)

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Or we have materials that are
in multiple languages.

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-And I go to school everyday and 
my English is better for me.

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Yes.

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-One way that 
I can identify it.

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I love it when I see kids
outdoors exploring,

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putting their phones away
and getting that chance to

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connect with their urban areas
and the flora and fauna

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that live here.

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♪♪

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-Oh, see?

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See the spiderweb
up there in the tree?

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How it's like a dome. 
Look, the spider.

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So trying to speak slowly.

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Show them things.

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And maybe after,

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you know, 1 or 2 times,
you realize that, like

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okay, they got it.
And then they

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start pointing out.
You see it?

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Yeah. Good job.

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Nice job.

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-Because I learned English.

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-Western red cedar--
very important trees.

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We have a

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group of volunteers called Sun
Guides, Seattle Urban Nature

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Guides, and they help us
with all our programs,

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including the Seattle World
School.

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And there are trainings
in the spring and fall.

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(gentle foot steps)

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♪♪

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-And the big leaf maple

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you see as big leaves.

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-By the end of the summer,
they'll all be talking;

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they'll all be joking
with each other...

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(laughter)

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as they get to know each other
on these fun field trips,

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knowing that that connection
is helping them to relax

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and to they're learning
about it. They're enjoying it.

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They're getting to know
Seattle in a new way

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and learning
some new English words

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so that they can

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be more proficient in English

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as they go into their
next year of high school.

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-Oh it's good.
We learn, we learn.

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It's going to help you.

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-Let's see what else we can find.

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♪♪

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