February 2008 

Christmas show in Italian

The Students of the St. Luke IACE Centre (coordinated by Damiana Testa), 2 to 16 years old, performed in a beautiful Christmas show at St. Luke Catholic school (Whitestone), entertaining the public in Italian, with Italian 'filastrocche', songs, and an 'Italian Fatina'.

Let's Make Pasta With Donatella in Soho Join renowned cooking master Donatella Gorreri for a fun-filled evening in Soho for a classes conducted in English and Italian! You will learn how to make wonderful home-made pasta... and more! For information: 212 772 6615 or jbelli5@aol.com

 AIAE - 2008 Educators' Fellowship Award

The Association of Italian American Educators is sponsoring a $1,000.00 grant for teachers of Italian attending a credit bearing Study Abroad Program in Italy.
If interested contact Irma Evangelista at: ilea123@yahoo.com

 New program: English and Italian at CILA (New Rochelle)

The City School District of New Rochelle is pleased to announce the expansion of their dual language programs in the Children's International Language Academy (CILA) to include English and Italian.

Learn Italian at the full-immersion summer camp!.

Concordia Language Villages is offering an Italian residential immersion summer camp in New Jersey (60 miles west of NYC) this summer. They are offering one- or two-week programs for ages 7-14, all language levels are welcome, from beginning to advanced. For information, contact Concordia Language Village at 1-800-222-4750 or www.lagodelbosco.com

'Earn & Learn' in Italy - For University Students!!

ACLE (Associazione Culturale Linguistica Educational) is a non profit organization (accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education) devoted to the teaching of English as a Second Language.
ACLE would like to offer native English speakers the opportunity to earn and learn as English Tutors at Summer and City Camps (during the summer of 2008, age 19- 29)
For more information: www.acle.org
Contacts: info@acle.org

 Summer Program 2008

Congratulations to the 20 students selected for this summer's study-vacation in Italy!!
The students are participating to an online contest on Progetto Scuole, a portal for the Italian language ( www.progettoscuole.org ), consisting in a multimedia project in Italian with the following title: 'L'Italiano in piazza'.