Author Archives: Rebecca Mantonya

Equity Notes – Child Advocacy Center

Cary Simpson the Program Director spoke to us about the program at the Child Advocacy Center on March 6, 2014. It was a great presentation, this is a great program that really helps children who are victims. The website is … Continue reading

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Equity Notes- Center for People in Need February 2014

Field trip to the Center for People in Need on 27th Street On Thursday we went and visited the Center for People in Need. Deb Daily was our presenter.  This is a great community resource.  The face of poverty is … Continue reading

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Lincoln passes the Bond Issue!

Thank you Lincoln for passing the bond issue.  We are growing and we need space at West Lincoln. Here is a link to the story on the news.  http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Let-the-Bond-Projects-Begin–245267861.html  

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Equity Notes October 10, 2013

We met at the new LPSDO Building and our speaker was from the Anti- Deformation League.  Alan Potash was the speaker, He is the Executive Director of the Anit- Deformation league. The adl.org website is an amazing resource, but I … Continue reading

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Working with interpreters

I have attached “7 Helpful tips to work effectively with an interpreter” (At the bottom of this post).  This is to help everyone since we all need a refresher. I know even with all my experience it is still difficult … Continue reading

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Equity Liaison meeting 9/12/13

  Hello!  I am the Educational Equity liasion, here is a link to the district’s equity page, this describes most of what you need to know about equity.  Please see me if you have questions. http://home.lps.org/studentservices/education-equity/   One of the … Continue reading

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Mapping where English is not the language at home

Here is an interesting article about Mapping where English is not the language at home from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/us-language-map/ If you look at the map of Nebraska,  look at Lancaster county at least  10% of our county  speaks Spanish.  … Continue reading

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ELL in the News

ELL in LPS has been in the news.  We were well represented by middle school teachers in the Lincoln Journal Star  Click here to read the article and  by our coordinator Laura Salem on 10/11 News.  Click here to see … Continue reading

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ELL Teacher Schedules

Happy Monday! This is what our ELL schedules currently look like.  If you have questions or concerns, please email or talk to Becky.  Mrs. Mantonya 9:00-12:50   kg at West Lincoln (3 reading groups, lunch and a writing group) 12:50-1:45  Parkview … Continue reading

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2013 Test outs of ELL

It is always great to start a new school year with a celebration.  We had about 575 ELL students test out of ELL in the district.  Students test out by passing the ELDA, teacher recommendation and or also passing the … Continue reading

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