Another week of language-rich experiences for RISD’s Refugee Summer Program!Students designed coral reefs in prep for their field trip to Cinemark to view “The Great Barrier Reef”.Many had never been to a movie theatre before! #acculturation Bushra Haq #risdbelieves

RISD JH Refugee students participate in a block where acculturation & language are taught in summer school. Special thanks to Farrah Smock for working with RISD’s new Refugee Service Program to provide this inclusive class! #acculturation #risdgreatness Bushra Haq Joe Miniscalco

Hard to believe summer school is coming to a close. What memorable experiences were made! The highlight of our last week of Refugee Summer School for our Skyview elementary students was a trip to Kidzania! #acculturation Bushra Haq Cecilia Galvan Vince Dawes

The RIchardson ISD Refugee Service Program would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Vince Dawes & Bill Gattus & their amazing team for their leadership & support with our 1st Elem. self-contained summer school program at Skyview. #risdgreatness Bushra Haq Cecilia Galvan

Our amazing Refugee Services Program Specialist, Anila Shah, is like a celebrity on campuses! What a testament to her impact & the relationships she is building with students and campuses. Bushra Haq Cecilia Galvan Joe Miniscalco #RefugeeServicesProgram #believe

Skyview Elementary has the best LAT! Great PLC today: ELPS/Elllevation Training. RISD Multilingual Education Team #risdSKYrise #risdWEAreOne

What a great event put on by BHS for families in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Complete with an amazing Mariachi Band & quinceanera fashion show made up of very talented Berkner students! Delicious Mexican cuisine topped it all off! 👏👏👏Kristi Cage #risdbelieves

A dream duo that made a HUGE impact! Congrats Bill!

These servant Refugee Services Program team members unpacked and sorted hundreds of jackets and shoes in preparation for our Fall Fest!! Thank you anilashah and @Hanae Jiblou for your tireless efforts towards this great cause! Bushra Haq Cecilia Galvan Joe Miniscalco#risdbelieve

Thurgood Marshall Elem staff share their goals for providing more equitable & inclusive communication w/families.This dedicated group received training on the Talking Points 2-way communication app & Live On-Demand’s interpretation services available to all RISD Ts.#risdbelieves

So happy to partner with you this year! ❤️

Loved spending time yesterday with 1st yr Skyview teachers @ New Teacher Academy! Teachers experienced what it felt like to receive comprehensible input with powerful visuals in a simulated lesson in another language.Bushra Haq #risdrsp kat #comprehensibleinput4all

Today the RISD Refugee Services team got to celebrate the accomplishments of some of our RISD refugee parents at Gateway of Grace’s Adult ESL graduation. Love our community partners and how they support our refugee families! #rsp Bushra Haq Joe Miniscalco Cecilia Galvan

What a great partnership! RISD’s Refugee Services collaborated with the International Rescue Committee on ways to team up to support our RISD Refugee families! #everychild

Visiting Ms. Salemink’s first grade classroom at Aikin this morning and greeted by this beautiful welcoming , display! Flags representing students’ home countries warms my ❤️! #risdrefugeeservices

Last week, RISD’s Refugee Services honored Olivia Goode for her advocacy & support for LHHS refugee/asylee students. She has been instrumental in facilitating student mentoring sessions for us and is always so willing to help! Kerri Jones AnneMarie Yarborough anilashah