<p> East Moline District #37 3555 19th Street, East Moline, IL 61244 Phone: 309-792-2887 www.emsd37.org</p><p>Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) Minutes 5:30 pm to 6:30 am Glenview Middle School Library 3100 7th Street, East Moline, IL 61244 Guest presenters: Marceia Duhm, Black Hawk College; Chris Lopez, Moline School District; </p><p>There were 5 parents in attendance, 6 ELL teachers, and LaVonne Peterson, Associate Superintendent and Director of the ELL Program. Vinyon Amouzouri, French translator, was also in attendance. Agenda: Welcome and Introductions------LaVonne Peterson Annual Bilingual Parent Summit: May 7------LaVonne Digital Divas------Marceia Duhm (Mrs. Mojica will translate) Breakout Session 1: 20 minutes Spanish speakers Cyber bullying/Internet Safety (Library)------Chris Lopez Non-Spanish Speakers (English) Interpreting ACCESS results (Computer Lab)------LaVonne Peterson Breakout Session 2: 20 minutes Spanish speakers Interpreting ACCESS results (Computer Lab)------LaVonne Peterson Non-Spanish Speakers (English) Cyber bullying/Internet Safety (Library) Chris Lopez The meeting was called to order at 5:30. LaVonne introduced the ELL staff and presenters. LaVonne reviewed the purpose of the meeting and previewed the agenda. </p><p>LaVonne reported that we have a group of 6 parents attending the 6th Annual Bilingual Parent Summit on May 7, 2011 at Oak Brook, Il. The District will provide transportation. There will be no cost to parents at all. </p><p>Marceia Duhm, Black Hawk College, presented on the Digital Divas program, which is a summer program provided by Black Hawk College for girls finishing 8th to 12th grade. The program is limited to 30 girls. Applications were distributed. Margarita Mojica translated. </p><p>Following the whole group presentations, breakout sessions for Spanish speakers and non-Spanish speakers began. </p><p>Breakout Session 1: Chris Lopez, Dean of Students at Moline HS, presented a PPT on cyber bullying and internet safety to Spanish speaking parents. The PPT was in English and Spanish. Mr. Lopez’s Assistant translated. </p><p>In a concurrent session in a computer lab, non-Spanish speaking parents heard a presentation from LaVonne Peterson on how to interpret ACCESS scores. Krista Bruder assisted. Vinyon Amouzouri translated. Breakout Session 2: Parents swapped rooms and the sessions were repeated. Felipe Hernandez did the presentation to Spanish speakers on interpreting ACCESS results. </p><p>The meeting adjourned at 6:45</p><p>A special thanks to Paola Munoz, Alejandra Gutierrez, and Yariela Contreras for babysitting. </p><p>Respectfully submitted,</p><p>LaVonne Peterson Associate Superintendent East Moline School District 37</p>