College Goal Sunday Washington

An interesting title for a wonderful effort around financial aid for college!

This is a free workshop at Seattle Central Community College providing on-site professional assistance to students and families applying for financial aid for college. Volunteers speak several languages; parents with limited English are encouraged to attend with prospective students.

WHEN: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway, Room 1110,
(Parking is available in the college garage at the corner of Harvard and Pine.)

COST: Free of charge and open to the public; no registration is required.

BACKGROUND: In one day, students and their families will learn how to get money for college. College Goal Sunday is a free program that helps students and their parents or guardians fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students and their families can attend College Goal Sunday at a variety of locations across Washington State in January and February.

Participants will be done by 4:00 p.m.; leaving with a goody bag, door prizes and most important “A Completed FAFSA for Fall 2009 Submitted Online!”

CONTACT:
For more details about College Goal Sunday Washington, the FAFSA, locations or what to bring, visit http://www.collegegoalsundaywa.org/ or call 888-758-2253.

For further information about the event at Seattle Central Community College, call Brigid McDevitt, Dean of Student Resources, at (206) 587-6314.

Seattle Central steps it up / El Rey Posadas event

What a terrific opportunity - now students can complete their GED in Spanish if they so choose, thanks to a new program at Seattle Central Community College!

Students enrolled in the GED classes will be required to enroll in ESL classes as well. English classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays (or in the mornings), and GED classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All classes run from 6:00p.m. – 8:20p.m. Classes cost $25 for the quarter (three months). For more information, visit the Basic & Transitional Studies office in Room 3122 or call us at 206-587-4180.

Help Seattle Central spread the word about this opportunity for more students to earn their GED and enjoy greater potential--for themselves, their careers, their families!

This Sunday 12-4 Seattle Central will be present at the Las Posadas event in White Center at Evolución (16th & Roxbury). Talk to them about this possibility! And enjoy our first annual El Rey Las Posadas--toys and games for all ages, live music, free food--what more could you want?

Cool Celebration: Las Posadas

DID YOU KNOW about Las Posadas?

It's a nine-day celebration, beginning December 16 and ending December 24. It symbolizes the troubles Mary and Joseph endured trying to find a place to stay when traveling to Bethlehem. I believe its origins are in Puerto Rico, but you can correct me if it's practiced elsewhere.

During this event, children and adults (the pilgrims) go from house to house singing a traditional song and requesting lodging (posada). In each house, the owner responds with refusal (also in song), until they reach the designated site for the party, where the owner welcomes them.

Pilgrims carry small lit candles, the head of the procession will have a candle inside a paper lamp shade, or farolito. Pilgrims pray and sing traditional Christmas songs, a party for adults and children follows, including the traditional piñata.

Well, our local El Rey radio station is celebration Las Posadas this year--a first, this Sunday! If you want info on the event, please email me at lauri@conexion-marketing.com.

Our friends from Seattle Central Community College are helping sponsor the event. If anyone else is involved, feel free to comment here or shoot me an email--I'd love to hear all about it!