Project W.I.L.D.Spring 2007, Volume 3, Issue 3

Working for Immigrant Literary Development

For our end of the year field trip, we went to Knott’s Berry Farm to reward the students for their good at-tendance and the effort they have shown throught the whole year. We did not just go on rides but also saw many historical attractions of the American Western frontier during the Gold Rush in the 1800s.

We took the students to UCLA so that they could partici-pate in this annual event hosted by UCLA’s Community Service Commission. Students were able to engage in activities such as making ice cream, learning Tae Kwon Do, and watch a brain dissection. Also there was a car-nival during lunch time so that students and tutors can enjoy cotton candy and snowcones.

Knott’s Berry Farm

PITA (Promoting Individuality Through the Arts)

Mother’s DayTo celebrate Mother’s Day, the students decorated pic-ture frames to give to their lovely mothers. The stu-dents were able to use paint, foam, glitter, sequins, feathers, pasta, and foam to express their creativity and love for their mothers on wooden frames.

Meng DengUCLA, I think I am not really know what is the UCLA, but the UCLA can help me English, reading. Sometimes we have a free times. My teacher Kirsty help me English for myself, she is a very good teacher. In the Temple school, there is a good school.

Kailin GuanUCLA I learn the English and some read English book. I is have lot frends, and then I have two good teacher, name is mutsumi and tracy. I like to go to China to play and hongkong to play. then is so good to play. Tri Lethe memory is play the game and read the book and do homework and spell on the work and teach very happy

Sheng D. LiuMy favorite moment of WILD was field trip. We can learn different thing in different place and stay whole day long with teachers. A field trip also can be funny. We can eat a lot and hosing around. So I like field trip very much. I hope we can go to next field trip soon.

Evelyn LujanI enjoyed UCLA because they have a big campis it is so cool to be in UCLA I learn how hard is to walk in college. It is the best college I ever been to for sure. I learn how to listen and sleep in the park. I love ucla because it is so much fun but my aching toes hurts alot at ucla it was fun today but tomorrow will be even more fun I liked to learn new thing about Project wild.

Carmen TangI like because why you first time on Knotts Berry Farm lik to no ride.

An TranI have countless memories at Project Wild. However, what I treasure the most was when my tutor read stories to me and taught me how to write and read. –Translated by Trinh Le

What is your favorite memory/moment of WILD? Describe this moment in details. Was it a field trip, activity, curriculum, visit to UCLA, PITA, etc.? Why is it your most favorite memory? What did you learn from it?

BEGINNING

Jenny ChuangI don’t know, maybe is the time when we went to UCLA, and go for tour. I like the part when we went to eat lunch. I learn things that I don’t really know about UCLA, and I like the food in UCLA too. The funny part about UCLA is when the North side looks different from South side of UCLA. I also like when we went to Mission to PITA, because is fun, but I don’t like the part when I found out that I win the drawing contest.

Christian FloresWhen we went to ucla because we play soccer and also eat buffet. When we visit at Pitawe do alot of think for a example, we do putty and the ice. Then we play Tag. My favorite memory was when the statues were naked because the artist make them. Some look like human and rest were not. I learn many things.

Ayin Romero LopezMy favorite memory is when we whent to UCLA it was cool fun exciting we ate and when to some classes and we played soccer. The other memory was when we when to the History Museum and so animals. The other one we whent was when we when to the Science Museum and so the Movie on the after.

Zayin Romero LopezMy favorite memory is in the UCLA. When we visit at ucla we saw the building and water fountain and a lot of stairs and we saw two naked statues because the artist made it like that. Then we play soccer with all the people from project wild.

Alberto MartinezI Like to go to Knotts berry farm this is my first time going to Knotts berry farm my other memory is ucla it was cool for how much you can eat I ate a lot. My other favorite memory is the museum it was fun I liked to see the diniseaur it was big I whant to go to a other trip like the theater.

Rony NavarroWhen I went to ucla in los angeles. It was cool and Awesome it was a visit to UCLA. I saw what I have to know that if I get a scholarship I can go to UCLA for free. I liked It because I got Ice cream pizza whaffles and got some soda. It was very cool Awesome I want to go to UCLA again.

Jason XiongMeeting my tutor and reading are my favorite memory. I like playing game with tutor. Watch movie after tutoring, painting frame with my tutor and play fun challenge with my tutor.

INTERMEDIATE

Nhan HuynhMy favorite memory was the Activity. All the Activity we do is fun at project wild. My second favorite moment is the Field trip, when we go to UCLA its was fun because we get to visit the Campus, and we did alot of fun activity at UCLA, and I’ll remember it forever.

Anh LeMy favorite memory from WILD was learning verbs. I think the field trip to UCLA need improvement, they need to add more activities. Learning verb is my favorite memory is because it help me learn more things and improve my grammar. I learn more verbs I help me with my grammar, the tutor was very nice, the taught me alot.

Jessica MocI loved the WILD Its awsome. My memory of Project Wild was so cool. I remember about the call connection thing. No one could win it. The collage ucla was cool. The pita was awsome people did their practicing for the pita. On the science place I liked the games they had for us. The History museum was scary. I loved the egg activity. I kept the egg but it died. I hope I come back again next year.

Max NavarroMy favorite memory about Project WILD is when we ate at UCLA buffet. I liked, no I loved the delicious food and drinks. It was a visit to UCLA to learn about college. It is my favorite memory because it reminded me of my best party. I learned alot about college, for example: how to make a future like what I want to do. I want to create video games to be famous and have my dream and future combined and become true.

Rena ReabMy favorite memory is when we made frame for our mom for mother day. I made a pretty one my for my mom she really like it I get really messy. On the Field trip we went to ucla it was really fun we made ice-cream and make a mud project then we eat lunch and don’t forget breakfast. I learn that I should go to ucla for my college.

Lisa ThuIt was ucla people who were so nice to us and I had fun too I like activity too very much I also like how we had a visit to ucla and visit the ucla student that was so cool. Its my most favorite memory because its the best Saturday school I ever been too I learn many things when I in my advance class with the Pita that was so much fun Im hoping to join next year.

William VuongMy favorite moments of project WILD was the activities like the bean hunt and the guessing game. My other fravorite moments of project wilds was the field trip to UCLA. At UCLA I have learn that college could be expencece but if I could do better at school I could get in to college like UCLA. My fravorite memorys of project wild was that I made lots of friends and also learned alots of grammar that I have made lots of mistake on in my life. In UCLA I have learned the body and how my body works. I hope I could come to project wild next year to learn more about my body.

Danny ZhongMy favorite moment and memory is when I went to UCLA. AT ucla I learned that there were a lot of different classes and that the campus was very huge and I liked it when I went roling on the hill. I also liked it when I went to ucla again for mission Pita. I learn a lot of things like how a brain function, how to make ice cream, and making goo, but I did not want to make goo I want to learn tai-kwan-doe. I also like right now.

ADVANCED

Thank you so much for all the students of Temple and Garvey for joining Project WILD, getting up early every Sat-urday morning to make us, UCLA tutors, happy. This year, the beginning level has actually implemented a few new teaching methods, including the weekly introduction and quizzing of 5 new words, the favorite game of Jeopardy encompassing all the worksheets of the respective quarter, and the weekly 20 to 30 minutes of reading time. Overall, we are very happy with the results because we see that all of our students are learning and hopefully, using some of this material in their daily lives. We are also very pleased to see those same faces coming back to WILD, and they at the same time help to publicize this project, encouraging students from other schools to join. Thank you to all of you. With the school year coming to an end, the graduat-ing tutors, Kathy, Lily, Mutsumi, and Joyce, of beginning level will miss all of you and send out their love to all of the kids. We wish all of graduating students best of luck in high school, and if you ever need any help, just come back to WILD. You all know where we will all be every Saturday morning. Thank you for a great year and have a safe and wonderful summer!

With lots of love,Kathy, Lily, Tracy, Kristy, Trinh, Mutsumi, Joyce, Steven, Mable, Gabe, and Effi

Hi everyone, First of all, I just want to say thank you to all the stu-dents for making this a memorable year and quarter. I am so proud of all the hard work that you have done. The stu-dents in the intermediate level have been coming to site consistently and have taken advantage of what we have to offer. This year we focused primarily on improving reading comprehension and literary terms (remember personifica-

tion and connotation/denotation?) We feel that reading is one of the most important skills you can learn and we want you to not only read but read WELL. To the eighth graders, congratulations on graduating from Temple and Garvey and good luck next year in high school. We hope that everything you’ve learned from WILD will help you succeed in future endeavors. We also hope to see all the other students again in the fall, ready to learn and excel. Have a wonderful summer and keep on reading!

Best of luck,Joanna, Rachel, Linda, Jim, Annie, Natasha, Hoang, William, David, Crystal & all of Project WILD

Dear all, As another year comes to a close, I just want to say how I proud I am of all WILD students, especially those in the Advanced level. I have seen every single one of them give their best in completing their tasks and having fun while doing it! During Spring Quarter, they have learned about the different types of verb tenses, creative writing, and even a debate on school uniform. I think having a good writing skill is as important as having a good public speak-ing skill. Both of these skills are essential to use in and out of school. Even as a college student I still continue to struggle with both of them! But, there is always room for improvement, which is what Project WILD always encour-ages the students to do. Great job everyone!! On a lighter note...Yay! Summer is here! I hope everyone is enjoying their long break and on behalf of all the tutors: Thank you for making this year a great year and we can’t wait to see you all in the fall!

Best,Maria A.

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

THANK YOU

Have an awesome summer!Dear all,

We would first like to thank Dr. Cheung for being such a great support to Project W.I.L.D. We appreciate everything that you have done for us and we look forward to working with you next year. Also Saturday sites could not have happened without Mr. Wyma. He has always been there every Saturday morning to help us. We would also like to thank board member Irene Flores for giving us an opportunity to speak to the Garvey Board of Education. We would also like thank Community Service Commission (CSC), Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC), Campus Programs Committee (CPC) and Com-munity Activities Committee (CAC) for all the support and funding they have given us throughout the years. Most importantly we would like to thank all the tutors for waking up early Saturday morning to dedicate their time for the students. Project W.I.L.D. could not run with-out you guys. We hope to seen you again in the fall.

Love,Project W.I.L.D.