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| Myself (second from left) with EM's movers |
THE Eskwelahang Munti (Little School) will hold a reunion for its students on Saturday this week, July 15.
Gloria Grifenhagen, school director of the Eskwelahang Munti (EM) and a retired teacher who worked at Charlotte Mecklenburg said the reunion will also be attended by EM's volunteers and staff who worked with them since it opened in 2013.
In its flyer posted at Facebook, Grifenhagen said the reunion will be an afternoon of fun, games and food.
Dr. Nini Bautista of the Filipino American Spirit group and a past president of the Filipino-American Community of the Carolinas Inc. (FACC) said a “boodle fight” consisting of one long table filled with food will be featured for the attendees.
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| Dr. Nini Bautista Garcia talks with seniors at a foster home |
Its school calendar was adopted from the Charlotte Mecklinburg School. The school received a grant from the Catholic Diocese Foundation of Charlotte while fund raising was done by the Filipino American Spirit group with help from the Filipino-American Community of the Carolinas Inc. (FACC).
EM taught students about Philippine history, geography and culture including literature, music and performing arts along with traditional values. Through visits to senior citizens's homes, EM also taught students to show love and respect to elders.
Today the FACC's 2017 board of directors is campaigning to spark interest among young Filipino-Americans in studying the culture and heritage of their parents in the hope that they would incorporate Filipino values as they become future community leaders.
EM recently opened a Tagalog Conversation class composed of American adults interested in learning Tagalog. The school recently held its graduation ceremony with their students singing live the “Dahil sa Yo (Because of You).”
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