My Story, Our Story
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PS 340X developed a project that consisted of a Community Fair and My Story, Our Story project. The school held a community fair in where community organizations learned about the areas of need and strength of the school families, while the families learned about various organizations and their services.
In the My Story, Our Story project, educators invited all the students in the school to work with their families to identify and showcase an artifact that connects to their immigrant and/or cultural background and explain its story and significance. Students, families, and educators were invited to tour the gallery that featured over 150 artifacts during and after the school day.
About the Video Series
The CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education (CUNY-IIE) partnered with public schools across New York State over three years. These collaborations led to the creation of school-wide projects that center immigration and education in elementary schools. This series features the projects from three CUNY-IIE partner schools.
These collaborations showed that teaching about immigration needs to happen as early in students’ schooling as possible.
