| Cinco de Mayo Siouxland 2008 will include the 5th Annual
Recognition of Outstanding Latino
Students graduating from Middle School, High School and from
a Siouxland Higher Educational
Institution.
This special recognition will take place on Saturday, May
3rd, 12:00 pm, at the Sioux City Long Lines
Family Recreation Center. Our purpose is to encourage Latino
students to pursue higher education
and excellence.
Each school will identify one graduating Latino (male) and
one graduating Latina (female) to be
acknowledged. Each counselor at your school will receive
this communication, so if there is more
than one, please make a collective decision about the two
(2) students selected from your school.
You are asked to consider the following criteria in making
your selection:
- one male and one female
- students who would potentially benefit and succeed acquiring higher education
- students who show good study skills
- students who are involved in their community and practice
good citizenship
- students who demonstrate motivation to learn
We would love the students to attend a very special
reception scheduled for Friday, May 2nd, 6:00pm
at the Tyson Fresh Meats Headquarters at Dakota Dunes. But
we need your assistance ensuring
that the nominees will be present at the May 3th
celebration, where they will be introduced and asked
to come up on stage to receive their framed certificates and
recognition.
The newspapers Mundo Latino and
Hispanos Unidos, will take
pictures of each one of the students
immediately after the ceremony for a detail article to be
published.
If the graduating senior has decided to go to College,
Technical school or University next fall, please
include that information in the nomination form. That will
also be announced.
Your school counselors, administrators, faculty, and staff
are also invited to participate in the event. In
addition, please announce to your student body they are all
welcome to come and support the two
students honored from your school. Parents will receive a
special invitation from us.
Please contact us for further information. Return the
enclosed form via e-mail or by regular mail by
April 28, 2008. We greatly value your assistance and your
support to the Hispanic youth in Siouxland.
Sincerely,
Perla Alarcón-Flory
Vice President |