Los Puentes Youth Spanish Program

The Los Puentes Youth Spanish Program will focus on cultural education through a combination of language learning, food, music, arts and crafts projects, and by partnering with community members from various Latin American nationalities to share about their countries of origin. New this year, classes will be structured around themes (such as family, food, colors, shapes, etc.) and activities will be structured around that learning in order to optimize retention of vocabulary and concepts.

Los Puentes is a ten-week program that meets once a week at the Emporia Arts Center (815 Commercial Street). There are two (2) separate classes, one for Kindergartners-2nd graders, and another for 3rd-5th graders. The two classes will meet on different days of the week. PLEASE BE SURE TO SELECT THE CORRECT TICKET BASED ON YOUR CHILD'S GRADE. Please read the class schedule information below very carefully.

The 3rd - 5th grade class will meet from 5:30-6:30 pm on TUESDAYS beginning February 28th (Full schedule below).

The K-2nd grade class will meet from 5:30-6:30 pm on THURSDAYS beginning March 2nd (Full schedule below).

Meet our instructor, Bert Shafer!

Señora Bert taught kindergarten and 1st grade in the USD 253 district for 34 years. For six of those years, she taught in the Spanish dual-language program. She is very passionate to teach and learn about various cultures and discovering the commonalities we all share through our unique differences and experiences!

Full 3rd-5th Grade Schedule (All dates are Tuesday unless specified otherwise):

February 28th

March 7th

March 14th

March 21st

March 28th

April 4th

April 11th

April 18th

April 25th

May 2nd

Saturday, May 6th (Graduation Ceremony on the main stage of the Cinco de Mayo festival in downtown Emporia. Time TBD.)

Full K-2nd Grade Schedule (All dates are Thursday unless specified otherwise):

March 2nd

March 9th

March 16th

March 23rd

March 30th

April 6

April 13

April 20

April 27

May 4

Saturday, May 6th (Graduation Ceremony on the main stage of the Cinco de Mayo festival in downtown Emporia. Time TBD.)

* We understand things may come up, but classes are not prorated and missed classes will not be refunded.