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Hoy, nuestras familias recibieron la segunda parte del taller de Frida Kahlo, enfocándose en el colibrí. 🎨✨

Muchas gracias a las padres mentores de Programa Migrante Región Diez por traernos otro maravilloso taller para nuestra familias 🙏🏽

¡Que tengan un lindo fin de semana! ¡Nos vemos de nuevo el lunes para la segunda semana de la Academia de Verano!
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Today, our families took part in the second session of the Frida Kahlo workshop, focusing on the hummingbird. 🎨✨

A big thank you to the parent mentors from Programa Migrante Región Diez for bringing us another wonderful workshop for our families. 🙏🏽

Have a wonderful weekend! See you all on Monday for week 2 of the MEP Summer Academy!

Our MEP students came game ready during Summer Academy to support Mexico on their first game of the World Cup 🇲🇽✨⚽️
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Nuestros estudiantes llegaron listos para el partido durante la Academia de Verano para apoyar a México en su primer partido de la Copa Mundial 🇲🇽✨⚽️

Feliz día de las madres 💐💖

Muchas gracias a todas las mamás de nuestros estudiantes por su apoyo todo el año escolar. Agradecemos que nos hayan acompañado para nuestra última junta de PAC de este año y esperamos que hayan disfrutado de su día ayer ✨

🌟 NLM-MEP at the 12th annual State Speech and Debate Tournament 🌟

The MEP Speech and Debate Team traveled to Monterey, California, during the weekend of May 1–3, 2026, to compete in the 12th Annual State Speech and Debate Tournament, proudly representing MEP Region 10 – Los Angeles County. The event brought together hundreds of students from across the state for a weekend filled with friendly competition, powerful performances, and a celebration of cultural pride.

Norwalk-La Mirada’s Migrant Education Program was represented by 11 outstanding middle and high school students, accompanied by their Counselor and Speech and Debate Coach, Mr. Jonathan Verdugo, and Interim Coordinator, Mrs. Brandelia Marquez.

It is with great honor to share that our students earned a total of six trophies in the Speech categories: two 1st place awards, one 2nd place award, and three 3rd place awards. 🏆🏅🏆

We are incredibly proud of each and every one of you for your hard work, dedication, and achievements! 👏🏽

As part of our Parent and Family Engagement Workshop series, parent mentors from brought the Meet the Master of the World of Art: Frida Kahlo to our families where they learned about the history and impact of Frida Kahlo, and created their own artwork inspired by her. ✨🦜✨

¡Muchas gracias a todas nuestras familias que nos acompañaron y a las padres mentores por traernos otro maravilloso taller! 🙏🏽

Thank you for the invitation to the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast this morning! 🙏🏽✨

We had an amazing time honoring our students during the Closing Ceremony for the Spring 2026 Saturday Academy! ✨

As March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, we encouraged our students to wear mismatched socks to show support and raise awareness! 💙🎗️💛

During the ceremony, we recognized our Speech and Debate team for their incredible efforts during last week’s Regional Speech and Debate Competition! We also watched a performance from the TK/Kinder and 1st & 2nd grade classes, as well as listened to our 3rd-5th grade class recite poems based on the lives of inspiring women in honor of Women’s History Month!

It was a busy day as the 43rd State Migrant Parent Conference was held virtually today as well! Each year, one student is selected as the MEP Honor Student for Region 10 - Los Angeles County to be recognized at this conference. Our very own, Emmanuel Salazar Lira is this year’s honoree representing Norwalk-La Mirada and Los Angeles County with pride. He briefly stepped away from the conference to address our community during the ceremony where he gave a motivational message encouraging students to always do their best and to help others along the way!

Emmanuel’s commitment to his education and hard work over the years earned him admission to various universities, and he officially commit to Loyola Marymount University with a full ride scholarship! ¡Muchas felicidades Emmanuel! 👏🏽

The MEP team would like thank everyone that joined us today and over the past 5 Saturdays!

Be sure to sign up for our next academy this summer! Applications are now available in the MEP office at Huerta! ✨

After months of preparation, the NLM MEP Speech and Debate team competed at this year’s Regional Speech and Debate Competition hosted by !

This was our largest group to date, with a total of 27 competitors from grades 6-12 across various schools in the district. Students have the option to compete in English or Spanish, and we are proud to share that the team brought home 29 trophies (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) in the categories of Prepared Speech, Extemporaneous Speech, and Debate.

12 of our NLM MEP Speech and Debate team members also qualified (ranking 1st overall) to compete at the State Speech and Debate Tournament in Monterey, CA this upcoming May representing Los Angeles County - Region 10!

Jimmy Arellano (Class of 2025) was also invited to speak as an alumni of the program and share how the skills he learned through Speech and Debate have helped him in his current endeavors at USC!

We are so proud of each and every one of you!!! 👏🏽

Day 2 of our Spring 2026 Saturday Academy was a success! ✨

A highlight of the day was our parent workshop where our families were able to express their creativity by writing poems and creating their own embossed artwork! Swipe to see some of the art!

¡Muchas gracias a los padres mentores de por traer este taller a nuestra familias! 🙏🏽

Our Spring 2026 Saturday Academy is officially in session! 🌷☀️🌻

We had an amazing first day providing students with enrichment support in mathematics, as well as, review to help students prepare for the ELPAC!

It was also one of our students birthdays and his class sang to him as he turns 6 today! 🥳

We are very grateful to for providing Cirkul water bottles for our students to use during the semester…they even come with flavored filters!

Not pictured, however, we’d like to thank our interim Superintendent, Ms. Tania Magaña for visiting us this morning and making sure we had everything we needed to have a smooth and great first day! 🙏🏽

We can’t wait to see you all again next Saturday! 🤗