Noticias de Rosana y Alcito

 

Sra. Dana retired on June 30, 2022, after forty years of teaching, and for the last thirty-one of those years, she was a Spanish teacher at Cape Elizabeth MS. She already misses her students. 🥲

Alcito el Alcito and Rosana la Ratoncita, CE Swap Shop finds, will continue to post in Spanish in Instagram. Once an educator, always an educator, and Sra. Dana wants students to practice Spanish and learn about the world.

The first retirement adventure is to hike the Camino Francés in Spain in September and October. Rosana will hike the Camino with Sra. Dana but Alcito is a bit too big for the backpack so he'll stay in Cape to enjoy the fall.🍁🎃 

We won't update this blog much, we'll continue to use Instagram for social media.
August 2022

Las vacaciones invernales, Diciembre 2020

¡Felices Vacaciones! Winter vacation started yesterday, a very welcome two-week break. We've been fortunate to attend classes in the building and see each other face to face but this pandemic is a challenging time.

It has been a LONG fall for everybody. We all have to wear masks, socially distance in the hallways, sit 6' apart in the classroom, sit in assigned seats in cafeteria, two students to a table, no interscholastic sports, no running around at recess, too many Zoom meetings, and more. 

We're lucky that almost everybody has internet access at home and all students have a Macbook Air or an iPad. Teaching and Learning continues, although in a new format. The students have been awesome, adapting to pandemic school. Not easy but we're all looking on the bright side, taking it day by day.

 The Cape Elizabeth Faculty and Staff wish you all a Happy 2021!

June 2019

June 2019:

Alcito has a new friend from the Cape Elizabeth Swap Shop. Her name is Rosana la Ratoncita, Rosana the Little Mouse. She speaks Spansih, and she's an adventurer and pilot. She especially likes to fly in the little saucepan that she found in the Swap Shop.

She will be traveling to Spain this summer, 2019, with Sra. Dana. It's her first trip out of the United States. Her plans are to hike the Camino Lebaniego and the Camino de Madrid. She'll also go to Pamplona to see the Running of the Bulls, visit Bilbao, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, the Mar Cantábrico, visit friends in La Rioja, and then spend time in Madrid before returning home.

Alcito will stay in Cape this summer to rest and enjoy the Maine summer.

Follow her adventures on Alcito's Instagram. We'll be changing the Instagram name to Alcito and Rosana.

September 2018

September 3, 2018:

Today is Labor Day and tomorrow starts a new school year! Are you ready? Alcito is excited and can't wait to see friends and meet new teachers. (Video made with CLIPS, an Apple app.)

Summer 2017

Alcito will be traveling to Spain with Sra. Dana this summer. She'll be in Alicante to take a course for Spanish teachers that is sponsored by the Embassy of Spain and the Universidad de Alicante.

This blog will be updated occasionally but as of 2016, most of Alcito's posts are now on Instagram. His Instagram is HERE  https://www.instagram.com/alcito_cape/   You don't need an Instagram account to view it, just click on the web address.

Alicante, Spain, Summer 2017

Summer 2016 News

Alcito will be traveling to Spain with Sra. Dana this summer. She'll be in Bilbao to take a graduate course for Spanish teachers that is sponsored by the Embassy of Spain and the Universidad de Deusto.

This blog will be updated occasionally but we'll be migrating most of Alcito's new posts to his Instagram account, a more popular social media site. Alcito's Instagram is HERE  https://www.instagram.com/alcito_cape/   You don't need an Instagram account to view it, just click on the web address.

Alcito hikes the Camino in northwestern Spain, July 2014

Stay tuned for photos from Alcito's adventures in Spain, Summer 2014. He backpacked for a week with Sra. Dana along the Camino Inglés, from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela. After hiking, he spent a week in Galicia, in northwestern Spain, visiting towns, speaking Spanish, and learning some Gallego.

2016 update: Some Camino photos are posted on Alcito's Instagram, start with the older posts to see them.

caminar = to walk                  el camino = path, way
la mochila = backpack           las botas = boots
divertido= fun                        el viaje = the trip