PostAP Spanish Students Lead Parent Education Workshops for Community Partner Neighbors Link
The PostAP Spanish: Language and Culture class recently completed the service component of their month-long service-learning project in partnership with Neighbors Link’s Adelante Juntos parent education program.
Students hosted a workshop, delivered exclusively in Spanish, in which they shared their expertise and advice on social media consumption and digital citizenship.
“It was truly a great presentation for our clients,” noted Neighbors Link Volunteer Manager Elizabeth Parry. “We appreciate the great thought and effort that the students put in.”
During this project, students expanded their tech-related lexical foundation, revisited grammatical structures and language of recommendation (imperative and subjunctive moods), practiced forms in the formal registers, researched the topics of discussion, collaborated with their peers on the planning and the structure of the workshop, wrote their individual components, and delivered the presentation in partnership with their peers.
“This service-learning project was one of the most memorable experiences,” said Isaac Ahn ’26. “Going in front of a Spanish-speaking audience and presenting and engaging with their questions and comments, my growth as a Spanish student was exponential during this period as I needed to be on my toes, ready for anything. ... I believe that through service-learning projects such as this, we will be able to not only grow as a school community but as a broader community in our towns, counties and in the country.”
“The Neighbors Link presentation was an amazing experience that helped to further develop my Spanish skills as a student and my awareness as a person who lives in Westchester,” shared Annika Duggan ’26. “Neighbors Link is an important resource to people who are currently facing a lot of challenges and dangers in their lives due to recent legislation. It is important to read and educate ourselves about this, but the best way to learn is by interacting with others in our community who have firsthand experience.”
Fox Quattrone ’25 added, “It was incredibly gratifying to take the subjects and language skills we learned in PostAP Spanish this year and channel them into a community-based service-learning project. I was glad to be able to work with my peers on researching the risks of social media, constructing an informative presentation, and sharing our knowledge with the families at Neighbors Link in Mount Kisco, New York.”
“I feel like the service-learning aspect of this class really helped me further develop my Spanish-speaking skills,” said Calliope Yannuzzi ’26. “Not only were we able to practice presenting in front of several native Spanish speakers, but we also were able to interact with them and answer their questions on an individual basis, all in Spanish. It was an amazing experience that allowed us to use our Spanish skills in real time.”
“Our trip to Neighbors Link was a very positive experience that both improved my Spanish-speaking abilities and allowed me to use them to help educate others on a subject that my classmates and I are experts on,” added Maggie Yamolkas ’25. “I found it very powerful that the parents were grateful for us sharing what we know about social media platforms and safety, considering that as teenagers, we use them every day.”
“The visit to the Neighbors Link was ... a great proof of concept of how powerful service-learning can be in reinforcing our Spanish, while also being a tool to give back to our community,” noted Arjun Virk ’25. “I think it is really important that we use these skills that we develop in school to make a meaningful impact in our community.”
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