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Stepping Stones students participated in exciting field trips, like a visit to the fire station.
Stepping Stones
This summer the Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership kicked off a pilot program at E.K. Powe Elementary School to help rising kindergarten and first grade students prepare for the upcoming school year. The program included 35 students who were taught by five enthusiastic teachers.
Guatemala trip:
Two dozen Durham Public Schools teachers traveled for 10 to 14 days to Guatemala where they learned about the country's culture, and took intensive Spanish language classes. The educators are participants in the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. They are from schools that have large Latino populations around their schools, including E.K. Powe, Lakewood, George Watts and Forest View elementary schools. The teachers have completed a year of weekly Spanish classes. Duke University and the Duke-Durham United Way sponsored this trip for Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership teachers as part of President Brodhead's initiatives that support the priorities of the Durham Public Schools.
