Culinary Arts Institute (CIA) visits the School
to El Salvador at an event hosted by The Carlos Rosario
School.
•Carlos Rosario School held a reception celebrating Mayor
Vincent Gray’s Latino political appointees, which included
Gustavo Velasquez, member of the School’s Board of Trustees.
Panel Discussions, Committee Involvement, and Workshops
Presented
•In February 2011, Allison R. Kokkoros participated as a
guest on the WHUT Let’s Talk Education series on adult
education and family literacy.
•On May 5, 2011, Sonia Gutierrez participated with U.S.
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in a panel discussion titled
“Creating Career Pathways and Building Pipelines to PostSecondary Education for Latino Adult Learners.”
•In May 2011, Allison R. Kokkoros participated in a
panel discussion of the movie, “Welcome to Shelbyville”
coordinated by the ITVS Community Cinema [DC].
•Sonia Gutierrez is a member of the CCDC Advisory
Committee/Kitchen Cabinet, a Board Member for the Hogar
Hispano, Inc. (NCLR), and in April 2011, was appointed by
Mayor Vincent C. Gray as a member of the Commission on
Latino Community Development.
•Allison R. Kokkoros continues to serve in a volunteer
capacity as Commissioner of the Middle States
Accreditation Association, Member and Secretary of the
DC Association of Chartered Public Schools (DCACPS), and
Member and Secretary of the Carlos Rosario Educational
Foundation Board of Directors.
•Miguel Jimenez and Elda Gonzalez presented about the
Spanish GED program at the COABE (Commission on Adult
Basic Education) annual conference in San Francisco.
•Jennifer Riggins Garcia presented “Building Confidence
in Students’ Listening Comprehension” at the MAACCE
(Maryland Association for Adult and Community
Continuing Education) annual conference in Baltimore.
•Sheryl Sherwin, Jennifer Riggins Garcia and Carole
Fuller presented “Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom” at the
Spring WATESOL (Washington Area Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages) conference.
•In May 2011, Aracelly Watts, Workforce Program
Manager, served as a panelist for the Washington
Grantmakers’ Working Group on Aging’s program, in the
presentation titled “Quality Jobs/Quality Care: Increasing
the Supply of Professional Direct Care Workers”.
Workforce Development Accomplishments
•In February 2011, our school was selected as the
location for the District of Columbia’s National Nurse Aide
Assessment Program (NNAAP®) examination. Nurse Aide
candidates across the District now come to the School yearround to complete this two component certification exam.
•In April 2011, representatives from the Culinary Institute
of America (CIA) announced a matching scholarship for an
accomplished Carlos Rosario culinary arts student to attend
this elite Culinary School. For two consecutive years, the
CIA will match funds raised by the Carlos Rosario School
to support one student pursuing an associate’s degree in
culinary arts at The Culinary Institute of America.
•On April 5, 2011, the Carlos Rosario School was honored
to host three chefs from the Culinary Institute of America
(CIA). More than 100 students and community members
participated.
•During the Carlos Rosario School spring break in April
2011, eight culinary arts students participated in a shadow
week at four area restaurants.
GED Staff at the COABE Conference
Allison R. Kokkoros with other panelists at the Welcome to Shelbyville
panel discussion
GED Graduates