Tag: kids
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Mayor Barrett hosts annual Safe Summer Brewers Game
Kids got free hot dogs and sodas, and Natalie Young from the Hmong American Peace Academy got to throw out the first pitch at the game. The kids have participated in one of three summer programs at … Read Full Article
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Program helps maintain Hmong music by teaching kids about traditional instruments
Three girls in traditional Hmong dress hopped, dipped and twirled their white skirts in unison. Each one danced with a qeej, a traditional Hmong instrument, in their arms, as Michael Thao played a … Read Full Article
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Hmong College Prep Academy receives 3,500 McDonald’s lunches
Tags: kidsThere is such a thing as a free lunch and today a thousand kids at the Hmong College Prep Academy got one. … Read Full Article
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“The Story of Dog and Wolf” is a Good Read for Kids
Xiong and illustrated by See Thao. It is a great addition to add to your child’s library. “The Story of Dog and Wolf” is a Hmong folktale that tells how dogs have become a part of people’s lives while … Read Full Article
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‘Second Chance Breakfast’ gives students a boost
At nearby Hmong International Academy, social worker Kiley Krocak reports that behavior referrals — sending kids to the principal’s office — have dropped by 40 percent since they brought in breakfast … Read Full Article
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Ed Goldman: A CASA Is a person: Meet the people who help kids navigate the sometimes fraught waters of foster care. Part 2 of 2.
In addition, “about 30 percent of the children are African-American,” Noreen adds. “We’re also seeing more and more foster children from the Hmong culture.” Whiteford says proudly that her husband, … Read Full Article
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St. Paul artist mixes sacred themes with ‘simple objects’ to unpack Hmong-American experience
Sieng Lee is a 1.5. The St. Paul artist prefers the term “generation 1.5” to capture his experiences as a Hmong-American. “We are the generation of kids brought here really young, at age 8 and under,” … Read Full Article
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Rosario: She suffered and endured for her kids — so how did they turn out?
(Courtesy of the Yang family) The kids didn’t turn out so bad. Yeng Yang, 49, a mother of one, reportedly became the second doctor of Hmong descent in the U.S. She is the regional senior medical direc… Read Full Article
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Leave us kids alone: A look at child marriage in the US and beyond
Rates of underage marriage are high in southern, rural states with a high prevalence of poverty and religious conservatism, as well as among Orthodox Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Sikhs, and Hmong people fr… Read Full Article
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New public comment procedures introduced at Madison School Board
“Hmong kids, black kids, Cambodian kids, are very intelligent,” Vaj said. “If you give them the information they can come up with their own ideas.” Gomez said the School Board has ignored the experien… Read Full Article
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Grooming future voters: Huegel Elementary’s ‘Rock the Vote’ event gets kids excited about voting
HAPPEN, founded at Huegel in 2013, was modeled after a similar parent group for black and Hmong parents which found success at Lincoln Elementary School, according to Rachelle Stone, another fourth-gr… Read Full Article
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Letters: ‘I hope you will vote yes for St. Paul kids’
Thank you for this opportunity. I am so proud of our schools that provide opportunities for children that range from immersion programs in Hmong, Spanish, Chinese and French; schools that specialize i… Read Full Article
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McKnight’s 2018 Distinguished Artist: Wing Young Huie’s camera helps us all see more clearly
His work includes pictures of a Hmong shaman’s ritual and a Pentecostal church service; kids goofing off in an alley and elders in a beauty shop; a black family gathered close on the front stoop and a … Read Full Article