The Bessie E. Merrill For Christmas - The Waterways Journal
The Bessie E. Merrill was built at Jeffersonville, Ind., by Howards in 1911 as the General Craighill for the U.S. Engineers.
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Dist. 131 program's goal: Make every student bilingual
Alicia Smith wanted to help her biracial children connect with their cultural heritage. Smith, of Aurora, is Black. The father of her two sons is Mexican. It's why Smith enrolled the boys in a bilingual program at Johnson Elementary School in Aurora. Her 7-year-old, Alphonse Mendoza, started in the dual-language program in kindergarten and now is excelling academically in second grade, while her 6-year-old, Alano Mendoza, is doing well in first grade. "I love the program. It is amazing," Smith said. "It gives kids, like, a hunger to want to come to school and know something different. They...
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