SUPERINTENDENT STIERHEIM TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS


January 20, 2003

Superintendent Merrett R. Stierheim will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Consulate General of Italy in Miami and La Organizzazione per la Diffusione della Lingua Italiana (ODLI) on Friday, January 24, 2003, at 4 p.m. at the Office of the Consulate General, 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 590, Coral Gables.

The agreement, originally signed in 1999, renews support for the Italian section of the Extended Foreign Language (EFL) Program as well as other initiatives that teach Italian in Miami-Dade County public schools. The Italian section of the EFL program, currently offered at George W. Carver and Charles D. Wyche elementary schools, offers students the opportunity to become bilingual and biliterate.

Giuseppe Morabito, Consul General of Italy in Miami, and ODLI President Patrizia Coco will co-sign the agreement. For more information, contact Mercedes Toural, Associate Superintendent for Education, at 305-995-1960.

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