The Hindi Lesson is Rescheduled (TBA)
Have Fun Learning a New Language
From All Around the World Every Other Friday!
Sessions will be in FULL IMMERSION.
The challenge of understanding through games, music, and activities
will be fun for the children’s young minds.
LANGUAGE@LUNCH is a FUN & FREE program open to ALL students every other Friday during their lunch period.
There is NO NEED TO SIGN UP – all they have to do is show up!
This program aims to introduce your child to various languages in a fun and engaging way.
Recognizing the value of your child’s non-classroom time, this offering will be structured as an interactive, activity-based experience.
Through games, music, and activities, children will learn basic vocabulary and grammar while immersing themselves in the diverse languages and cultures of the MATES Community.
This may be the first step in nurturing your child into a fluent citizen of the world.
Don’t forget to wear your Language@Lunch t-shirt if you purchased one. This is optional on Fridays; kids can show their support and save their school shirts!
We Need Language@Lunch Volunteers!
Come volunteer with us if you are fluent in a different language! Volunteers like you make this amazing program possible!
To help support this program, please email us at LanguageAtLunch@matesmcn.net or use the SignUp Genius link below.
Thank you so much for being a part of this exciting new MATES program!
β¨ δΈη·γ«ζ₯ζ¬θͺγε¦γΌγ! 
β¨ Issho ni Nihongo o ManabΕ!
(Let’s Learn Japanese Together!)
γγγγ¨γ (ArigatΕ), Shannon!
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Celebrating Ofrenda
A Little Bit of Kyiv (UKRAINIAN) Last Session! πΊπ¦
ΠΡΠΊΡΡ (DYA-koo-yoo), Kristina!
Say “Ja” to Learning German! π©πͺ
Deutsche Vibes Last Friday!
Danke, Gabriel!
Language@Lunch was Another Kick-off Milestone!
This returning program is an exciting step into the children’s journey to language fluency. Thank you to all the kids who came and to all the wonderful volunteers who showed up to help!
We appreciate our Daytime Programs Co-Chairs, Lauren Zurian and Rebecka Wolowitsch-Hill, for organizing, and to our Language@Lunch Co-Chairs, Nancy Melgar, Lindsay Poole, Arezou Zaidi, & Julia Herron, for leading this benchmark program!
Cheers to a triumphant start of the year!
Hola β Itβs Spanish Time!
Gracias, Maricela, Sandra, & Diana!
THIS OFFER HAS EXPIRED!
Language@Lunch Shirts can be worn on Fridays (also optional).
DEADLINE EXTENDED – You May Order Shirts until 9/10 (Wed)!
2024-25:
Hej (Hello)!
For our final Language at Lunch of the school year, the kids learned Swedish!
Thank you Paula and Malin, and thank you to ALL of our wonderful volunteers and students who showed up this year to make this program possible!
We will see you in the Fall! 
Today for Language at Lunch, we had the full German experience!
These kiddos were very excited about the Maiherz (May Heart) and Maibaum (Maypole). It even ended with a chicken dance!
Thank you Gabriel, that was so much fun!
Today, we learned Korean! Choco Pie was a big hit!
“Gam Sa Hap Nee Da” – Thank you, Jiyeon & Jake!
Magandang hapon (Good afternoon)! We had so much fun learning about Tagalog!
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers, Janey & Gigi!
We learned about Gujarati! It is possible your child may come home and say “Mane bhuke lagi chhe“, that means “I am hungry” in Gujarati!
Thank you to our wonderful volunteer, Shinal, for introducing us to a beautiful language!
Shalom! It was a full house at Language@Lunch today! These awesome students learned about Hebrew! A big thank you to our volunteers Caitlin & Shira!
Merci! Thank you to the students who joined us today! Merci to our volunteers Erin & Jonathan for introducing us to the French language & culture!
Xīn NiÑn Kuà i Lè! (Happy New Year!)
The kids were great learning about the Chinese New Year and practicing Mandarin!
These kiddos were very excited about the hΓ³ngbΔo (red envelope)! Thank you, Mr. Ng!
Another fun Language@Lunch! Grades 1/2 and 4/5 this week!
Thank you, Thuan-Hau Trinh!
Our first Language@Lunch was a success!!
We had almost 50 kinder and third graders!
Thank you to all our volunteers!
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