
Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages Newletter
Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI) 2023 In March, more than 250 students representing 136 different high schools from all over New York State came to Albany to partake in The 33rd Annual Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership...

Washington D.C. Visit
2023 Educational Trip to Washington DC: The Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute Outstanding Student Delegates were invited to attend a three-day educational trip to Washington D.C. Students had the opportunity to meet with elected...

University of Virginia Scholarship Recipient
PR/HYLI Student Giovanni Santana (Monroe Delegation) receives Full Ride Merit-Based Scholarship to the University of Virginia!

Excelencia in Education
The Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican / Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute was recently recognized as a Program to Watch by Excelencia in Education, an organization that helps to accelerate Latino success in higher education by promoting student achievement.
During the annual Examples of Excelencia review and selection process, Excelencia identifies innovative and/or up-and-coming programs that are making a positive impact on the success of their Latino students as Programs to Watch. Excelencia hopes that by bringing attention to these programs, we can encourage institutions, practitioners, funders, policy makers, and other stakeholders to keep an eye out as these programs continue to improve Latino student success.

So Much More Than a Teachable Moment
You will probably recall that in July 2009, noted Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his own home after a neighbor called the police to report a suspected break-in. Gates is black; the arresting officer, white.
The incident drew national attention and President Obama responded at the time by saying, “I don’t know . . . what role race played in that. But . . . what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately.”

Building Culturally Responsive Learning Communities through Political and Civic Engagement
Gladys I. Cruz (Questar III BOCES), Theresa Longhi (Ichabod Crane Teachers Association), and José M. Meléndez (Hudson Valley Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network) were recently published in Educator’s Voice from NYSUT.

Students Represent at Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute
On March 9-11, more than 240 students from across New York state met at the Capitol for the 29th annual Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute.

29th PR/HYLI: A Memorable Experience
Six Hudson Valley students were awarded $8,600 in scholarships at the 2019 Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute conference.

Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute
Last weekend, eight students traveled to Albany to represent our region as the Monroe Delegation.