CTFLC News & Blog

Mabuhay ang CTFLC An Invitation: CTFLC 19 Anniversary Celebration Voice of the FIL-AM Youth Presents: A Tribute to CTFLC 19 Years of Molding and Empowering the Filipino and American Youth.  Check us out in a Livestream through VOTFAY's (Voices of the FIL-AM Youth) Facebook and Youtube.   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m99OonURnLY

March 2019/ Maria Fontimayor Myrna Ablana, Grace Almazar, Maria Fontimayor, Jacquilin M. Lapid, and Analyn Thomson attended the annual conference of California Language Teachers Association (CLTA) on February 28 to March 3, 2019 at Double Tree Hotel in San Jose California with its theme “Innovate with Languages.”  The conference was attended by 700 members and was full-packed with different sessions.  For the Saturday plenary session, the keynote speaker was Francisco Jimenez who delivered a speech on “The Transformative Power of Multilingual and Bilingual Education: A Personal Perspective.”  His speech was so inspiring and empowering because he related his own transformation on how he learned to speak in English, what made him be inspired to become a teacher, and why he embraced his advocacy in multilingual and bilingual education.   Francisco Jimenez, Plenary Speaker CTFLC members at the Plenary Session for Day 1 The sessions that were attended by the CTFLC pa...

Ang Saya ng Karoling! Ni CTFLC President-Elect Maria Fontimayor   Hindi ko inisip, at wala sa aking panaginip Na ang isang Sabado ay maging napakasaya Mga tinig na  kay ganda, narinig kahit mata’y pikit Mga pamaskong awitin  sa bibig ay nabigyang laya.   Pagdating palang nga mga tagatug-tog na si Kuya Ardel at Digno, Alam na ng lahat na super ganda ang mga maririnig na kantang pamasko Aba, e, ‘di lang kasi gitara, Ay naku! May banduria pa. At meron pa kaming Dr. Julie na eksperto sa Musika.   Sa tamang oras, ang pagdiriwang ay nag-umpisa Syempre pa, kelangan gawin basta’t sinabi ni Dr. Estela Introduksiyon ay ginawa at sinundan ng “Panunuluyan” Pagkatapos ay inawit ang “Silent Night” na kanta.   Ipinaliwanag pa ni Ninang Estela Kung ano talaga ang pagdiriwang ng Pasko At ang isa pang duktor na bisita bumasa din ng tula Para ibahagi ang kahulugan ng Pasko mula sa mga Puso.   At ng matapos ang “Panunuluyan” inumpisahan na ang kantahan “Ang Pasko  ay...