Program Details
9TH-12TH Grades: Carecen-Dc
Enrichment & Access
Maret
Upper School Spanish class students at Maret have partnered with the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN). CARECEN is a community-based organization that seeks to foster the comprehensive development of the Latino community in the Washington metropolitan region. On Saturday mornings, Maret students go to the CARECEN center and teach a citizenship course in Spanish to community members wishing to pass their citizenship test. This course lasts ten weeks and is conducted multiple times throughout the year. Maret students able to practice their Spanish with native speakers and better understand what it takes to achieve citizenship and develop relations with members of their community wishing to do so.