Spanish

KAYSVILLE — Students of the Spanish and French languages put their knowledge on display Thursday morning, performing fairy-tale plays for their peers.

Fairfield Junior High students, who are in their third year of studying the languages, have been working on the foreign language fairy-tale theater for several months.

OGDEN — The Fraternal Order of Eagles, 975 Wall Ave., will have a Spanish-language dance to benefit the police officers involved in a Jan. 4 shooting.

LAYTON -- Jane Eskelsen said she was surprised when she found out she had been nominated for the Utah Foreign Language Teacher of the Year award -- but she was shocked when she won.

OGDEN -- Citing the need to be able to communicate with all neighbors, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden is offering conversational Spanish classes beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday.

News item: Census data show that a majority of the nation's children will be minorities before the decade is out.

Three decades ago, a Hispanic in Davis County was usually a migrant fieldworker and stuck out like a sore thumb.

Now there are more than 25,000 from all walks of life. The Davis School District, realizing Hispanic children will be the taxpayers and leaders of tomorrow, is working to better educate them now.