May 21, 1971 Press Release announcing opening of Bilingual Day Care Center by the Brooklyn College Institute of Puerto Rican Studies
Item
Office of College Relations
Brooklyn College
Room 2149 Boylan
Brooklyn, New York 11210
Telephone: (212) 780-5163
CONTACT: FRED MORENO
May 21, 197}
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
0 RICAN INSTITUTE
BROOKLYN COLLEGE PUERT
AY CARE CENTER
TO OPEN BILINGUAL D
enter for pre-school children of Puerto
sorship of the Institute
A bilingual day care c¢
Rican b .
ackground will open in July under the spon
of P i
uerto Rican Studies of Brooklyn College.
0 : . :
de of the. fewoot its -kindiin theatres, the Escuela Infantile
Bilingue wi
g ill operate out of a store front in the Crown Heights section
of Bro
oklyn. The Center, at 1448 St. Johns Place, is being financed
pie by
ae y the Department of Social Services of the City of New York
i]
Through this program, we hope to offer our Spanish-speaking
ren the opportunity to learn in two languages, Spanish and English
i >
? rot. Josephine. Nieves,
ae Bel ts :
we
- . WA )
A A" Pare
The professional] Staff of five will
4
~
teach the children in
ich languages, concentrating on Puerto Rican games,
culture and as
1ch history as possible.
Besides developing their own materials and
curriculum, the staff hopes to provide a training ground for student
eachers in the bilingual method.
Director of the Center is Mrs. Paula Vazquez, a 1967 graduate
Brooklyn College
Room 2149 Boylan
Brooklyn, New York 11210
Telephone: (212) 780-5163
CONTACT: FRED MORENO
May 21, 197}
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
0 RICAN INSTITUTE
BROOKLYN COLLEGE PUERT
AY CARE CENTER
TO OPEN BILINGUAL D
enter for pre-school children of Puerto
sorship of the Institute
A bilingual day care c¢
Rican b .
ackground will open in July under the spon
of P i
uerto Rican Studies of Brooklyn College.
0 : . :
de of the. fewoot its -kindiin theatres, the Escuela Infantile
Bilingue wi
g ill operate out of a store front in the Crown Heights section
of Bro
oklyn. The Center, at 1448 St. Johns Place, is being financed
pie by
ae y the Department of Social Services of the City of New York
i]
Through this program, we hope to offer our Spanish-speaking
ren the opportunity to learn in two languages, Spanish and English
i >
? rot. Josephine. Nieves,
ae Bel ts :
we
- . WA )
A A" Pare
The professional] Staff of five will
4
~
teach the children in
ich languages, concentrating on Puerto Rican games,
culture and as
1ch history as possible.
Besides developing their own materials and
curriculum, the staff hopes to provide a training ground for student
eachers in the bilingual method.
Director of the Center is Mrs. Paula Vazquez, a 1967 graduate
Title
May 21, 1971 Press Release announcing opening of Bilingual Day Care Center by the Brooklyn College Institute of Puerto Rican Studies
Description
May 21, 1971 Press Release from Brooklyn College's (BC) Office of College Relations announced plans by the BC Institute of Puerto Rican Studies to open the first ever Bilingual Day Care Center in an effort to meet the needs of BC students and surrounding Brooklyn community. The Escuela Infantile Bilingüe was located in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn and focused on Puerto Rican culture and history.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
Contributor
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Brooklyn College Office of College Relations
Date
May 21, 1971
Language
English
Relation
14092
Rights
Public Domain
Source
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Original Format
Newspaper / Magazine / Journal / Catalogue
Brooklyn College Office of College Relations. Letter. “May 21, 1971 Press Release Announcing Opening of Bilingual Day Care Center by the Brooklyn College Institute of Puerto Rican Studies”. 14092, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2127