Dr. Jacobson's classes brought in the Yuletide cheer to World Languages classes as well as many other departments including the administration.  Her students sang:  Adoremos Nuestras Casas, El Niño del Tambor and Cascabel.  In the video, Señor Lawhead's classes enjoy the singing and celebration of the holiday. 

Famous d/Deaf People Presentations

This week, Mrs. Redelings's ASL 1 students observed, compared, and contrasted the reactions of hearing parents to having a deaf child through the film, Mr. Holland's Opus. Students enjoyed the film and brought what they have learned about Deaf people to bear on their personal reactions to the film.

ASL 3 students spent much of this week researching famous d/Deaf people and began scripting their final presentation of the semester. Famous people included Laurent Clerc, the first Deaf teacher in America, I. King Jordan, the first Deaf president at Gallaudet university, Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, and Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning Deaf actress (Children of a Lesser God).

TPR/S Preview

Spanish 3-4 students with Profe Bañuelos were introduced to the T.P.R.S. (Total Physical Response with Storytelling) method used widely in Señor Lawhead's Spanish 5-6 class. Shown here is a class reading using body movements to help memorize certain verbs and nouns that are for chapter 2.2. The story is about Adán getting ready to go out with Mónica.
 

Bonne Fete!

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 3-4 are assembling group "yearbooks". They will interveiw athletes, artists, musicians in class and do a write-up and photo of them.

 

Students of French 5-6 are studying jobs and careers. Students have presented what they will be doing in the future. For a seasonal craft project, students are making Santon de Noel, which are figurines of the guides (jobs) of Middle Ages. Artisan workshops where these Santon are produced exist today in Provence today.

French 1-2 students are making a brochure in French of their school.

More Oral Practice

Students in Señor Lawhead's Spanish 5-6 class continue their preparation for this week's oral test.  In this video, Rocky looks at the cartoon (student-work) shown on the whiteboard and tells the story as he understands it.  ¡Fantástico, Rocky!

Reporte Deportivo

Students in Spanish 3-4 with Profe Bañuelos worked in groups of six to create a sports report in one period, reporting on a sports match giving the final result and interviews with some of the players involved. Much of this used the preterite tense. This group made their report about a soccer match in England's Premier League: Arsenal vs. Manchester United.

"El Mercado" Project in Spanish 3-4

Señora Trott's Spanish 3-4 classes participated in a role play called "En el Mercado". Students took turns playing the role of vendors and customers in a an open-air market.  A lot of bargaining for good prices took place!  Students practiced using currency (el euro), using polite expressions and, of course, all their best bargaining phrases!

Spanish 1-2 classes are preparing for next week's project:  "Teach a Lesson".  Students are divided into groups and each group has 20 minutes to teach a mini-lesson to the class using material in Chapter 2.1.  They can be as creative and they wish, including making puzzles, games, worksheets and pop quizzes.

La Moda (Fashion) y Turismo in Spanish!

Ms. Ranzolin's Spanish 5-6 class had a fashion show this week. Students had to dress up for and describe fashion for four seasons orally to the class (no notes alowed!) This was really a lot of fun.

 

In Ms. Ranzolin's 3-4 class, students had an oral presentation describing a trip they took. It was so interesting learning about all the places our students have visited.

Span 5-6 Students Draw Stories & Share!

Señor Lawhead's classes, partnered up during oral practice to draw an original 4-panel cartoon story.  When finished, students shared the story orally with another group.  Stories were then swapped and the story told by others.  This is all visual and oral work.  No writing allowed!  All in preparation of their second oral test coming up just before Winter break!

The best picture stories will be kept (and students rewarded) for the teacher to use with other classes in the future for TPR Storytelling* practice.

*For more info on TPR/S, check out the links on Señor Lawhead's website!

Spanish 7-8 reads Dr. Jacobson's story

After reading 'El camión de Carlos, a story authored by Dr. Jacobson, her Spanish 7-8 classes practiced critical thinking skills as they wrote questions to classmates and then responded, demonstrating their ability to grasp the concepts of comparison, contrast, cause and effect, synthesis, relevancy and varied types of evaluation.

Students also spent the week refining their writing skills, developing a formal 5-paragraph essay based on 3 essential qualities of 'Leadership.'

Advanced French Perform Play

Today, Madame Leidhoff's students of Advanced French performed a play from Boris Vian, Batisseur d'Empire ou le Schmurtz (first act). After the play, the students spoke to the Honors students about their interpretation of the Schmurtz in the context of society, families and community.

Language in Action!

This week in Señora Lemaitre's 1-2 classes, students will be performing their "interpreter" skits. Three actors are needed for each sketch. 1. Interviewer, 2. Interviewee, 3. Interpreter. The questions for the script are provided, but the answers must be formulated by the students using the verb "Tener" and "Tener Que" and other conjugated AR verbs, students can explain in the mock interview that which they "have" and "have to do" on a daily basis. Students seem to enjoy the opportunity to use their new grammar skills to formulate original language and perform it for peers. It's language in action!

Profe Visits Tikal

During Thanksgiving Break, Profe Bañuelos traveled to the country of Guatemala and the state of Chiapas, México to visit four different Mayan archeological sites: Tikal (in Guatemala [pictured]), Yaxchilán, Bonampak, and Palenque (in Chiapas, México). Profe was also able to experience one of the indigenous languages of Chiapas, named Ch'ol.

2nd Grading Period Ends!

Students are looking forward to seeing how well they are doing at the end of the 2nd grading period here in the World Languages Department.  Teachers will submit grades by Monday morning and printed progress reports should be available and brought home to parents by Thursday, December 6.  Be sure to ask your son or daughter about his/her progress.  There are three weeks left until Winter Break and six weeks left of the Fall Semester!

French Students Cook at Home and Present

Madame Leidhoff's French 3-4 students did a cooking project where students cooked something French at home, using the past tense, presented their culinary delight's image to the class and gave a regional explanation of the dish.

2nd Annual CHOPSTICK OLYMPICS!

Mr. Blackwelder's Japanese 3-4 students took part in the 2nd Annual CHOPSTICK OLYMPICS.  A true test of dexterity and handling of o-hashi!  Beginning with objects thae size of French fries, students passed items from one to another in both time trials and accuracy contests.  The final event involved sticky, unwieldy fermented soybeans.  All participants prevailed, excited for what the rest of the restaurant unit has in store!

ASL Students Describe People

Mrs. Redelings' ASL 1 students finished up their second presentation of the semester in which they need to describe a friend or someone famous while the rest of the class guesses who it might be. We had lots of fun as students described a variety of people, from siblings to admired athletes, to musicians, to movie stars!

Tengo Tu Love

In correlation with learning the verb "tener" which means to have, students in Spanish 1-2 with Profe Bañuelos learned and sang the chorus to the song by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Sie7e (seven) titled Tengo Tu Love. The chorus goes like this:

 

 "Yo tengo tu amor. I got your love. Yo tengo tu amor. Yo tengo tu love, yeah."

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

The World Languages Department wishes a happy and grateful Thanksgiving to all its students, parents and friends!  The staff hopes that everyone enjoys the pleasure of family, free time and travel.  Until November 26, we say:

 

¡Diviértanse!

 

Amusez-vous!

 

    お楽しみください！

        

ASL Presentations Begin!

Three of Mrs. Redelings' ASL 3 students are featured in this video giving their presentations in front of class.  Students had interviewed a family member and presented at least twelve pieces of information in chronological order.  Students were only permitted to use a picture timeline (no written notes).

ASLPresentations from Richard on Vimeo.

Skits in Spanish 1-2 & 3-4

Señora Trott's Spanish 1-2 and 3-4 classes all finished skits in class this week. Students in Spanish 1-2 did a role play based on meeting new people, making small talk and introducing
others.
Spanish 3-4 students created a travel skit and had to solve a challenge when something goes wrong at the airport. For example, a lost passport or a missing suitcase. The skits were funny, creative and (mostly) very well done!

Famille et Théâtre

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 1-2 are learning vocabulary of the family, possessive adjectives (my, your, his, our your and their) and description. Synthesis of this learning will be a family tree, a paragraph about our family members and a description of member and relationships in Le Roi Lion.

 

Students of AP French Culture and Language are working on the play LES BATISSEURS DE L'EMPIRE ou Le Schmurtz, by Boris Vian. After researching, they found this play from the Theatre of the Absurd most interesting to present.

"Yo soy"

Apart from their chapter's regular vocabulary, students in Spanish 1-2 with Profe Bañuelos learned a special adjective that described a personality or physical trait of their own. They used that with the phrase "YO SOY..."
Spanish 3-4 students did a writers workshop to improve writing in the preterite tense.

Mrs. Redelings' ASL 3 students worked on preparing their latest presentation:  signing about a family member's life. Students were to interview a family member and present at least twelve pieces of information in chronological order. The only notes students may have is a picture timeline, so this is also the first presentation students have signed without a written script! Presentations officially start next week!

Spanish 5-6 students take oral tests

Jocelyn concentrates as she describes the cartoon in front of her that she's never seen before.  Señor Lawhead has been using the TPR/S method to prepare students to speak spontaneously.  Unlike the methods used in traditional oral testing, students do not write, memorize and recite practiced language. This is true natural speech and Jocelyn is doing a great job!

Role-play at La Boulangerie

Madame Leidhoff's students of second year French are creating 'STORES' in teams. In the stores are researching products sold., quantities and prices for each and labeling quantities in kilograms.

For example, in la Boulangerie, we are learning that a bakery by the Luxemburg gardens in Paris sells a baguette for .90 Euros. The bakery design needs to have 10 products for sale.

"Customers" will "shop" in the stores and cultural role-play will display and demonstrate gestes, expressions, customs.... in the language.

La Ecología - Español 7-8

Students in Dr. Jacobson's 7-8 classes developed a presentation related to the current theme of the vocabulary words they are studying 'La ecología/Ecology.' Students worked together to produce a public service announcement, poem, interview with an expert or a song describing the importance of the conservation of the environment, implementing new words into their script.

Spanish 5-6 students are expanding their knowledge of grammar through power point activities and are developing skits related to the theme of 'friendship.'

After reviewing models of essays, AP Spanish language students engaged in writing an in-class essay based on the analysis of three articles requiring students to explain the authors' perspectives regarding improved economic, educational and health opportunities for youth in Latin America
 

Yo voté. - I voted.

Students in Spanish 1-2 and 3-4 with Profe Bañuelos this week listened to him share his voting experience and see his voting sticker in Spanish (see photo) from Voting Day Tuesday November 6, 2012. Although Profe did not share with them how he voted, he did encourage them to become civically involved when they become eligible to vote at age 18. An educated voting population is key to maintaining a democracy.

Students Prepare for Oral Exam

Using TPR/S techniques to hone their speaking skills, Señor Lawhead's period 6 students tell the story illustrated by a stick-figure cartoon projected onto the whiteboard.  Stephen H. tells his version of the story to Chloe D. who, in turn, will tell him her version.  Students have not seen the cartoon before and are confident enough to tell the story without practice nor writing it down.
 

World Languages Students share Halloween Spirit

 

Students in every Spanish class have learned the difference between Halloween and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).  However, it was very evident throughout the school that the Halloween spirit of fun was in full force. 

¡Salud!

Tying into Latino communities around the U.S., students in Spanish 1-2 with Profe Bañuelos sampled the unique taste of the Cuban-American carbonated malt beverage Hatuey Malta. Although not famous in North America, it is commonly consumed throughout South America, the Caribbean, and in South Florida. It is sometime referred to "wheat soda," even though it isn't a soda at all.

The "Horror" of Japanese Culture!

On Wednesday and Thursday, Mr. Blackwelder's Japanese classes took a closer look at the terrors within J-Horror (Japanese Horror). Our main focus was kaijuu, or giant beasts, and yuurei, or vengeful ghosts. The impact of yuurei on the Japanese and American popular film market, beginning with films like Ringu (1998) and Juon (2001) and their American counterparts The Ring (2002) and The Grudge (2004) and continuing through the present with The Ring 3D coming out next year, were examined in-depth. In short, students gained a new reason to keep a light on at night.

Grammar Review & a Jeopardy Game

Students in Dr. Jacobson's classes reviewed grammar this week through a Power Point presentation of various pictures where students associated vocabulary reflective of the action portrayed, demonstrated knowedge of varied grammatical structures and derived similar verbs, constructed and conjugated in analogous forms. Additionally, classes engaged in online practice quizzes and a 'Jeopardy' game where, in teams, students conjugated verbs and answered comprehension questions from within varied categories.

Aitana B. Studies and Presents Picasso!

"For one part of our most recent project we were told to recreate one of our artists' work with our own hands or make an original peace of art. Many people recreated painting and drawings their artist had already made. After looking through Picasso's art, I realized all his works are of such high level and/or very abstract, so I would have a difficult time recreating one of his pieces. So, I decided to create my own version of a Picasso. Picasso has varying periods of time in his life that correspond with the different painting styles he used. I took Picasso's famous art style of Cubism and incorporated his Rose and Blue Periods as well. One can see Cubism from the geometric shapes throughout the woman and the displacement of her eyes. The Rose Period is evident through the utilized colors in the painting. Yellows were used for her hat, pinks for her face, browns for her hair and reds on her shirt. All these colors were essential during the Rose Period. During Picasso's Blue Period, he used many shades of blue and gray and depicted many depressing scenes. In order to properly represent his Blue Period, I used a grayish-blue to create the background for the sky as well as added rain. All these components were brought together to resemble different parts of Picasso's life and his different art styles. The name of this piece is "Woman In The Rain" and pastels and watercolors were used." Presented in Madame Leidhoff's French class.

Pen Pals and Posters in Spanish

Señora Trott's Spanish 1-2 classes have started writing letters to pen pals. They will tell their pen pal about themselves, activities they like to do, how old they are and where they live. They will ask their pen pals several questions as well. Their pen pals will read the letters and write back!

Spanish 3-4 classes are creating a small poster called:   Mi mejor amigo (a). This poster will have a description of their best friend, including why they are friends and what activities they like to do together. The poster will include 3 or 4 visuals that illustrate this friendship.  Next week, 3-4 students will start writing their skits about travel to a Spanish speaking country.

Novellas & Experimental Art in French

Madame Leidhoff's students of second year French are learning the past tense. Using the new structures and vocabulary, they will be writing and dramatically presenting a six part novella.

 

Students of third year year will do interpretations, biographies and experimental art and presenting to their classmates.

Travel and Fairy Tales in Spanish

Students in Ms. Ranzolin's Spanish 3-4 class have been busy learning how to talk about airport travel. They wrote dialogues and short stories about people going on a vacation, along with beautiful illustrations. In Ms. Ranzolin's Spanish 5-6 class, students wrote and illustrated their own fairy tales demonstrating their knowledge of the past tenses in Spanish.

"Entrevista y Retrato" Project

Spanish 5-6 students in Señor Lawhead's classes completed their Interview and Portrait projects.  After interviewing their partner and writing a paragraph with the information, students drew a portrait of him/her.  This fun activity teaches Unit 1:1 vocabulary and allows some truly gifted artists to shine.  It also creates a lot of hilarity (humility?) among those of us not blessed with artistic skills!
 

EntrevistaRetrato from Richard on Vimeo.

Test Dividers to Insure Security

In part of a formal testing environment, students in Spanish 1-2 and 3-4 with Profe Bañuelos use prefabricated cardboard dividers whenever taking a test or quiz. This is done in hopes to reduce the temptation to cheat from others. SRHS's academic policy calls for an automatic U if a student is caught cheating or giving answers.

Speaker Encourages Bilingualism

Dr. Jacobson's 6th period classes and many other World Languages classes welcomed Mr. G. Bogart from the U.S. Department of Commerce.  The topic was the importance of bilingualism in today's world and he shared his experiences in Colombia and Mexico as an officer of the United States government.  Mr. Bogart is fluent in Spanish and speaks a bit of other languages, as well, such as Portuguese.  Students had the opportunity to ask questions and learn about the advantages of mastering another language

 

ASL is unique!

This week, Mrs. Redelings's ASL 3 students focused on grammar and reviewed for their test by playing an exciting game. 

Students also revisited facts concerning American Sign Language, especially the fact that it is not universal language.

Great California Shakeout

World Languages students along with the entire Scripps Ranch High School campus joined the rest of California at 10:18 AM, Thursday morning in an earthquake preparedness drill.  Students went under the desks to "duck and cover" and then evacuated to the football field where heads were counted, roll was taken and every student and staff member was accounted for.  Students and teachers agreed that this was the smoothest year yet with the drill not lasting much more than 25 minutes.

Spanish 5-6 students peer-edit projects

Señor Lawhead's Spanish 5-6 classes are peer-editing each other's descriptive paragraph about another student before submitting it for a grade.  Each member in the peer-editing group takes responsibility for a specific structure (Ser vs. Estar, Verb conjugations, etc.) and circles questionable uses.  On Monday, these paragraphs along with a hand-drawn portrait of the student described will be put together on a sheet of paper and displayed in the classroom. 

"Me gusta..." (I like to...)

Students in Spanish 1-2 with Profe Bañuelos learned how to say what activities they like to do using the first person, second person, and third person. Pictured here is Erica who likes to play soccer (fútbol), and Nick, who likes to play football (fútbol americano). Spanish 3-4 students learned about direct and indirect objects.

L'Automobile Francaise

Madame Leidhoff's students of third year French have read of the early car industry and how Renault, Peugot, Daimler, Citroen played integral role in engineering (all in French). We will be beginning new vocabulary on the car and driving and cultural differences in transportation.

 

Students of first year French are drilling and practicing their ER verbs, creating sentences using visuals, playing verb conjugating games, and TPRS stories.

 

¡Gracias! Merci! Arigato!

Thank-you Weber family for your generous donation of a Staples gift card!  We will put it to good use!  By the way, families, keep those empty ink-jet cartridges (and laser cartridges) coming in!  The Staples recycling program is providing us with a steady stream of gift certificates for office supplies.  Thank-you parents and thank-you Staples!

End of the Grading Period!

It is the end of the first grading period and most classes in the department have finished tests and projects this week.  Grades will be submitted Monday morning and progress reports will be sent home with students later in the week.

Teachers attend Deaf cultural event!

 

Mrs. Redelings and Ms. Gans (former ASL teacher at Scripps Ranch H. S.) attended Carnivale5 and Vaudeville5, a Deaf cultural event for all ages and all people, deaf and hearing alike! The event featured games, circus performers, magicians and comedians, ASL songs, ASL materials, and even personalized t-shirts using ASL! We hope you can join us next year!

French Students Study Impressionism

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 5-6, after a session in the library, have chosen an Impressionist artist who they will present to the class. Students will give a biography of the artist, using forms of the past tense, present and interpret art works they have produced. Further, the student will try to practice or reproduce techniques of the work of the artist.

Students of first year French will present a "T-shirt" that shows representations of themselves, their likes and dislikes and things that they do.

El Aeropuerto - Spanish travel vocabulary

Students in Ms. Ranzolin's 3-4 Spanish class have been learning about vocabulary related to airline travel so they drew and labeled a scene about an airport incorporating their vocabulary, also, they wrote dialogue to go with it about someone going on a trip. Students in Spanish 5-6 class have been learnng new vocabulary that describe people. This week, they worked in partners and wrote essays comparing and contrasting themselves with their partner incorporating their new learning.

Folk Tales and Music

Spanish students in Dr. Jacobson's classes submitted their first essay based on the theme of the qualities of a good friend. After watching the videos of the Columbian folktales El tigre ñato (The pug-nosed tiger) and La mujer pez (The fish woman), students read the scripts and answered questions requiring the analysis of the past vs the imperfect verb forms used in the story. In addition, students practiced auditory skills and grammar knowledge as they wrote about what they understood while watching a video about a girl's memories of summers during her childhood. Students then read their summaries aloud to a partner.

AP students enjoyed listening to a recording of 'El décimo', and participated in comprehension activities with the use of bilingual dictionaries.

Mucho progreso en Español 1-2

In Señora Lemaitre's Spanish 1/2 classes, students have successfully finished up Lección Preliminar and are on their way to Unit 1! So far, they can hold basic conversations to exchange greetings and introductions, share phone numbers, talk about the weather, and respond correctly to classroom instructions. Looking forward to a great week!

Story-telling in Spanish 5-6!

Señor Lawhead's students are preparing for next week's review exam as well as honing their conversational skills using TPR/S methods.  The new exercise for this week was choosing 4-5 random words from our lists and to tell 2-3 quick stories off the top of their heads using each one of the words in any order necessary. 

French students put in beaucoup d'efforts!

Madame Leidhoff's students of first year French did jigsaw reviews of Chapter One to prepare for their first exam.

Students of French 3-4 performed their First Benchmark - interviews on getting to know one another. It was very impressive, completely memorized with excellent verbal cues, intonation and cultural gestes.

Students of Advanced French submitted their final drafts of their essays - nicely polished

City presentations in Japanese. See example!

Mr. Blackwelder's Japanese 3-4 class has just completed city project presentations in which students shared information on a variety of major Japanese cities: from Sapporo in the north to Naha in the south. Information in the presentations included geography, topography, famous sights, festivals, notable cuisine, history, and interesting trivia! Students were also instructed to use as much Japanese as possible during the course of the 2-3 minute presentations.

A number of students in both 1st and 3rd period also used prezi, the free online presentation template. Below is one of the more innovative presentations. Enjoy!

Kyoto a Go Go! on Prezi

"¡Dame otro!" (Give me another!)

Students continued to work through the heat at the beginning of the week with temperatures in classrooms reaching to the 90's and higher.  Here, Jonathan in Señor Lawhead's class gets a bit of relief by taking a spray of water to the face. Several teachers cool off their students by spraying them on request during the afternoon classes.  Thankfully, temperatures appear to be moderating!

"La Amistad" Students write essays on friendship!

Students in Dr. Jacobson's Spanish 5-6 class began a review of grammar, comparing the past, imperfect and present tenses. In addition, students described pictures they brought to class.

After having analyzed the figurative language (e.g. alliteration, metaphor, simile) in the poem 'Amigo mío', students in Spanish 7/8 are writing their first essay, focusing on the theme of friendship. The essay includes a conventional introduction, thesis statement, supportive details as well as evidence of critical analysis and application of the student's thesis to related concepts. As a tool for achieving native like pronunciation, students read aloud their first paragraphs to classmates, using their writing as an avenue through which to demonstrate their speaking skills.

In addition to writing a 5 paragraph essay, AP Spanish students evaluated their personal vocabulary and grammar knowledge through comprehension activities derived from listening and reading selections in commercially produced AP Spanish materials.
 

Spanish con "Accento Cubano"

Students in Spanish 3-4 with Profe Bañuelos viewed a short video conversation in Spanish with him and his Cuban-American friend Elizabeth (pictured) done last month in Miami, Florida. It was to show the differences in Profe's Mexican-American accent and Elizabeth's Cuban accent which isn't heard much here in California as it is in Florida.

Spanish 1-2 students acted out charades to memorize classroom commands.

Ms. Gans now working at La Jolla High School!

Ms. Janelle Gans, former ASL teacher at Scripps Ranch High School is now teaching ASL at La Jolla High School.  World Languages staff and students miss Ms. Gans, but we celebrate her new position and wish her the best!

¡Buenos Días! Students act out introductions.

Students in Ms. LeMaitre's Spanish 1-2 class act out basic greetings and pleasantries in a skit performed in front of class.
 

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 5-6 are learning the language of movies and story-telling using the past tense. They are watching Tintin in French and will retell the plot, describe the characters, and discuss this Belgian comic series and its Francophone importance to children.

Students of French 3-4 are learning about Paris: they have drawn maps and are learning about the monuments. They have also taken a culture tour with Rick Steves.

ASL students learning glossing skills

In Mrs. Redelings' ASL 3 class, students quizzed each other on their knowledge of ASL grammar by using flashcards, sign language and writing.

In ASL 1, students played a spirited game in which they used their newly found glossing skills. Although ASL has no written system, our current textbook uses the nearest English equivalents, known as "glosses," to represent signs, along with a picture.
 

¡Cantamos en español!

With a nod to Señora Morrill, Señor Lawhead leads his class in singing Marisabel.  Besides pronunciation practice, the songs that students sing teach history and grammar, not to mention just being fun!

¡Muchas Banderas!

Students in Spanish 1-2 with Profe Bañuelos took part of an activity where they tried to name all the countries of the 20 Spanish-speaking flags on the ceiling of his classroom. Spanish 3-4 students learned how give affirmative commands toward their peers.

¡Muchas Gracias!

Thank-you Rittershofer family!  Señor Lawhead and the World Languages Department sincerely thank them for their recent donation of a Staples gift card.  Their generosity, along with Staples' ink cartridge recycling program, allow us to purchase much-needed supplies for the department.