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Maria Vazquez: Hi everyone. I am here at Orange County Public School's New Global Family Welcome Center. Learn more about it next on Mondays with Maria.
Announcer: Welcome to Monday Swift Maria, presented by Addition Financial Credit Union. Here's OCPS Superintendent, Dr. Maria Vazquez.
Maria Vazquez: Welcome to Orange County Public School's Global Family Welcome Center. This is a place where our families can come and learn how to partner with us in their child's education. Take a look.
Group: 1, 2, 3! (ribbon cutting ceremony)
Josie Medina: Today we have the grant opening of our Global Family Welcome Center. This is a vision that we had before the COVID Pandemic and is coming to fruition today.
Maria Vazquez: Welcome to the grand opening of our first OCPS Global Family Welcome Center.
Josie Medina: Here at the Global Family Welcome Center. We'll give an opportunity to, our families are new to United States and also to Orange County Public Schools to ensure that they are served and they have a good transition to our public schools. We will be providing four main areas of support. We are going be providing support with enrollment. We are going be providing interpretation services as well as immunization and also academic services to ensure that the credits that the students bring from other countries, they're validated here in Orange County Public Schools. When you come to a new country, just a matter of coming to a new culture, a new language, a new educational system with new expectations, having a support system to ensure that you have a positive experience in our schools, it's super important for our families. I want them to know that Orange County Public School is a welcoming place. We want all students and we want them all to be successful.
Maria Vazquez: Thanks, Josie. For more information on the OCPS Global Family Welcome Center, you can call
407-317-3410 or email [email protected]. The hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Well, there you have it. Sneak peek at our new Global Family Welcome Center. We have a phenomenal team here waiting to help our families. So, what did you think?
Group: Yay. <cheering>
Maria Vazquez: See you next week on Mondays with Maria
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