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Education

The Mobile International Festival plays a key role in education with their focus on world culture and racial tolerance. See how they do it through cultural exhibits and Hands-On Art programs.

Student Days are Thursday, November 20, 2008 for middle school and Friday, November 21, 2007 for elementary (grades 2-5), and high school.

Please contact Bobbie Bayne at (251) 470-7730 or via email: bobbiemif@yahoo.com for additional information.

For the 2008 Teachers Field Trip Planner, click here.

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES - Face painting, clowns, balloons, dancing, Target Stores Storytelling Tent and travelling with their passports. See the smiles on their faces as they enjoy and learn!

Thursday, November 20th
Middle Schools
(6, 7, 8 grades only)
8:15am - 11 am

Elementary Schools
(3,4,5 grades only)
11:15am - 2pm


Friday, November 21st
Mobile County High Schools (only)
8:15am - 11am

All other high schools
11:15am - 2pm
 
The Mobile International Festival has established, as one of its goals, the development of a greater awareness of the world and its diverse cultures among the students in public, private, and parochial schools in and around Mobile County, Baldwin County, and other outlying areas. A wide range of cultural presentations provides hands-on opportunities that will offer two memorable days.

Admission to the Festival is $5.00 for students, chaperones, teachers and bus drivers. (this includes $3.00 worth of food tokens). Students may wish to bring additional money to purchase extra food and souvenirs. Schools are encouraged to contact their Partners in Education for assistance in purchase of tickets, fees for buses, and/or substitute teachers.

In an effort to maintain order and safety, the following rules must be observed:

  1. All students must wear their school uniforms, t-shirts with school names or name tags.
  2. Students must load and unload at the designated locations at the Mobile Civic Center. Please call 470-7730 for wheelchair entry directions.
  3. There must be at least one adult for every ten students (grades 6-12) attending the Festival. No more than one adult for every five students (grades 2-5).
  4. Students must remain inside the Civic Center during their designated time period.
  5. Security personnel will be posted throughout the Festival area for each person's safety.
  6. Bus drivers and chaperones who wish to attend must purchase a $5.00 admission packet, which includes food tokens.
  7. Location for LOST & FOUND students is at the Cultural Exhibits area Information Booth.
  8. For articles lost during the Festival you may call Bobbie Bayne at The Office of Special Events at 470-7730 within a month.
  9. Teachers unable to attend during Student Days can either come with their students on Saturday or encourage their students to attend with their families on Saturday for extra credit earned.

Joint Arts Education Program Reaches Public and Private Schools

For the third year, Mobile International Festival and Alabama State Council on the Arts concluded another successful joint Arts Education program in September-October 2007. This yearly program precludes the field trip to Students Days of the annual event in November. Mrs. Malvina Holloway conducted teach-ins on the Yoruba culture brought into the New World by slaves from West Africa in seven elementary and middle schools in Mobile and Baldwin counties. This is the first year that middle schools and private schools were included.

Mrs. Holloway went to Spanish Fort Elementary School and Foley Intermediate School in Baldwin County. In Mobile County, she went to Anna F. Booth Elementary School, Booker T. Washington Middle School and Mobile County Training School. The two private schools in Mobile County included in the program were St. Ignatius Catholic School and Knollwood Christian School.

Anna F. Booth Elementary School was selected to benefit the free field trip to Mobile International Festival on November 17, 2007 at the Mobile Civic Center. This was part of the grant received from ASCA. The students from Anna F. Booth Elementary School showed their appreciation by sending thank you letters to Mrs. Malvina Holloway, Mrs. Nancy Thompson (Mobile County Public School Systems Supervisor for Music/Fine Arts and MIF Board Member) and Mobile International Festival for the great time they had at the festival.

Mobile International Festival will continue this successful joint Arts Education program in September 2008 by applying for another grant from Alabama State Council on the Arts.

2007 Arts Education photos:

Foley Intermediate School

St. Ignatius School

Knollwood School

 
These are some of the students from Knollwood Christian School who were in the teach-in class of Mrs. Malvina Holloway. They saw Mrs. Holloway and she took them to look at the authentic Yoruba masquerade outfit display. Seeing the Yoruba outfit in the festival complemented what they have learned during the teach-in.