Terms
Multicultural Holidays
What is my language?
Student Rights
The Road to Citizenship
100
A foreign born person who has entered the United States with or without inspection.
What is an IMMIGRANT?
100
This holiday is celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honor of the military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III.
What is CINCO DE MAYO?
100
The language of Afghanistan.
What is PASHTO, DARI?
100
This Privacy Act of 1974 is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
What is FERPA?
100
This is a permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the US. Also called a permanent residence card.
What is a GREEN CARD?
200
A person who has fled his or her country of origin due to past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based upon race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group
What is A REFUGEE?
200
This holiday is a Muslim religious festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan.
What is EID?
200
The language of Eritrea.
What is TIGRINYA?
200
• Policy 102: Multiracial-Multicultural-Gender Education • Policy 252: Transgender and Gender-non-Conforming Students • Policy 248: Harassment • Policy 249: Bullying/Cyber Bullying
What are current SDP POLICIES?
200
After this amount of time, an immigrant can apply for naturalization.
What is 5 YEARS?
300
An immigrant who has fled his/her country for country of origin due to persecution or a fear of persecution based upon race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group, but who has to be present in the U.S. at the time of requesting asylum.
What is an ASYLEE?
300
This religious Jewish holiday is know as the Sabbath of Sabbath. On this day Jewish people seek forgiveness and hope to be inscribed in the Book of Life.
What is YOM KIPPUR?
300
The language of Sierra Leone.
What is MENDE, FULA, ENGLISH, KRIO, SUSU, TEMNE?
300
This was a civil rights class action against the SDP on behalf of Asian students who are English language learners. The suit claimed that these students were not being afforded equal opportunity to educational programs and support services.
What is the Y. S. STIPULATION?
300
This is an endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is allowed to enter, leave, or stay for a specified period of time in a country.
What is a VISA?
400
A foreign born person who has entered the United States without inspection, or overstayed their visa.
What is UNDOCUMENTED?
400
This holiday is known as the festivals of lights. Houses in India are decorated with candles and colorful lights. The festival is observed by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, with its main theme the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. People share gifts and recite prayers.
What is DIWALI?
400
The language of Iran.
What is PERSIAN, ARABIC?
400
This was a landmark decision in 1982 holding that states cannot constitutionally deny students a free public education on account of their immigration status.
What is PLYER VS. DOE?
400
This is the age you must be to apply for a green card.
What is 18 YEARS OLD?
500
A child who has entered the United States without an adult before their 18th birthday.
What is an UNACCOMPANIED MINOR?
500
This holiday, celebrated in Ethiopia, is not on December 25th.
What is JANUARY 7TH / GANNA/ ETHIOPIAN CHRISTMAS?
500
The language of Pakistan.
What is URDU, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki?
500
This 1974 supreme court case was brought forward by Chinese American students in the San Francisco Unified School District who were placed in mainstream classrooms despite their lack of proficiency in English, and left to "sink or swim."
What is LAU VS. NICHOLS?
500
$725 (updated-2017)
What is the CURRENT COST OF BECOMING A CITIZEN? (Form N-400, the Application for Naturalization...this includes the $640 citizenship application fees and the $85 background check cost, also known as the biometric fee.
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