{"id":1102,"date":"2015-06-05T13:21:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T13:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/?page_id=1102"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:08:41","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/press-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Top\">RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#COVID-19\">SMART COOS PROVIDES FREE, OPEN-ACCESS DUAL LANGUAGE DIGITAL HUB TO HELP KEEP STUDENTS LEARNING WHILE SCHOOLS ARE DISRUPTED BY COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#GlobalCitizen\">Global Citizen Festival <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#IMDL\">Smart Coos Starts 90-Day International Mother Language Day Celebration<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#GlobalCitizen\">Global Citizen Festival <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#FishWithaMan\">Fish With A Man and Smart Coos Team Up to Close the Educational Gap and Support Homeless Youths<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#FirstEarlyChildhoodAcceleratorCohort\">First Early Childhood Accelerator Cohort<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#NewSchoolsVentureFundSummit\">New Schools Venture Fund Summit <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#SmartCoosInvitedtoSiliconBayouStartupShowcase\">Smart Coos Invited to Silicon Bayou Startup Showcase <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#RarefiedAir:DiversityinEducationInnovationPanel\">Rarefied Air: Diversity in Education Innovation Panel<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#AmericanAirlinesInnovators\"> Smart Coos Named as American Airlines Innovators for the month of March<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#SXSWEduLaunchFinalist\">Smart Coos announced as an SXSWEdu Launch Finalist<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#NewOrleansPublicLibrary\"> Smart Coos Partners with the New Orleans Public Library <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#8-WeekLanguageClasses\"> Smart Coos Offers Live Online 8-Week Language Classes<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#NAEYCConference\">Smart Coos is Attending the NAEYC Conference and Expo in Orlando&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#OurNationsHeroes\">Smart Coos Supports the People Behind Our Nation\u2019s Heroes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#FWAM\">Smart Coos partners with homelessness support organization Fish With A Man<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#NewJerseyPublicSchools\">Smart Coos Offers 1,000 New Jersey Public School Students Free Mandarin Chinese and Spanish Classes for the Fall Semester<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#ESSENCEFestival\"> Smart Coos participated in The Big Break Power Pitch presented by ESSENCE Festival\u00ae and Coca-Cola\u00ae.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#EssenceFestival2\">Smart Coos will be presenting at the Essence Festival<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#SummerLearningLossProgram\">Smart Coos Launches a Summer Learning Loss Program<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"COVID-19\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMART COOS PROVIDES FREE, OPEN-ACCESS DUAL LANGUAGE DIGITAL HUB TO HELP KEEP STUDENTS LEARNING WHILE SCHOOLS ARE DISRUPTED BY COVID-19<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: Harold Jean-Louis, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:harold@smartcoos.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harold@smartcoos.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> , 315-221-9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos In the Home <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides Dual Language Daily, Curated Pre-K\u20139+ Lessons For Literacy, Math, Science, and Social Studies Content Areas<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York, NY \u2013 March 14, 2020 \u2013 As school closures increase nationwide due to the spread of coronavirus, affecting millions of students with the numbers growing by the day, there is an unprecedented need for supporting our teachers, children, and families in learning. For when school is disrupted, Smart Coos has curated a free digital learning hub designed to support virtual learning plans: Smart Coos In the Home allows open access to daily dual language learning journeys divided into four grade spans\u2014Pre-K\u2013K, Grades 1\u20132, Grades 3\u20135, and Grades 6\u20139+, covering ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Math.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more and to access Smart Coos In the Home, visit: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/inthehome\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/inthehome\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs teachers, students, and families around the world are affected by the coronavirus, our priority is to support them in the best way we know how\u2014by providing them with dual language (in Arabic, English, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, Spanish and Vietnamese) activities and meaningful projects that will keep kids academically active,\u201d says Harold Jean-Louis, President of Smart Coos. \u201cWe designed Smart Coos In the Home knowing that administrators and teachers need to create extensive virtual learning plans, quickly, and that students need uplifting and engaging experiences immediately. We hope that even though the daily routines of students are being disrupted and they do not have valuable time in school with their educators &#8212; as a team we can support meaningful learning in the home while it is necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos In the Home provides approximately four hours of learning opportunities per day, for up to five weeks of dual language instruction, in English and other languages Teachers can also access the platform to create a digital classroom for their students and a tailored curriculum with quizzes and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessible on all devices, including smart phones, and with no sign-up required, Smart Coos In the Home activities are flexible for using any writing materials students have readily available at home\u2014no printing is needed for any of the content. Smart Coos designed the lessons in an effort to reduce the planning burden on teachers and families needing to ensure continuity in daily learning. The digital hub will remain free and open for the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Smart Coos team has also launched an ongoing collection of kid-friendly resources for online learning: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/resources\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/resources\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers the most up-to-date information on coronavirus (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and it is recommended to follow state and local authorities for guidance on how specific communities are affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about Smart Coos, the dual language children\u2019s education company, visit the media room at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/press-releases\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/press-releases\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2>Smart Coos Starts 90-Day International Mother Language Day Celebration<\/h2>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/\">Smart Coos&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brooklyn, New York, November 21, 2018, <\/strong>&nbsp; &#8212; In honor of International Mother Language Day (IMLD) on February 21, 2019 &#8211; Smart Coos is launching its 90-day campaign. The campaign is geared toward encouraging, supporting and spreading bilingualism and multilingualism throughout the world by both recognizing heritage speakers and embracing new language learners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2302\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Naya-Desir-Johnson-Trojan-Women-Finale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Naya-Desir-Johnson-Trojan-Women-Finale.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Naya-Desir-Johnson-Trojan-Women-Finale-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Naya-Desir-Johnson-Trojan-Women-Finale-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Naya-Desir-Johnson-Trojan-Women-Finale-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Naya-Desir-Johnson-Trojan-Women-Finale-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Naya Desir-Johnson, age 5, plays Astyanax in the multilingual adaptation of &#8220;Trojan Women&#8221; at the Jersey City Theatre. Naya speaks six languages and spoke French in the play, which featured twelve (12) languages from multilingual actors.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>IMLD&nbsp;is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote&nbsp;awareness&nbsp;of&nbsp;linguistic&nbsp;and&nbsp;cultural diversity&nbsp;and promote&nbsp;multilingualism. First announced by&nbsp;UNESCO&nbsp;on 17 November 1999, it was formally recognized by the&nbsp;United Nations General Assembly&nbsp;in a resolution establishing 2008 as the&nbsp;International Year of Languages.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month, Smart Coos will highlight and celebrate bilingual and multilingual children throughout the world. Naya Desir-Johnson, who speaks six languages and is the daughter of Smart Coos CEO Mirta Desir,&nbsp; is the face of the&nbsp;multilingual campaign &#8211; and will highlight the bilingual and multilingual children and language teachers that make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/\">Smart Coos <\/a>CEO Mirta Desir, who came up with the concept of Smart Coos because of her experience as a child immigrant to the United States from Haiti and because of the difficulty she faced trying to raise Naya to be multilingual in the United States, will also highlight the parents who are committed to raising bilingual and multilingual children in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is encouraging bilingual or multilingual&nbsp;children to highlight their language superpower by using the following hashtags &#8212;&nbsp; #IMLD #MyLanguageSuperPower&nbsp; #WhatsYourSuperPower .&nbsp; Understanding the critical role of parents &#8211; parents are encouraged to share why they are or want to raise multilingual children with the use of the following hashtags &#8212; #IMLD #MyKidsLanguageSuperPower.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in the next 90-days of celebration by following us on instagram&nbsp;@smartcoos , sharing the campaign with friends, or start on a bilingual adventure with your child today on <a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/\">Smart Coos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"GlobalCitizen\">Global Citizen Festival<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1959\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-montage-1514220_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Global Citizen-S.C\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p><b>New York, New York and New Orleans, Louisiana\u2013 September 21, 2016 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/festival\/2016\/last-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Citizen Festival<\/a> is just around the corner and this year is sure to be better than ever. If you are unfamiliar with Global Citizen, they are an Australian-born initiative that was created to counteract extreme poverty around the world. With their online and mobile platform, Global Citizen encourages people to take activist action by allowing them to accumulate point for the actions they take to stop extreme poverty and then letting them redeem those points for prizes, such as concert tickets to the Global Citizen Festival or other big concerts and events. Since their launch in 2012 with the very first Global Citizen Festival, more than 7 million actions have been taken to stop extreme poverty. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, Global Citizen has used its innovative platform to impact a projected 600 million lives worldwide and, to celebrate, they\u2019re rewarding their hard-working activist users with a huge concert in Central Park. The festival lineup will include an array of well-known musicians such as: Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez and even rock legend, Metallica. And if you think the concert lineup is good, the concert hosts are equally as impressive. Chelsea Handler, Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris are only some of the incredible guests and hosts that will appear at this year\u2019s Festival. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Smart Coos will not be a part of this extraordinary event, we admire Global Citizen\u2019s progress toward their goal of eliminating extreme poverty and share in their passion for helping disadvantaged individuals in our world. On September 24, 2016, when the Global Citizen Festival finally comes around, it will be a celebration of both music and the incredible knowledge that we are one step closer to eliminating extreme poverty around the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"FishWithaMan\">Fish With a Man and Smart Coos Team Up to Close the Educational Gap and Support Homeless Youths<\/h2>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1850\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GoFundMe.jpg\" alt=\"GoFundMe- Fish With a Man &amp; Smart Coos\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/h1>\n<p><b>West Palm Beach, Florida &nbsp;and New Orleans, Louisiana\u2013 May 24, 2016<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fishwithaman.org\/w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fish With a Man<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are partnering up to provide 200 homeless children in Palm Beach County with education, and other support, for an entire year. In addition, the money will go towards funding an all day event (from 11:00 am-7:00 pm) on November 20 for homeless children and children at risk for being homeless. Smart Coos and Fish with a Man will provide three workshops where the 200 at risk children can gain the knowledge and resources they need most, and they will also provide all the workshop participants with a full lunch and dinner. The partnership has created a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/Help-Kids-Now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> GoFundMe page <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in order to raise $150K by November 20, 2016 in honor of \u201cNational Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Beach County is ranked second for \u201cchildren living in spaces not designed for human habitation.\u201d 3,170 student-aged kids were declared homeless in 2016 and the average age of those homeless children is only 7 years old. The need for some form of intervention is definitely needed and through this partnership Smart Coos and Fish With a Man intend to make a positive impact in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fish with a Man was founded by Randal Johnson in order to support homeless youth on their path to becoming self-reliant. Johnson says that, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fish With a Man is uniquely suited to help homeless youths tackle the issues that arise from homeless. With the funds, if our two organizations can significantly impact the life of 1 child out of 200 over the course of 1 year &#8212; that is a success.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization is bringing their passion and &nbsp;experience with the homeless population in Palm Beach County to the partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Smart Coos, founded by Mirta Desir, is a language learning EdTech company that strives to empower and educate others through language learning. Desir reflects on a campaign Smart Coos launched to provide at risk children with the opportunity to learn a second language by stating; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;A few months ago when we launched &#8220;Learn a Language, Share a Language&#8221; &#8211; the goal was to impact children in need &#8211; Fish With a Man&#8217;s narrow focus on homeless youths ensures that Smart Coos lives its social impact goals every day.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conjunction with Fish with a Man, Smart Coos is contributing their EdTech expertise to this initiative in order to give these 200 homeless children the education they deserve. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these two entrepreneurial companies partnering up and using their strengths to make this project successful, there is no doubt they will make a difference in the lives of the 200 homeless children they aim to help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact (Fish With a Man):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randal Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:fishwithaman@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fishwithaman@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t: 561-283-2879<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact (Smart Coos):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:harold@35.197.44.235\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harold@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t: 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"FirstEarlyChildhoodAcceleratorCohort\"><b>First Early Childhood Accelerator Cohort <\/b><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1830\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-stacked-tagline.png\" alt=\"Unreasonable Institute\" width=\"400\" height=\"91\"><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><br \/>\nNew Orleans<\/b>, Louisiana \u2013 May 17, 2016 \u2013 Smart Coos was chosen to be a part of the Unreasonable Institute&#8217;s first Early Childhood Accelerator Cohort. The goal of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/unreasonableinstitute.org\/accelerator\/early-childhood-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Early Childhood Accelerator<\/a><\/span> is to use the assets of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/unreasonableinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unreasonable Institute<\/a><\/span> to get entrepreneurs the training, mentorship and capital they need to accelerate their venture and positively impact at least 1,000,000 children, ages 0 to 5, in low-income districts. The Unreasonable Institute believes that there is a disparity in the amount of access low-income children and families have to education, healthcare and relevant information. They believe that if this gap between the information low-income children have access to in comparison to and middle and high-income children can be closed, it will allow the children of low-income families to finally be able to end the cycle of poverty. Their target demographic is low-income children ages 0 to 5 because studies have shown that positive impact made at a young age will have lasting effects on a child\u2019s development and their future opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The program will be in person from July 19th through the 24th of this year, but the program will provide support for its chosen entrepreneurial cohort before and after these dates as well. &nbsp;The cohort will also have access to a 250 plus funder network to help the cohort overcome the hurdles they will encounter during their ventures. Like Smart Coos, the Unreasonable Institute believes that all children should have equal access to education and the relevant information that will help open doors for them in the future. They also recognize the importance of impacting a child\u2019s life as early as possible in order for that child\u2019s future to have the best outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Smart Coos is excited to be a part of the first Early Childhood Accelerator cohort, and is ready to take this opportunity to reach more disadvantaged children and positively impact their futures.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Smart Coos was established in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The startup focuses on giving parents and educators access to tools and services that are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth and to help close the 30 million word gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">e: harold@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">p: 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"NewSchoolsVentureFundSummit\">NEWSCHOOLS VENTURE FUND SUMMIT<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1819\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewSchools.jpg\" alt=\"NewSchools\" width=\"279\" height=\"514\">New Orleans<\/b>, Louisiana \u2013 May 10, 2016 \u2013 Smart Coos CEO and Founder, Mirta Desir, has been invited to be a panelist at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newschools.org\/about-us\/summit\/summit-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NewSchools Venture Fund Summit<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newschools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NewSchools Venture Fund<\/a> is a nonprofit firm that supports education entrepreneurs who are looking to transform the public education system into a system that benefits all students. The Summit is a yearly invitation-only event held at the Hyatt Regency SFO in San Francisco from May 10th to the 11th. This event brings together more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, educators and community leaders to discuss ideas and innovations that can help improve the public education system we have now. Mirta Desir will be participating in the summit as a member of \u201cThe Time is Now for ELL Edtech Tools\u201d &nbsp;panel, which will be held on May 11th in Regency C of the Hyatt Regency SFO at 9:45 a.m. This panel will be focused on ELL Edtech Tools, like Smart Coos, that can improve ELL student\u2019s chances of succeeding in school.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Mirta, there will be four other industry specialists joining \u201cThe Time is Now for ELL Edtech Tools\u201d &nbsp;panel. Jordan Meranus is the Co-Founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/ellevationeducation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ellevation Education<\/a>, a web-based software platform that helps facilitate communication and collaboration between ELL students and their teachers. Jenny Ancheta-Garcia, an associate trainer at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sobrato.com\/sobrato-philanthropies\/sobrato-family-foundation\/overview\/\">Sobrato Family Foundation<\/a>, which promotes equal access to high-quality education, career pathways, and essential human services for all Silicon Valley Residents. Roberto Guti\u00e9rrez, the President of the Latino Educational Equity Partnerships. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newschools.org\/about-us\/team\/#esther-tricoche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esther Tricoche<\/a>, an associate partner at the NewSchools Venture Fund, an inaugural Pahara Institute NextGen Fellow and Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans National Scholar.<\/p>\n<p>Mirta and the rest of the Smart Coos team are excited to spread the word about the need for ELL Edtech Tools and their benefits for both ELL students and society at the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Smart Coos was established in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The startup focuses on giving parents and educators access to tools and services that are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth and to help close the 30 million word gap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Harold Jean-Louis<\/p>\n<p>e: harold@35.197.44.235<\/p>\n<p>p: 315.221.9202<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1825\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1825\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160511_095532-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Panel focused on ELL Edtech Tools that can improve ELL student\u2019s chances of succeeding in school.\" width=\"751\" height=\"563\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel focused on ELL Edtech Tools that can improve ELL student\u2019s chances of succeeding in school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"SmartCoosInvitedtoSiliconBayouStartupShowcase\">Smart Coos Invited to Silicon Bayou Startup Showcase<\/h1>\n<p>New Orleans, Louisiana \u2013 March 15, 2016 \u2013 Smart Coos has been invited to participate in the Silicon Bayou Startup Showcase held in the New Orleans Chicory this Thursday, March 17, at 5:00 p.m. The Silicon Bayou Startup Showcase features 10 of Louisiana&#8217;s best tech-based startup companies and is the closing event of NOEW (New Orleans Entrepreneurship Week). NOEW is an 8-day event that provides a platform for Louisiana tech startups and is often referred to as the Mardi Gras of entrepreneurship. It celebrates local entrepreneurs in hopes of exposing globally significant startups to the rest of the world. With New Orleans being in the top 10% of cities to start a business in and NOEW having over 10,000 industry attendees as well as significant media coverage, this is the place to be for a startup company.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Coos is excited to be amongst the 10 companies chosen to close out this startup spectacular and cannot wait to take advantage of this huge opportunity. The company plans to use yet another platform to reach a broader audience and get their language-learning technology to the people who need it most. Smart Coos will be celebrating their St. Patrick\u2019s day at the Silicon Bayou Startup Showcase in true entrepreneurial fashion, how about you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Smart Coos<\/strong><br \/>\nSmart Coos was established in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The startup focuses on giving parents and educators access to tools and services that are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth and to help close the 30 million word gap.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nHarold Jean-Louis<br \/>\ne: harold@35.197.44.235<br \/>\np: 315.221.9202<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1777\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KillerPannel-02.jpg\" alt=\"SxSWedu Panel \" width=\"3667\" height=\"3825\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"RarefiedAir:DiversityinEducationInnovationPanel\">Rarefied Air: Diversity in Education Innovation Panel<\/h2>\n<p><b>New Orleans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Louisiana \u2013 March 8, 2016 \u2013 &nbsp;In addition to competing in this year\u2019s SXSWedu Launch Competition, Mirta Desir, the Founder and CEO of Smart Coos, will be a panelist on the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/schedule.sxswedu.com\/events\/event_PP92347\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rarefied Air: Diversity in Education Innovation Panel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The panel will be held on Tuesday, March 8, from 11am until 12pm in the JW Marriot Salon 5. The Diversity in Education Panel is focused on using diversity of leadership as a core strategy in starting and running an education organization or business. Mirta and her fellow panelists are all extensively decorated industry specialists ready to impart as much strategic knowledge as possible onto the panel attendees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Mirta, there will be three other panelists: Frances Messano, Nicole Neal, and Wes Moore, all well known and successful entrepreneurs in education. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancesMessano?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frances Messano<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the Chief of Staff and Managing Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit venture working to transform public education so that all children have the opportunity to succeed. She also co-leads the organization&#8217;s diversity strategy team and served as Vice President of Strategy on Teach for America\u2019s Strategy, Innovation and Organization Development Team. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edsolutions.com\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Livingston<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the President and &nbsp;CEO or EdSolutions, works to create successful outcomes between public school districts and private sector companies that seek to improve the learning experience through new technology. EdSolutions promote cooperation and communication between the two parties to ensure a productive solution that will better education, is reached. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/henryhipps?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=Nfln&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A10553867%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1457455978813%2Ctas%3Ahenry%20hipps\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Henry Hipps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has had many years of experience as an entrepreneur and consultant.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He was the f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ounder and CEO of Trajectory Learning, an EdTech company designed to increase student engagement and improve student outcomes, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is currently the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation where he m<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anages investments in innovative education solutions as a member of the Next Generation Models Team. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirta Desir herself is no lightweight, having already headed two other successful startups in addition to Smart Coos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This all star panel will be accessible to all SXSWedu attendees on Tuesday afternoon and is sure to be packed with relevant industry information and diversity strategies. Smart Coos is excited to have their CEO, Mirta, in this prestigious panel hosted by the Gates Foundation and looks forward to having another platform to inform others about Smart Coos, as well as guide new Ed-prenuers on the road to success. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos was established in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The startup focuses on giving parents and educators access to tools and services that are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth and to help close the 30 million word gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:harold@35.197.44.235\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harold@smartcoos.co<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p: 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20160309_094519-1.jpg\" alt=\"Smart-Coos-SXSWedu Panel-Rarefied Air: Diversity in Education Innovation\" width=\"1792\" height=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"AmericanAirlinesInnovators\">Smart Coos Named as American Airlines Innovators for the month of March<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Orleans, Louisiana \u2013 February 7, 2016 \u2013 Smart Coos has been featured in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ink-live.com\/emagazines\/american-way\/2400\/march-2016\/#82\/z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Airlines Startup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/americanairlinespartners.com\/InnovatorsFeature?anchorLocation=DirectURL&amp;title=innovators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Business Customer Spotlight.<\/a> The American Airlines Innovator Initiative looks to promote American Innovators and empower the growth of emerging businesses. Only 12 Innovators are featured in the American Airlines Innovator Spotlight seen in the American Way Magazine each year, and Smart Coos has the honor to be the featured startup for the month of March. Smart Coos is excited for this opportunity to broaden their market reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirta Desir and Harold Jean-Louis, Co-Founders of Smart Coos, sat down with American Airlines and were able to share Smart Coos\u2019 mission, as well as the ups and downs of running a startup. In discussing her inspiration for starting Smart Coos, Mirta Desir says that, like herself, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are millions of parents who want their children to be exposed to a second language as early as birth and do not have the tools to do it.\u201d To provide for these underserved families, Mirta founded Smart Coos to \u201chelp even the littlest kiddos speak a language so kids can get a head start, and making it hassle free for parents.\u201d Smart Coos effectively incorporates live-web based language sessions and its unique use of technology to expose children (newborns to age 16) to a second language. Finally giving parents who want to teach their children another language what they need. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos is proud to share this platform with the 11 other innovators of 2016 and hopes to reach even more people through this opportunity. As an incentive, new Smart Coos customers acquired through the American Airlines Innovator Spotlight can receive 10% off using promo code SmartAA10 until the end of May. This is truly an exciting time for Smart Coos as their business gets to fly all over the country with American Airlines for an entire month. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Smart Coos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos was established in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The startup focuses on giving parents and educators access to tools and services that are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth and to help close the 30 million word gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: harold@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p: 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1727\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SXSWedu16.png\" alt=\"SXSWedu16\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\"><\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"SXSWEduLaunchFinalist\">Smart Coos announced as an SXSWEdu Launch Finalist<\/h2>\n<p><b>New Orleans, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana \u2013<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 19, 2016&nbsp;\u2013 This month, after much deliberation, it was announced that Smart Coos &nbsp;is &nbsp;one of the 10 Finalists of the 2016 SXSWedu Launch. &nbsp;The <a href=\"http:\/\/sxswedu.com\/startups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SXSWedu Launch Startup competition<\/a> is for Startups all over the world that are focused on education and are in the early-stages of development. It provides a platform for startups to share their innovative ventures with a panel of industry experts as well as a live audience. It\u2019s a great opportunity to create connections, garner exposure for the company, and gain feedback on how to improve. The finals will take place n in Austin, Texas from March 7-10, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Smart Coos gets ready to take this big step into the education industry spotlight, it is important to remember Smart Coos\u2019 overall purpose in the education industry: to give parents the opportunity to teach their child a second language. Research has shown that child that learns a second language during early childhood has better executive function and more opportunities.In addition, Smart Coos platform also helps close the 30 million word gap between lower and middle-class families. As the gap gets smaller, a child\u2019s future opportunities get bigger. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding the upcoming SXSWedu Launch, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited to be a Finalist amongst a group of edtech entrepreneurs that are changing the face of education in the U.S.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">says Mirta Desir, the CEO of Smart Coos.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos eagerly awaits the chance &nbsp;to share this dream and this goal with fellow entrepreneurs in the education community and to build a stronger platform for the company during the SXSWEdu competition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos was established in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The startup focuses on giving parents and educators access to tools and services that are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth and to help close the 30 million word gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: harold@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p: 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">About SXSWedu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The SXSWedu Conference &amp; Festival fosters innovation in learning by hosting a <\/span>diverse and energetic community of stakeholders across a variety of backgrounds in education. The four-day event affords registrants open access to engaging sessions, interactive workshops, hands-on learning experiences, film screenings, early-stage startups and a host of networking opportunities. By providing a platform for collaboration, SXSWedu works to promote creativity and social change. SXSWedu is a component of the South by Southwest\u00ae family of conferences and festivals that includes <span class=\"il\">SXSW<\/span>\u00ae Music, Film and Interactive; <span class=\"il\">SXSW<\/span> Eco\u00ae and <span class=\"il\">SXSW<\/span> V2V\u00ae. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for the creative arts, SXSWedu extends <span class=\"il\">SXSW<\/span>\u2019s support for the art of engagement beyond musicians, filmmakers and new media innovators to include society\u2019s true rock stars: educators. Join the passionate and innovative community at SXSWedu, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1132978604\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 7-10, 2016<\/span><\/span> in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sxswedu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/sxswedu.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Julia Shatilo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">SXSWedu <span class=\"il\">Press<\/span> &amp; Publicity<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"mailto:press@sxswedu.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"il\">press<\/span>@sxswedu.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/library-488679_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1635\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/library-488679_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Library\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"NewOrleansPublicLibrary\">Smart Coos Partners with the New Orleans Public Library<\/h2>\n<p><em> &nbsp;Free monthly Spanish sign language classes to be offered <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2013 December 03, 2015 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\/?utm_source=Blog-SLIP&amp;utm_medium=Press%2520Release&amp;utm_campaign=Summer-Learning-Loss-Initiative-Program\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the world\u2019s first interactive live language learning platform for children, newborns to age 16, announced today it will be offering free Spanish sign language classes, at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Orleans Public Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, every first Monday of each month, starting December, 2015. The partnership comes in an effort to further increase the learning opportunities the library currently offers children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Baby Sign Language + Language Immersion Class\u2019 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">goal is to promote language learning and help children achieve their full potential. Each class will be 30 minutes long, from 11:00 am to 11:30 am. During that half an hour, children will interactively engage in a live sign language session through the Smart Coos platform. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos was established in 2014. Smart Coos tools and services are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth. Smart Coos is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:harold@35.197.44.235\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harold@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p: +1 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smart_Coos_ALL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1620\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smart_Coos_ALL-1024x587.png\" alt=\"Smart_Coos_Classes\" width=\"751\" height=\"431\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"8-WeekLanguageClasses\">Smart Coos Offers Live Online 8-Week Language Classes<\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign Language, Mandarin, French? Get your child started now.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>November 30, 2015<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Smart Coos has begun offering 8-week language lesson packages. In addition to the standard Smart Coos subscription services, children can now be enrolled in 8-week language classes, with new sessions beginning every two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classes currently being offered are in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.be.smartcoos.com\/en\/browse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish, English, French, Mandarin Chinese and even Sign Language<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classes are thirty minutes long, one day a week for eight weeks. They will include live story time readings, foreign language sing-alongs, and games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBased on the feedback from parents, kids and our own research &#8212; it was apparent that there was a high level of demand for packaged sessions,\u201d said Smart Coos CEO Mirta Desir. &nbsp;\u201cJust like mom and dad can join local meetup groups to do activities with their young kids for a set-time frame, we offer parents and kids the opportunity to learn a second language from the comfort of their home over eight weeks. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One language guide teaches each 8-week session for the duration of the course, in order to establish continuity for the enrolled children and parents alike. Long-term exposure allows for a working rapport between guide and Smart Cooers, and familiarity creates a more productive learning environment for Smart Coos pupils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos 8-week language courses come with a number of extra perks, including text \u201cnudges\u201d and reminder emails, to help parents manage their families\u2019 busy schedules and make it easier to fit Smart Coos into the daily routine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos also offers language session recordings, so that parent can review their child\u2019s progress and practice with them, long after the course has finished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight week Smart Coos courses start at $165. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos makes it easy for parents and teachers to give kids the opportunity to learn a second language by providing a live-language teacher on its interactive web-based platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With our college educated native speakers, robust foreign language curriculum, and our ever-expanding library of books and bite-sized language videos, parents and educators can easily engage kids in the acquisition of a second language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: hello@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.smartcoos.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"NAEYCConference\">Smart Coos is Attending the NAEYC Conference and Expo in Orlando<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC-will-be-at-NAEYC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1603\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC-will-be-at-NAEYC.png\" alt=\"SC will be at NAEYC\" width=\"559\" height=\"396\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORLANDO, Florida \u2013 November 18, 2015- <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is attending the National Association for the Education of Young Child (NAEYC) Conference and Expo from November 18 \u2013 21 in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NAEYC Annual Conference &amp; Expo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the largest gathering of thought leaders, classroom teachers, faculty, and other critically important practitioners and contributors in early childhood education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInfluential sponsors such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.follett.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmhco.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsoned.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pearson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honest.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Honest Company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/teachingstrategies.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teaching Strategies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> add fuel to the excitement of those inspired to spark the minds of our little learners,\u201d says Harold Jean-Louis, co-founder of Smart Coos. Jean-Louis continued, \u201cI am glad that we get to participate in this year\u2019s conference, and hope to grow and bond with others interested in having an impact on children during their critical period of development and learning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos looks forward to building connections and expanding the conversation on early childhood <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">development with the like-minded individuals attending the NAEYC Conference and Expo this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"OurNationsHeroes\">Smart Coos Supports the People Behind Our Nation\u2019s Heroes<\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In collaboration with SpouseBox, military families receive a $20 Smart Coos Gift Card <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2013 November 16, 2015 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\/?utm_source=Blog-SLIP&amp;utm_medium=Press%2520Release&amp;utm_campaign=Summer-Learning-Loss-Initiative-Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a startup that provides children with second language exposure from birth<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to age 16, announced today, it will be collaborating with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespousebox.com\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SpouseBox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With SpouseBox\u2019s final care package, Smart Coos will give 400 military families that subscribe to SpouseBox a &nbsp;$20 Smart Coos Gift Card. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SpouseBox will be sending its last shipment this November after having reached over 1,000 military families both in the U.S. and overseas. SpouseBox has also collaborated with Veterans and Milspouse owned businesses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military families travel all over the globe, taking their children to foreign countries, Smart Coos will be making that transition easier with by providing live language sessions with a native speaker on its interactive platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LastSpousebox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1599\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LastSpousebox.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Coos and Spousebox\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos tools and services are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth. Smart Coos is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Jean-Louis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:harold@35.197.44.235\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harold@35.197.44.235<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p: +1 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"FWAM\">Smart Coos partners with homelessness support organization Fish With A Man<\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education is the most powerful tool we have for preventing homelessness<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 3, 2015 &#8211; Smart Coos has been reaching out to fellow socially conscious, educationally focused organizations to foster collaboration. The most recent of these collaborations is a long term partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/fishwithaman.org\/w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fish With A Man organization<\/a> (FWAM). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in February of this year by CEO Randal Johnson, and based in southeastern Florida, FWAM is a nonprofit organization devoted to supporting the homeless and helping them become self-reliant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FWAM focuses on providing the homeless with four principal categories of support: proper government identification, reliable transportation, education, and employment opportunities. They depend largely on community donations, government grants, and philanthropic effort for their funding ( if you\u2019re interested in donating, follow this link: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fishwithaman.org\/w\/give\/re\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/fishwithaman.org\/w\/give\/re\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The values of Smart Coos and FWAM are aligned in helping people to help themselves,&#8221; said Johnson. &#8220;FWAM believes in the power of education to open doors of possibility, whether it\u2019s for a newborn, adolescent or adult.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Coos and FWAM also believe that education is the most powerful tool we have for preventing homelessness. That\u2019s why FWAM will be offering children in South Florida &nbsp;free Smart Coos language packages for a month. &nbsp;Smart Coos offers a series of interactive, digital language learning tools and live language lessons with native speaking tutors to children of all ages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about Fish With A Man and their fight for the homeless, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/fishwithaman.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fishwithaman.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fishwithaman.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about Smart Coos and how to set your child on the road to multilingualism, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smartcoos.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blog.smartcoos.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_and_FishWithAMan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1555\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC_and_FishWithAMan.jpg\" alt=\"SC_and_FishWithAMan\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"NewJerseyPublicSchools\">Smart Coos Offers 1,000 New Jersey Public School Students Free Mandarin Chinese and Spanish Classes for the Fall Semester<\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast-growing edtech startup &nbsp;with a conscience offers an elite platform to New Jersey Public School students in grades Pre-K to 10th grade at no cost<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana \u2013 September 19, 2015 &#8211; Smart Coos, the fast-growing edtech startup that promotes language learning from birth, announced today that it is offering free Mandarin Chinese and Spanish classes for the fall semester to the first 1,000 students who sign up at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.smartcoos.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 15th, it came to the attention of Mirta Desir that a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Mandarin Chinese program was cut from a New Jersey public school, which existed for several years, was abruptly terminated.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a result, Smart Coos is offering students the opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese and Spanish on its platform through live language sessions with a native speaker and text nudges. Children have the opportunity to learn the foreign language of their choice, while reinforcing their native language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat a child learns in school when they are young has a tremendous impact on a child&#8217;s access to opportunity, be it college, a career, or life in general,\u201d said Desir. \u201cThe fact that all students do not have a robust curriculum, such as one that contains early secondary-language exposure beginning in &nbsp;pre-kindergarten, causes children to miss an opportunity to receive the tools for the best possible future. Bright futures begin now. &nbsp;If Smart Coos can help meet its social responsibility by offering young students in New Jersey public schools exposure to a foreign language today, it\u2019s a good start.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents can sign up for live Mandarin Chinese or Spanish language sessions on the Smart Coos\u2019 website ( <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.smartcoos.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ).<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">New Jersey Public School administrators and teachers can register students for the semester by contacting Smart Coos at the information below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>About Smart Coos<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Smart Coos was established in 2014. Smart Coos tools and services are designed to give children the opportunity to acquire a second non-native language from birth. Smart Coos is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Contact<\/strong>:<br \/>\nHarold Jean-Louis<br \/>\ne: harold@35.197.44.235<br \/>\np: +1 315.221.9202<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ESSENCEFestival\">Smart Coos participated in The Big Break Power Pitch presented by ESSENCE Festival\u00ae and&nbsp;Coca-Cola\u00ae.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1243\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/smart-coos-70-percent-not-ready-kindergarten.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1243 \" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/smart-coos-70-percent-not-ready-kindergarten.jpg\" alt=\"smart-coos-70-percent-not-ready-kindergarten\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirta Desir, CEO of Smart Coos, presenting at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, LA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>NEW ORLEANS<\/strong>, Louisiana \u2013 July, 10 2015\u2014Smart Coos presented their online interactive language platform for children 0-8 years old at The Big Break Power Pitch presented by ESSENCE Festival\u00ae presented by Coca-Cola\u00ae. Smart Coos was well received by the audience, and they look forward to reaching out to more people about language education in the future.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It was an amazing experience to present at the Essence Festival,\u201d said Mirta Desir, CEO and founder of Smart Coos. &#8220;Smart Coos goal is that very young children will have a chance to learn a second language from birth and not experience an opportunity gap. The fact is that early childhood education &#8211; from birth &#8211; is the key to narrow if not eliminate the opportunity gap &#8211; and Smart Coos aim is to help parent&#8217;s accomplish that one child at a time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1245\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/essence-smart-coos-launch-party.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1245 \" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/essence-smart-coos-launch-party.jpg\" alt=\"essence-smart-coos-launch-party\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smart Coos official launch party on July 3, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Smart Coos objective is to give parents the tools and services to teach children a second language from day one and to close the opportunity gap between low-income and middle class homes by making sure that all children have the opportunity to hear at least 30,000 words a day (18 reads of The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Smart Coos also had an official launch party at 6 p.m. on July 3rd for the New Orleans community at the Rusty Nails located at 1100 Constance St, New Orleans, LA 70130. Parents, educators and entrepreneurs celebrated Smart Coos official launch.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>About Smart Coos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Smart Coos was established in 2014. The goal of Smart Coos is to provide mobile first tools and services to allow children the opportunity to acquire a second spoken language from birth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To learn more about Smart Coos and Essence Music Festival, visit:<a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\"> http:\/\/smartcoos.com<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.essence.com\/festival\"> http:\/\/www.essence.com\/festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nHarold Jean-Louis<br \/>\ne: harold@35.197.44.235<br \/>\np: +1 315.221.9202<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Essence_Festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1362\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Essence_Festival-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"View More: http:\/\/trevormark.pass.us\/powermovesnola\" width=\"751\" height=\"501\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"EssenceFestival2\">Smart Coos will be presenting at the Essence Festival<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Could your child be multilingual before kindergarten?<\/strong> Smart Coos pitches product at The Big Break Power Pitch presented by ESSENCE Festival\u00ae presented by Coca-Cola\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ORLEANS<\/strong>, Louisiana \u2013 June 5, 2015 &#8211; Studies show that the earlier children are introduced to a second language, the better chance they have to fully acquire that language along with performing better in school.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Coos is a company that focuses on early child language acquisition and bridging the opportunity gap within the first years of a child\u2019s life. Through language sessions, group or individual and text nudges, children are able to learn nonnative languages, along with reinforcing their native language.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Coos, along with three other companies, will pitch in The Big Break Power Pitch on Friday, July 3rd at 1:30pm at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on the Centerstage at the the 2015 ESSENCE Festival\u00ae presented by Coca-Cola\u00ae. PowerMoves.NOLA National Conference was created to give minority entrepreneurs the opportunity to introduce their products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first few years of a child&#8217;s life have a tremendous impact on where each child ends up in school, career, and life in general,\u201d said Mirta Desir, CEO and founder of Smart Coos. \u201cWith Smart Coos quick growth since launch, it is clear that parents were looking for and have found a solution for not only teaching their children a foreign language from birth but also supporting them in maintaining the 30,000 words a day with their children in the native language. The fact that Essence and PowerMoves.NOLA has given Smart Coos the opportunity to present this unique and powerful service at the Essence Festival is humbling and respectable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smart Coos will also be having an official launch party at 6 p.m. on July 3rd for the New Orleans community at the The Rusty Nail located at 1100 Constance St, New Orleans, LA 70130 . Parents, educators and entrepreneurs are invited to come celebrate and take part in a Smart Coos giveaway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Smart Coos<\/strong><br \/>\nSmart Coos was established in 2014. The goals of Smart Coos tools and services is to allow children the opportunity to acquire a second spoken language from birth. Smart Coos is based out of New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Smart Coos, PowerMoves.NOLA National Conference and Essence Music Festival, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/smartcoos.com<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/powermovesnola.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/powermovesnola.org<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essence.com\/festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.essence.com\/festival<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nHarold Jean-Louis<br \/>\ne: harold@35.197.44.235<br \/>\np: +1 315.221.9202<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"SummerLearningLossProgram\">Smart Coos Launches a Summer Learning Loss Program<\/h1>\n<p><strong>NEW ORLEANS<\/strong>, LA &#8211; May 21, 2015 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\/?utm_source=Blog-SLIP&amp;utm_medium=Press%2520Release&amp;utm_campaign=Summer-Learning-Loss-Initiative-Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Coos<\/a>, the world\u2019s first interactive language learning platform for children, newborns to age 8, has launched a summer initiative program to combat the learning loss that traditionally occurs during the summer among students. Our goal is to keep your students minds engaged and active throughout the summer to diminish the workload your teachers will have to do when the students return from break.<\/p>\n<p>Each student can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\/?utm_source=Blog-SLIP&amp;utm_medium=Press%2520Release&amp;utm_campaign=Summer-Learning-Loss-Initiative-Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SmartCoos.com <\/a>and receive free sessions beginning May 25 \u2013 August 20th. For the students to receive the language sessions for free their parents must sign up with the school\/organization\u2019s special code. If you want your school or organization to sign up, please contact Harold Jean-Louis at harold@35.197.44.235.<\/p>\n<p>Join the Smart Coos Summer Learning Loss Initiative Program (SLLIP) and allow us to bring your students back to you in good mental health.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/span>:<br \/>\nSmart Coos Inc.<br \/>\nharold@35.197.44.235<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcoos.com\/?utm_source=Blog-SLIP&amp;utm_medium=Press%2520Release&amp;utm_campaign=Summer-Learning-Loss-Initiative-Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.smartcoos.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"#Top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS SMART COOS PROVIDES FREE, OPEN-ACCESS DUAL LANGUAGE DIGITAL HUB TO HELP KEEP STUDENTS LEARNING WHILE SCHOOLS ARE DISRUPTED BY COVID-19&nbsp; Global Citizen Festival Smart Coos Starts 90-Day International Mother Language Day Celebration&nbsp; Global Citizen Festival Fish With A Man and Smart Coos Team Up to Close the Educational Gap and Support Homeless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6117,"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102\/revisions\/6117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}