Nuestro Valle, Everyone Belongs

 

 

Susana Browne, RaeTakemoto and Melinda Caroll flew across the pond to create a songwriting and music video program at Mid-Valley Elementary and experienced Arts integration in a Spanish Immersion School.Mid-Valley Elementary is a bi-lingual with over 80% of its students of hispanic origin who have settled in this abundant farming and fruit belt of Oregon and of the nation.

The song they wrote describes their life in both the school and with their families in the surrounding mountains and rivers, called Nuestro Valle, Everyone Belongs! It tells of the value of being able to speak 2 different languages and celebrates their unique heritage and diversity. This project experience was our sincere honor to contribute to arts integration and place-based learning, while building strong community in an entirely new environment!

 

 NUESTRO VALLE, EVERYONE BELONGS

Music & Lyrics written and recorded by the 4th Grade Students of Teachers, Jami Waits, Beth Galvez, & Marni Sickles, with the kind assistance of Sophie Guerin, Spanish Translator and Lydia Petersen, Music Teacher of Mid-Valley Elementary School with Melinda Caroll, Facilitator. ©®2022 ASCAP, Shine Media Productions

1st Verse
En mi valle, yo amo estar afuera
Hermosas cimas, bajo un cielo.
Tall Trees, Long Rivers, Un picnic con mi familia.
Puedo ser yo mismo, soy quien soy.
 CHORUS
Todos pertenecen, Everyone Belongs.
Our table is long, and thereʻs music and song.
Todos pertenecen, Everyone Belongs.
Nuestro valle, Unida, en una gran familia.
La la la la la la la la la.
La la la la la la la la la.
 
2nd Verse
Sabiendo dos, idiomas y culturas 
One world in English, Un mundo en español 
Puedo ayudar, a mi abuela, en mi casa, con muchas cosas. 
Y puedo ayudar, a otros a entender 
 CHORUS
Todos pertenecen, Everyone Belongs.
Our table is long, and thereʻs music and song.
Todos pertenecen, Everyone Belongs.
Nuestro valle, Unida, en una gran familia.
La la la la la la la la la.
La la la la la la la la la.
 
3rd Verse
Viviendo aquí, me hace sentir seguro 
Mantenemos, nuestra cultura fuerte
una tierra donde, eres libre, y hay fuerza en la diversidad.
Camina el puma, el águila vuela 
CHORUS
Todos pertenecen, Everyone Belongs.
Our table is long, and thereʻs music and song.
Todos pertenecen, Everyone Belongs.
Nuestro valle, Unida, en una gran familia.
Nuestro valle, Unida, en una gran familia. 
La la la la la la la la la., La la la la la la la la la.