High School to Harvard

Elaine Cawley Weintraub, chairman of the history department at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and developer of the new Brazilian history and culture program at the school has been invited to speak at a seminar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University on Saturday, Dec. 11. The theme will be the challenges that prompted the creation of this unique course offering in Massachusetts, and the triumphs and tribulations of the class.

The seminar will be hosted by Dr. ClémenceJouët-Pastré, associate director of undergraduate Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Harvard; Minister Fernando Igreja, deputy consul general of Brazil in Boston; and Aaron Litvin, the center’s Brazil studies program manager.