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On January 29-30th a seminar for the Lithuanian Heritage Schools' teachers was held in Boston. Seminar speakers, Vilnius University (ALTE- the Association of Language Testers in Europe member) linguistics department specialists, Joana Pribusauskaite and Rita Migauskiene, taught teachers how to test schools' students' proficiency levels using newly created tests.

The LKMT/LLPT (Lietuvių Kalbos Mokėjimo Testas/Lithuanian Language Prificiency Test), issued by the Vilnius University (ALTE - the Association of Language Testers in Europe member) on behalf of Lithuania’s Ministry of Education, offers official accreditation of mastery of the Lithuanian language for residents of countries in which Lithuanian is not the official language.

Ninety eight years ago, February 16, 1918, an act, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania was signed.

John Kazickas, Dr. Joseph and Aleksandra Kazickas' youngest son, shares his father's memories about this significant day: 

For the fourth year in a row Kazickas Family supports Lithuanian Heritage Schools in the US through A. Kazickas Grant Program.

This year $88,420 have been distributed among 21 schools that have asked for support.

The AC, formerly Across Cultures, Women's Empowerment program sponsored by the Kazickas Family Foundation is seeking delegates to represent Lithuania in two separate programs: Women Deliver's 4th Global Conference 16-19 May 2016 in Copenhagen Denmark and Global Summit of Women: 'Women - Building an Inclusive Economy in a Digital Age', 9-11 June 2016 in Warsaw Poland.

Thursday, June 30th - Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 the XV Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival will take place in Baltimore.

Kazickas Family Foundation is proud to be supporting this inspiring event!

On January 27th, New York, Aiste Furajevaite from the Kazickas Family Foundation met with Lithuania’s Consul General  Julius Pranevicius to discuss the “Basketball Power” program.

During her visit to Chicago, IL, on January 17th, Neila Baumiliene of KFF, met with Mrs. Rita Venclovas, program coordinator for Child's Gate to Learning.

KFF thanks Devbridge Group (Chicago, IL) for hosting a meeting in which a possible Devbridge Group's partnership with The Kazickas Family Foundation, Solid Education and Rotary of Lithuanians of Chicagoland was discussed on January 15th. 

Lithuanian American Educational Council, supported by Kazickas Family Foundation, publishes electronic monthly newsletter that reaches over 400 teachers from 41 Lithuanian Heritage Schools in the US.