Christian Gárate

Associate Director Multicultural Education.
School district of Palm Beach County.
Passionate Educator,
Occasional Salsa Dancer, Comments are my own.

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Before week is over a second batch of secondary teachers/coaches across Palm Beach County High Schools attend important training on preparing ELLs on ACT/SAT/CLT. #Buildingcapacity #graduationgoals @pbcsd @Dr_POrdonezF

[AP Vieira @AnaVieiraPBC]

Sanibel Leadership Conference - what a delightful and motivating presentation by Pedro Noguera: The Language of Power and The Power of Language. We were all thirsty for more!!!
@EsolPbc @Dr_POrdonezF @pbcsd @Garate_Lead

[The School District of Palm Beach County @pbcsd]

❤️🎉🍎 May 5-9, 2025, is Teacher Appreciation Week! This week, the District will acknowledge and celebrate our amazing classroom teachers, substitutes, instructional support staff, and all educators on our campuses, whose dedication to educate, affirm, and inspire our students extends far beyond the classroom.

[Dual Language PBC @Duallanguagepbc]

Great night at the International Spanish Academy Student Symposium @JILHSOFFICIAL Students were truly exceptional showing off their bilingualism! @Dr_POrdonezF @sonia_birch @Garate_Lead @lisa_capra

[Dr. Simone Ramos @DrSimoneRamos]

Growing our own CLFs! Grateful for the incredible support from @YezeniaReyes3, @MrsKennedy83, Ms. Liebowitz, and the Multicultural Department. Your dedication is planting seeds for the future!🚀🌎@kgwhetsell @villani824 @Dr_POrdonezF @Garate_Lead

[Watkins Seminoles @WatkinsSeminol1]

Happy Assistant Principal Appreciation Week!
Today we celebrate Mrs. Alesia Boxill — a compassionate leader, tireless worker, and the mastermind behind our ELA growth at Howell L. Watkins Middle School.
We appreciate all you do! #leadingwithlove ⁦@presleycharles⁩

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Celebrating @NABEorg National 1st place Secondary winner Louis Frenel from @LWCHSTrojans @Ed_Tierney1 @Dr_POrdonezF @villani824 @kgwhetsell

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Happy Holidays! from the Department of Multicultural, Migrant and Transformation. @Dr_POrdonezF @pbcsd @Ed_Tierney1

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Thank you Dr Castro @doc_c_lpes for hosting and grilling! For your staff and the full day Dual Language Haitian Creole PLC for Lake Park, Rolling Green and Indian Pines elementary schools @Dr_POrdonezF @Ed_Tierney1 @pbcsd

[Dual Language PBC @Duallanguagepbc]

Had a fantastic afternoon diving into the new @McGrawHillK12 Spanish Science resources with our amazing K-5 Dual Language teachers! Excited to see how these tools will enhance learning and spark curiosity in both languages! @MESeagles @Dr_POrdonezF @Garate_Lead

[Dr. Patricia Ordóñez-Feliciano @Dr_POrdonezF]

Ended the week at Spanish River High School Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Thank you @CastellaAlli @MrTorresFrank for inviting us to be part of this rich cultural event & Dr. Enriquez for supporting the students!@Je7yruso @Ed_Tierney1 @pbcsd @Garate_Lead

[Maria DeLaCruz-Gutierrez @MariaDLC_Gut22]

The reveal of our Homecoming Theme…. My SGA students did such a FABULOUS job! Proud of our @LWCHSTrojans . Can’t wait until 10/05! @YezeniaReyes3 @HectorOsorioCa1 @villani824 @Garate_Lead @lia_lwchs @LakeWorthFBall

[Judith Gomez @JGomezELLs]

A successful day of learning at Teachella!! Teachers are getting ready to support the learning needs of their ELL students. @Ed_Tierney1 @Dr_POrdonezF @Garate_Lead @Dr_Ramlall @AnaVieiraPBC @EOrtizPBC @EsolPbc

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

@ChoisKatty @EsolPbc @Woehlcke_ESOL @MsCurbelopr @Dr_POrdonezF @Ed_Tierney1 Fantastic work!

[Dr. Patricia Ordóñez-Feliciano @Dr_POrdonezF]

The Multicultural Department beginning of the year meeting focused on The Power of the Team! Together we can accomplish so much more! @Ed_Tierney1 @PalmBeachMEP @pbcsd @EsolPbc @AnaVieiraPBC @Garate_Lead @Dr_Ramlall @ChoisKatty @JGomezELLs

[The School District of Palm Beach County @pbcsd]

🌟 RISING LEADER: Congratulations to Mr. Christian Gárate for being named Associate Director of Multicultural Education for the School District of Palm Beach County after serving as Assistant Principal of Lake Worth High School.

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

LWCHS cadets just Presented the Colors for the City of Lake Worth Beach. Happy 4th! @JeralineJohnson @kgwhetsell @Dr_POrdonezF

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Fourth stripes this year BJJ. "I keep the white- belt mentality that I can learn from anyone, anywhere, anytime."
- Georges St-Pierre
This applies to my education journey too.

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Another week celebrating great students Jumpstart to high School Thank you @LWCHSTrojans and @villani824 for the treat! @kgwhetsell @philippreddy

[Christian Gárate @Garate_Lead]

Such an honor to work with great students, teachers & volunteers in our summer JumpStart to HS at @JILHSOFFICIAL Today Board member @alexandriayala and Director @AdrienneHowar11 visited us in time to celebrate our weekly best students with a certificate and a treat. @kgwhetsell