help some burmese 5th graders feel welcome

I recently received a cool email from a reader named Abi Houseman, who teaches fifth grade. Her school has a large Spanish-speaking student body, but this year she has five recent immigrants from Burma. That's where she's looking for some help from all you good people out there...

To help her new students feel welcome, she'd like to have a few signs posted in Burmese on the first day of school, plus some books about Burma or Burmese Americans in the class library. However, she doesn't know anyone who speaks and/or writes Burmese. Can anyone out there help her out? Read on:

I teach 5th grade at a school where almost every kid speaks Spanish, but this year I have 5 Burmese recent immigrants. I want to make them feel welcome and have a few things posted in Burmese on the first day of school, plus some books about Burma or Burmese Americans in the class library. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who speaks and writes Burmese. How can I find someone to translate a few phrases into written Burmese script and recommend any books? If you know someone please forward this email.

On the first day of school I would love to have some posters written in Burmese that say:

Welcome to Ms. Houseman's 5th grade class.
I believe in you.
Keep your electronics out of the classroom.
Those who speak two languages are worth twice as much.

Since those are the things posted in Spanish, I would like to write them in
Burmese as well. Again, any help would be so appreciated.

I'm already sort of feeling anxious for those five kids from Burma. I think it's awesome that Ms. Houseman is starting off with this small gesture to make them feel welcome. I'm sure someone out there can help her out with translating, or at least pointing her to a good book or two. If you can help her out, contact Abi at abihouseman@yahoo.com.