English Skills Learning Center

We (re)launched our quarterly newsletter "Print Awareness" today. Click and read! eslcenter.org/so/ceNYFIaEy?l…

This Friday, April 30th, at 11am- Join us for our monthly Speakeasy bookclub discussion on the book This is "What America Looks Like" by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. See you there! facebook.com/events/5370635…

Have you been reading along with this month's SpeakEasy Bookclub Book "This is What America Looks Like" by Ilhan Omar? Grab a copy and catch up to join the discussion on Friday April 30th at 11am! fb.watch/4wH9CA9EPb/

Parents Engaged in Everyday Reading at James E. Moss Elementary. Scenes like this that show our small but mighty impact in our community, not only for our students but also their families. Help us continue this important work! #ESLC #GivingEveryTuesday eslcenter.org/donate

Announcing April's book selection for our Speakeasy Bookclub: This is What America Looks Like by Ilhan Omar! Join us on Friday April 30th at 11am for the discussion. Happy Reading! facebook.com/events/5370635…

Here is another happy student, this time from the Empowering Parents program, who received a free computer to aid her in taking English classes with us! #ESLC #OurStudentsAreAmazing

“Being privileged doesn't mean that you are always wrong and people without privilege are always right. It means that there is a good chance you are missing a few very important pieces of the puzzle.”- Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race Friday! ow.ly/WjWW50DLZ1E

"... I'm really overwhelmed with what our program can mean to the the individual, especially for women." -Maddie Townsend- Life Skills Program Assistant #ESLC #WhyWeDoWhatWeDo #ESLCStudentsAreAmazing

Announcing March's Speakeasy Bookclub choice: So You Want to Talk about About Race by Ijeoma Oluo! Get your copy now and start reading to be ready for the conversation on Friday March 26! ow.ly/27TT50DLYX0 #ESLC #ESLCSpeakeasy

Join the ESLC in celebrating International Women's Day!

Volunteers make such an impact! Read about how our students love interacting with our volunteers! #ESLC #WhyWeDoWhatWeDo #ESLCStudentsAreAmazing

Joking about how weird Americans are? Read more about why Life Skills Program Assistant Maddie Townsend loves working with her students! #ESLC #WhyWeDoWhatWeDo #ESLCStudentsAreAmazing

Announcing our newest round of SpeakEasy Book Club books!

Masks can't cover up all the smiles! Empowering Parents Program Coordinator Marquet Call with the "most delightfully giggly students" last week at the EM English Class at David Gourley Elementary. #ESLC #WhyWeTeach #ESLCStudentsAreAmazing #ESLCWarmFuzzies

Teaching in an online platform looks very different than in a classroom. Here is our ED, Katie Donoviel filming her segment for the panel "Developing Effective Materials for adolescent and Adult Emergent Readers" for the 2021 International TESOL Convention. #ESLC #ESLCEveryday

This smile is why we do what we do! Jaime has just finished her program at the Humanitarian Center gotten a new job and has enrolled in Life Skills classes in the evening so she can continue learning English. #ESLC #WhyWeTeach #ESLCStudentsAreAmazing

This last holiday season the volunteer teachers for our Humanitarian Center program put together gift baskets for all of our students at the HC. Grab a box of tissues and share in the love! youtu.be/MZeR_Jj6hUg #ESLC #ESLCLove #ESLCVolunteersAreTheBest

Join us on Friday Feb. 26 at 11am for The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, our ESLC Speakeasy Book for the month: fb.me/e/16qndNF93

The ESLC's Speakeasy Bookclub celebrates it's 2nd anniversary this Monday January 25th! Here is the group with the first book selection: "A Hope More Powerful than the Sea" by Melissa Fleming.

Learning happens 365 days a year, learn about our new end of year giving campaign to keep our students in the classroom! eslcenter.org/so/2dNMpWaOa