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ESL In-Home Program Of Northern Nevada
Volume 6, Issue 2 March-April 2014
Newsletter
CITIZENSHIP CLASS, Carson City
One-on-One Tutoring in ESL, GED, Computer Literacy, and Citizenship Study …At No Cost!
NEWS FROM YERINGTON
(L-R) Bunny Snyder, Grace Contreras, Kathy Toiga, Teresa Snyder plus 3 more tutors teaching 29 adults. New classes will start soon in Eng. Conversation and Computer Liter-acy.
Carson’s Public Library Display for February 2014
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with UNR Service-Learning. Nine-
teen students accepted our program to become tutors. They were trained and partici-
pated in a demonstration of our Bilingual packets and the Laubach Manual. The group
took 43 of our 143 Reno/Sparks wait-listed adults who are anxious to start English and
GED studies. Most are tutoring 4 hours a week
COMPUTER LITERACY CLASS , Carson City (L-R) Saul O., Maria A., Ademar S., Karla S.
This is a 12 week class held
every Saturday. You can
still register. Call to reserve
your seat — 888-2021
19 adults showed up on
Feb. 22 to learn how to
become U.S. Citizens.
Tutor Ron Roberts is
in the back, (blue shirt),
pointing to documents
he put on the walls for
everyone to see.
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MORE STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES
How’s this for dedication and commitment to learning? After 18 months, Student AIDA MADRIGAL, who started as a beginner to learn English, has now advanced to Book Level 2. After President Obama’s talk to the nation, she wrote this to her tutor, Carolyn Kellogg:
“THE STATE OF ME Aida Madrigal
Last year I found a good job. The job is very nice, fun and challenging. I like to share their stories and learn about people’s per-sonal stories. My daughter talked about moving closer to me because she plans to get married and have a baby. I’m very happy for her. My son found a good job. He is excited because his dreams came true.
Florence Phillips and Husband Pierre Hathaway
NEW PARTNERS One hand helping another:
• Aloha Medicinals, Carson City
• Churchill Jr. College, Fallon
• Eagle Valley Middle School,
Carson City
• Lemelson Elementary School,
Reno
• UNR Service Learning, Reno
A successful ESL “Friend-Raiser” was held Monday, February 17 at Chuy’s Mexican Restaurant in midtown Reno. Good food, fun and lots of camaraderie. Chuy’s owner donated a percentage of his receipts to
our program. Not bad! We can now start more adults from our waiting list who are anxious to learn English. Here are some of the smiling faces
of those who could attend:
Board Vice President. Mark Glenn, and Wife, Clem
Reno Tutors Harold Erb and Herb Holden
Grant Writer Kate High and her 2 Lovely Daughters
Board Secy & Tutor, Patricia Coia and Son, Andrew
New ESL tutor, UNR Service Learn Student, Morgan Taylor and Bryan
Florence & Tutor Beth Brackett
One of the Prize Winners, Harold Erb
Douglas Tutor, Iris Blaisdell (Husband Jim behind her)
Sorry you missed this !
SATURDAYS FROM 10-4:00pm—Through March 30, 2014
Carson City JobConnect Reno JobConnect Sparks JobConnect 1929 N. Carson Street 4001 S. Virginia St., Rm H 1475 Prater Way
Carson City, NV 89701 Reno, NV 89502 Sparks, NV 89434
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WANT TO LEARN SPANISH? A Beginners Spanish class was started in Carson City on February 20th and Feb. 27th 11 people attended. Most were our tutors. On 2/20 there were two native speaker-teachers from Mexico (Ana Torres and Eva Craig) facilitating the class. On 2/27 Bertha R. (from Colombia) and Maria L. (from Mexico) facili-tated that class. A total of $47.50 was donated to ESL In-Home Program by the attendees. Which will purchase 2-1/2 Laubach books. Program Director, Cathleen Mital led the class.
All are welcome to attend. Call 888-2021
TUTOR TIPS
(1) Websites for Phonics and
Word work: abcya.com …grades K 12 starfall.com www.merriamwebster.com
Spell It Vocabulary Quiz
Quizzitive: New App! Vo cabulary quiz for iPhone & iPad (2) ESL Work Sheets: http://en.islcollective.com/ (3) Elementary materials on all subjects: www.mrnussbaum.com: (4) Self-esteem scale: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/psych/psychsci/media/rosenberg.htm (5) Free-Pumarosa.com
STATISTICS STATISTICAL UPDATE
Current Tutors…….151
Current Students…433
U.S. Citizens—–— 156
Potential Students Waiting for a tutor:
Carson……….161 Douglas……. 32 Lyon……….. 44 Churchill….… 24 Washoe……. ..132
Total Students Waiting all Counties: 393
Total Tutor Hours given in Year 2013:
6,135
"There is no such thing as a small (financial) cont ribution. Every contribution is made according to what is appropriate to an individual's circumstance and all contributions at every level are valued. "It's about how much you value ESL In-Home Program’ s work and also knowing the impact your contributio n helps make possible. Then you stretch to do the most you can. Look at our statistics be low. Give what you can
Michael surprised me with a call from Seoul, South
Korea (NV 7:30pm=Korea 12:30 pm next day). Af-
ter his Vista service was completed, he is still help-
ing ESL when a problem arises while he was with
us. You remember he was short with words? Well,
we actually had a conversation! He is doing fine
these past 1-1/2 yrs in Korea. Now studying the lan-
guage while teaching private students. He’s looking
for a job that allows him to practice the language by
writing translations for various programs. He is vol-
unteering with “Save the Children” with transla-
tions. He is 30 miles from North Korea (much too
close as far as I’m concerned). ESL is sending him a
care package: He’s missing crunchy peanut butter
and chocolate chips (not Hersheys)
Remember Carson City’s VISTA Michael Wakeley?
Douglas County Tutor Coordinator Carol Lark (top) and Carson Tutor Catherine Neeley (bottom) successfully recruited more tutors at the February
Carson Job Fair. Good Job!
702 Sean Drive
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-888-2021
Email:
Mission Statement: ESL In-Home Program of Northern
Nevada provides instruction at no cost to adult individu-
als who wish to learn or improve their English language
skills, GED preparation, Computer Literacy and Citizen-
ship study regardless of sex, age, race, religion or na-
tional or ethnic origin, or physical disabilities. ESL In-
Home Program empowers people, especially those of low
to moderate income, to become more productive mem-
bers of their local communities by providing them with
the language and cultural skills necessary for life in
America.
To make donations to the ESL In-Home Pro-
gram of Northern Nevada send check to:
702 Sean Dr.
Carson City, NV 89701
All donations are tax-deductible. We are a
501©(3) nonprofit organization.
Invite your friends to become a volunteer tutor! Tell them why
you enjoy the experience. Invite them to learn more about our
program at our website: www.eslinhome.org. It is not necessary
for tutors to know a foreign language or have prior teaching ex-
perience. We train at no cost. The ESL In-Home Program would
like to expand to other counties in Northern Nevada.
ESL In-Home Program of Northern Nevada
From the Executive Director
If you would like to be taken off the mailing list for our
newsletter please email us at: [email protected]
Florence G. Phillips
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To you who are “thinking” of tutoring, but are hesitant, read the words of Eleanor Roosevelt………..
“You gain STRENGTH, COURAGE, and
CONFIDENCE by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face—
You must do the thing which you think
you can NOT do.” Eleanor Roosevelt
One-on-one tutoring for adults
in their own home at their own
pace…………..At No Cost!
I feel sure you still want to make a difference and change someone’s life……. Call me. I’ll teach you how in one hour
We’re on the web!
www.eslinhome.org