March 2024 |
Volume 12, Issue 3
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The Insider
The Insider, the monthly newsletter of LVA Essex & Passaic Counties, will keep you in the loop on all the organization’s upcoming events.
Hanler came to the U.S. in 2019 from the Dominican Republic. He shares: “It was never my intention to immigrate to the United States, but my family lives here and I understood that this step was important for my son's development and learning.”
Literacy Volunteers of America Essex & Passaic Counties90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
(973) 566-6200, ext. 217 or 225 195 Gregory Avenue, 2nd Floor, Passaic, NJ 07055 (973) 470-0039 Cristhian Barcelos -Executive Director
[email protected] Jorge Chavez -Data Processing Coordinator [email protected] Sydnay Eckerling -Education Coordinator [email protected] Valeria Garrido -Social Media & Newsletter Coordinator [email protected] Cheryl Locastro -Tutor Support Specialist & ESOL Instructor [email protected] Marisol Ramirez -Student Coordinator [email protected] |
Greetings LVA family!
As spring begins to bloom, we are excited to share with you the latest updates, success stories, and upcoming events from our vibrant community, which is dedicated to promoting literacy and education. Be sure to read Hanler’s story in this edition. Hanler came from the Dominican Republic in 2019, seeking to support his son and provide him with the right opportunities for his growth and development. Along the way, he realized how important learning English was for even the most basic things, such as communicating with his son’s teachers. Having left a career in marketing behind, he’s looking forward to developing his career here and eventually owning his own business. In this issue, we are also so glad to share with you Maritza Chang’s story. As an immigrant, she started as a student of English as a Second Language, earning accolades along the way including being awarded as Student of the Year at LVA. She worked incredibly hard and now works at the Bloomfield Public Library, and recently agreed to join our board of directors. Maritza exemplifies progress, and we are so grateful to have her voice representing the story of the many students we serve! We also wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate our Sydnay Eckerling, for joining the team in a new position as Education Coordinator. Sydnay is an active tutor with five students, a certified teacher, and a mom of two beautiful boys. You can learn more about her in last month’s newsletter. And be sure to read this month’s Feature Story “Q&A: How the 50-year-old case that transformed English learner education began.” The story discuses a Supreme Court case that decided that students learning English had the right to understand what was being taught in the classrooms and changed education for English learners in the U.S. In the News
To view the following stories, copy and paste the highlighted website into an internet search bar.
"Many Basic Money Questions Stump U.S. Adults — How to Boost Your Financial Literacy" U.S. News & World Report. https://bit.ly/4cfIhxQ "A new starring role for video captions: Language learning" Phys.org. https://bit.ly/3TI7iud "A Reading List for Women’s History Month 2024" Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. https://bit.ly/4cpspsU |
Hanler came to the U.S. in 2019 from the Dominican Republic. He shares: “It was never my intention to immigrate to the United States, but my family lives here and I understood that this step was important for my son's development and learning.”
Tutor Training WorkshopsOnline Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ) Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 am May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, & 19, 2024 Online Training, by TBD Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ) Tuesdays, 6 to 8 pm June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 2, & 9, 2024 Tutor Support Workshops"Tips & Tricks -Reading Skills," with, Dr. Barbara Trueger
Platform: Google Meet Thursday, April 18, 2024, 11 am - 12:30 pm Coffee Hour with Tutorswith Cheryl Locastro
Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 3 pm (General in-person meeting) http://www.lvaep.org/workshops.html |
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Q&A: How the 50-year-old case that transformed English learner education began
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Getting to Know Us
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