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Education

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I was so happy! All my family had citizenship and I didn’t, but I knew I needed to get it. Everybody was voting and I said, ‘I need to vote, I need to be a citizen, an American.

Rahel Seifu (Ethiopia)

Student of the Citizenship Preparation Program 

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Citizen Preparation Class

Students receive civics instruction and interview preparation. Each course is 10 weeks and meets once a week.

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Adult English Classes

We offer in-person classes for all levels that meet twice a week.  Our classes are free to attend and cover a variety of topics over the course of each 8 week session.  Classes in the morning meet at International House and evening classes meet at community partner locations.

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English Conversation Hours

Conversation Hours are small group sessions to practice speaking English in a safe, encouraging space.  All levels of English are welcome. Topics vary depending on group interest.

Rising Readers & Rising Up

Rising Readers is 6-week summer literacy camp focused on preventing summer reading and learning loss for rising 1st-5th grade students who have been identified as English Language Learners. Students are improving literacy and language skills and then transferring and applying knowledge and content to STEAM project-based enrichment.

 

Rising Up is an afterschool tutoring program focused on increasing students' foundational literacy skills and English Language proficiency for K –5th grade students identified as English Language Learners (ELL).

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We are often seeking individuals to volunteer with our youth programs. If you are interested, please reach out to Katie Austin, Youth Education Coordinator at kaustin@ihclt.org. 

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