Education

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.

2025 Class Registration

2025 Class Dates

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.

2025 Class Registration

2025 Class Dates

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.

Student Interest Form

Current Weekly Schedule

Evening Adult English Classes

In January 2025, International House will offer evening English (ESL) classes through a new partnership with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Libraries. We are still finalizing the new library sites, but hope to have those details soon.

Please complete the form below to join the waitlist for evening ESL classes. We will contact you as soon as there is a class available for you to join.

Please call our office (704-333-8099) or send us an email at info@ihclt.org with any questions you may have.

Evening ESL Class Waitlist

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 Multilingual Learners (MLs).

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).

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.