We have new Citizenship classes starting this week and next in Durham, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Raleigh. Registration dates include: January 30, 2019 – Durham – This class will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6pm-8pm at Church World Services (CWS, 520 S. Duke Street in Durham). February 4, 2019 – Carrboro – This class will […]
We have several new Citizenship classes starting in early January in Burlington, Apex and Garner. Registration dates include: January 9, 2019 – Apex – This class will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6pm-8pm at Apex United Methodist Church (100 S Hughes Street in Apex). January 14, 2019 – Garner – This class will meet […]
Citizenship student Moses Dominic fled violence in his native country, Burma, in 2006. After spending 6 years in Malaysia, he was resettled in the United States in 2012 with assistance from World Relief in Durham. He lived for a short time in Kannapolis, NC before moving to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, and today he works […]
Meet Shreya Mirlekar, Orange Literacy’s first “Transitions” student to obtain full-time employment. The pilot Transitions Program is led by a part-time Transitions Advisor, Sarah Cooley, who provides counseling—one on one and in group settings—to high-level ESOL students wishing to further their education and employment goals while in the US. Shreya Mirlekar came to the US […]
In celebration of Independence Day, Orange Literacy would like to honor all of the hard-working students in our Citizenship program. Below is a complete list of all the students from our Citizenship program who have become fully naturalized […]
Matias Reyes and his wife moved from Chile for her job as a PE teacher in Carrboro. He registered as a student with Orange Literacy in January 2017 to improve his English while gaining more experience in listening and speaking. He currently attends the Career Development class at Orange County Joblink Center and studies online […]
Students’ narratives are both empowering and informative in any classroom setting. They allow students to share their knowledge with others and provide text examples that can then be used for language practice and literacy skill development. Come learn about the Language Experience Approach and how to implement it with your classes during this in-service training. […]
Orange Literacy GED tutor Patience Vanderbush will give an informal, one-hour presentation to fellow GED tutors on the GED Reasoning through Language Arts (RLA) Extended Response (ER) essay. This 45-minute component of the exam asks the student to read and evaluate two positions about an issue and then to write an essay arguing which position is […]
In support of our UNC GED class, Sarah Sturdivant and members of Project Literacy at UNC raised $731 during their Harry Potter Trivia Night last fall. Money raised will go toward books for our UNC GED class. In 2010, Orange County Literacy partnered with UNC and created a GED class for Facilities Services employees working […]