Every little thing’s gonna be all right — Teacher Ryan’s class sang these gently reassuring words from Bob Marley at our annual Holiday Party. This year there was a rich program of performances by students and teachers, including Christmas Carols in Karen and English, a Burmese Chin song, an international New Year’s presentation, a Vietnamese…
New crop of new student stories from teacher Dominika’s Fall 2010 Pre-GED class are now online. Students typed up their multiple drafts on the school computers, editing each draft with the help of Nong Xiong and our great volunteers Rod Botts and Melissa May. Students also learned how to e-mail the most polished drafts to…
International Learning Center was featured on Channel 58-CBS on the 10pm news Tuesday, November 16! The segment is part of their “Making Milwaukee Great” series. Neighborhood House was featured as part of the same series a couple of months ago. Watch online: International Learning Center – Non-profit gives refugee’s a headstart on American life and…
A report by teacher Song Xiong Citizenship students at ILC often begin the class with little confidence that they could pass the naturalization test. We study together two hours a week for a semester, doing mock interviews, practicing sentence dictation and reviewing American History and civic questions that are asked at random during the test. …
ILC is grateful for three recent grant awards. The Milwaukee Peace Corps Association is giving $500 to support field trips. CVS Pharmacy is giving $500 for child safety seats for students. The Ziemann Foundation has renewed a $7500 grant for our evening transportation and youth programs. We are grateful to these organizations for their support.