Program builds confidence while teaching English

  • The English Language Acquisition program was started by Jim Miner, a retired teacher, several years ago to help those in the community to better communicate with others. Front row are teacher Brad Meredith, program director Alfredo Jacobo and teacher Maria Lourdes Jeronimo. In the back row are students Virginia Ortega, Sibilina Salinas, Nellida Resendiz, Maria Ernestina Olguin, Alicia Roque, Martha Trejo, Maria Lourdes Zavala, Ana Irma Garcia, Guadalupe Ramirez and Viridiana Morales.
    The English Language Acquisition program was started by Jim Miner, a retired teacher, several years ago to help those in the community to better communicate with others. Front row are teacher Brad Meredith, program director Alfredo Jacobo and teacher Maria Lourdes Jeronimo. In the back row are students Virginia Ortega, Sibilina Salinas, Nellida Resendiz, Maria Ernestina Olguin, Alicia Roque, Martha Trejo, Maria Lourdes Zavala, Ana Irma Garcia, Guadalupe Ramirez and Viridiana Morales.
       Maria Lourdes Jeronimo laughs about it now, but she still can’t believe that when her daughter was about 6 years old she signed some school documents without knowing any English that...

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