12th Annual MetroWest Adult ESL Fundraising Dinner Thursday

Susan Wornick: "The Framingham Adult ESL Program touch and help the lives of so many. ... I've seen it first-hand; I've been to the program - seen the classes and met the people..."

The MetroWest ESL Fund, financial supporter of Framingham Adult English as a Second Language Plus Program will hold its 12th Annual Gala cocktail reception and buffet dinner tomorrow, May 17 at the Sheraton Framingham from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The program will include an auction featuring Red Sox tickets, a Bose Sound System, sports memorabilia and a weekend at Verve, Crowne Plaza in Natick. Did you know that twice a year, hundreds of Framingham residents, who would like to learn English, flock to the cafeteria of the Fuller Middle School to see if they will be fortunate enough to earn a seat in the Framingham Adult ESL Plus classrooms? Each year the waiting list grows longer and longer with room for only 650 students. For every student …

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Jim Rizoli

12:04 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012

Hard to believe discrimination goes on in the school system, but the Adult ESL is where it's happening. Legal immigrants get a back seat to illegal immigrants. I guess the school dept thinks that's fair.......I and many other believe differently. Jim@ccfiile.com   more ›

Patch Facts

5 Things You Need To Know Today: Jan. 24

Framingham School Committee is scheduled to announce finalists for the superintendent of schools position tonight; public interviews are scheduled to begin next week.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. Framingham School Committee is scheduled to meet tonight at 7 in the King Building. On the agenda is discussion on full-day kindergarten and an announcement on finalists for the Superintendent of Schools position. The 15-member screening committee voted on finalists last Thursday. Public interviews are scheduled to begin next week. Framingham Patch will be at the meeting live blogging. 2. Lottery for English classes at Framingham Adult ESL+ is tonight at Fuller Middle School at 6. 3. Framingham Selectmen are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building. On the agenda presentation by …

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Susan Petroni

12:28 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Em, Thanks for pointing that out. Much appreciated. And while this week is National No-Name Calling Week, Gov. Patrick has declared today No Name-Calling Day in the Massachusetts Schools.   more ›

Framingham Organizations Receive $68,000 in Grants from Foundation for MetroWest

Nine Framingham organizations awarded grants by the Foundation for MetroWest.

Foundation for MetroWest announced Advocates, Inc., Amazing Things Art Center, Bethany Hill School, Framingham Adult ESL, Jewish Family Service of MetroWest, JRI Health, MetroWest Legal Services, Performing Arts Center of MetroWest, and South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc. of Framingham are receiving grants totaling $68,000 as part of their 2011 grant cycle.  The award was madelast week at an event held at Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick, where a total of $162,000 was distributed to organizations throughout the region. Advocates, Inc. was awarded a $10,000 grant to fund staffing at the Community Counseling Outpatient Clinic.  Amazing Things Art Center was awarded a $5,000 grant to support the upgrade of the …

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Brazilian Beat

Trabalhadores imigrantes participam de loteria para aprender inglês

A maioria dos 400 adultos que disputaram 190 vagas era brasileira.

A professora voluntária Leigh Dolby tem uma mensagem para todos os americanos que acreditam que imigrantes não querem aprender inglês: “passe uma noite nesse prédio, e você terá uma perspectiva diferente.” Com “esse prédio,” a americana se referiu à escola Fuller Middle School, que ontem fez uma loteria para o curso de inglês para adultos. Cerca de 400 pessoas concorreram a 190 vagas sorteadas para os cursos de inglês gratuitos. A maioria dos 400 adultos que disputaram 190 vagas era brasileira Juanita de Athaide, uma brasileira que vive nos EUA há 6,5 anos, foi a primeira a ser sorteada. Ela trabalha para a empresa de cursos de computadores MG High Tech. “A linguagem da computação passa pelo inglês,” disse Athaide, que se mudou de Plymouth…

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