It's Spelling Bee Time!

Every year, the Spelling Bee raises over $10,000 to provide free English classes for adults in Chelan and Douglas counties.

Learn more about our annual fundraiser and register for this fun event.

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Join Us at Our Next ESL Tutor Training

If you have an interest in working with small groups of adult students to improve their basic English skills, please get in touch about applying to be a tutor and attending an upcoming training.

Trainings are eight hours, held on the following Saturdays:

September 15th, 2018 to teach October 1st-January 31st
October 20th, 2018 to teach November 1st-March 15th
December 8th, 2018 to teach January 2nd-April 30th
January 19th, 2019 to teach February 4th-May 30th
May 18th, 2019 to teach June 1st-September 26th

Topics we will review include assessment, lesson and activity planning, integrating a balanced set of language skills into each class, student motivation, and keeping instruction relevant to students' life goals. Lunch is on us.

We always welcome new volunteers. Please contact us through our online form or call (509) 682-6966 to learn more about joining our efforts or to register for training. 

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How Else Can You Help?

If you don't have the time to tutor but would still like to contribute directly to our efforts, we gladly accept donations of the following year round:

• White copy paper 
• CD players for classroom use (used ones gladly accepted!)
• 70-page, college rule spiral notebooks to give to new students
• Pencils for students
• White board markers and erasers for tutors
• Games that could be used to teach language (think: Scrabble, Bananagrams, etc.)