JanuaryNEWSLETTER | 2025

Chinese - or Lunar - New Year falls on January 29th this year, and it's the year of the snake, an augur of transformation and growth. Seattle is a great place to celebrate with a plethora of activities for all ages and abilities.

In Community,

Cat Howell

Co-ED, Educational Director

Shira Rosen

Co-ED, Managing Director

Student projects

With the end of each quarter comes an opportunity to celebrate our students' growing skills and accomplishments. Let's take a moment to explore our final projects for fall quarter!

We can take a sneak peak into the daily lives of our ESOL 1 students through their "Daily Schedule" projects or learn more about how our GED student approach philanthropy through their Community Service Project Proposals.

Around our fall civics theme, students in our 2/3 class showcased their knowledge by presenting on a branch of the US government, and our ESOL level 3 students wrote about a community issue and how to solve it. ESOL 4/5 students wrote essays on the similarities and differences between their countries and the United States.

We look forward to seeing what next quarter brings!

Student Spotlight: Dilia's Story

I am from Columbia but immigrated to Venezuela when I was a kid. Columbia was not safe or thriving and my mom took us to a place of opportunity where we could get ahead, and we did that in Venezuela until there was a shift in government in 1999. My husband was a professor and was beaten by the government after he was quoted in a university newspaper that questioned the government...

To read Dilia's full story, go here.

Literacy Source Luncheon Save the Date: Writing the Next Chapter

We have historically held a breakfast and after much feedback, we’ve responded with a luncheon in hopes it will accommodate more schedules. 

We had a great time last year and are very much looking forward to gathering again this year with much to celebrate. 

Date: Thursday, April 24^th, 2025

Time: Doors open at 11:30am, program 12-1pm

Location: Seattle Mountaineers, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115

We are looking for business sponsors for this event. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact Stacey.

Board Goodbye

We want to thank Jennifer McCleary-Sills for her many years of board service. We will miss her love for quantitative analysis and her kind mentorship with the Board Fellows.

Thank you for your GenerosiTEA!

We are so grateful for the response from our community in your year-end giving. To date we have raised just over $70,000 which is a noteworthy amount, but we are still shy $15,000 of our Stay at Home Tea goal to support our classes and students. We will be counting donations throughout the month of January toward this goal. If you’ve not yet given, you can still do so. 

For all our 2024 donors, donation information for tax purposes will be emailed or mailed out by the 3^rd week of January.

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