If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering to help make our program run, there will be a meeting with a light lunch provided at the church on the Sundays of August 20, 27 and September 3 in Room 205/206 from 12:15-1:30 p.m. Please contact Lisa Rockett at (832) 386-5688 or by email for additional information about Emerson’s English classes.

Come join us as we build a better world!

By: Norbert Welk and Deborah Wotring Landis

This is the fourth year of Emerson’s community outreach program offering Saturday afternoon classes free of charge to area immigrants. It is our hope that we have enough teacher volunteers this semester to add Tuesday and Thursday night classes each week. These classes will build on each other in addition to our traditional Saturday afternoon classes. We have a variety of volunteer opportunities which include full-time teachers, part-time teachers, substitute teachers, classroom assistants, volunteer coordinators, the beginning of semester placement testers and graders, bookkeepers, and grant writers.

Childcare Volunteers

This semester we are also hoping to find volunteers who are experienced pre-school and grade school teachers willing to work with the children whose parents are attending our classes here. Our research indicates that our program is unique since we are the only ESL program in the Houston area that provides free childcare for its students. We are also encouraging high school students to volunteer to help with structured activities for the children of our students.