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THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN
Adult learners from the Dunedin Elementary School ESL Conversation Class participated in the Great American Teach-In on November 14. The learners were parents of students at the school, and they and their teachers read bilingual books in English and Spanish to kindergarten students at the school.
LCUP’s 2018 Appreciation Picnic
Literacy Council of Upper Pinellas volunteers and their adult learners with their children from diverse countries such as Egypt, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Mexico celebrated during the annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on October 20, 2018. Nine students read their original essays for the annual Express Yourself event.
Tutor, teacher, and citizenship teacher John Troesser was selected as LCUP’s Volunteer of the Year
Stefani Cordoba read “My First Vacation in the U.S.”
Dorotea Chavez read “Never Say Never”
Gladys Lago read “Life” 
Juana Lopez read “Finding My Voice”
Marcos Martinez read “Emiliano Zapata”
Marsil Masoud read “A Story of a Girl”
Ana Rosa Gomez read “An Old Parrot Learns to Talk”
Nadia Sawers and Akram Tadrous read “The Best Thing About America is Respect”
The food was provided by Home Plate in Dunedin, and was SO good! And Gaye Staskiel organized the games and activities for the kids. It was a great day!
USCIS TRAINING FOR LCUP VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers from the Literacy Council of Upper Pinellas attended a training seminar for adult educators, directors, volunteers, and representatives from immigrant-serving organizations. The seminar was offered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, on September 13, 2018, in Tampa.
Instruction was designed to enhance the skills needed to teach U.S. history, civics, and the naturalization process to immigrant students and to administer a comprehensive adult citizenship education program.
Standing, from left: Sandra Reyes, Daise Castillo, Claudia Gonzalez, Vicky Obando, Gaye Staskiel, Pat Bauer; Seated: Eileen Smith, John Troesser
IN MEMORIAM – EILEEN CASSIDY
