CALC Newsletter
October 26th - November 9th: Volume 3, Issue 2
Writer: Gabriela de Oliveira
Editor: Christine Cordio
The Pursuit for Perfect Attendance
The first two months of school have been completed. Many people completed the challenge to attend every class. They dedicated themselves to being present and enjoyed everything that the classroom could give to them during that time. Persistence provides the best results!
Students who received perfect attendance in the month of September:
Desiree Hart, Saira Mendez, Rebeca Saquich, Cicero Franca, Delza Stucke, Cristina Acosta, Lucia Calazans, Heloisa De Paula, Silvia Sanchez, Abiel Camacho, Fernanda Da Silva, Luis De Oliveira, Andressa Fonseca, Roxana Montes, David Pineda, Milka Garcia, Jorge Mateo, Kieuoanh Pham, Linh Pham, Milagros Gutierrez, Susana Jacome, Ordonez Mercedes, Rosa Quiles, Magda Yancor, Maria Yancor, Angelica Arroyo, Antony De Paula, Larissa Ferreira, Gabriela Gutierrez, Mauricio Monroy, Jose De Jesus, Wilmar Guzman,Harol Jimenez, Ruth Marte, Cecilia Rodriguez, Samreen Arzoo, Meyli Castro, Pollyanna Cavalcanti, Chirlei De Oliveira, Arkady Farberov, Marie Fravien, Jeniffer Mejia, Marisete Miguel, Rafael Caetano, Claudia Gonzalez, Missael Manon, Huong Pham, Iviane Soares, Yauheniya Stsiashko, Ramona Suriel, Yesica Chaclan, Catalina Hualparimachi, and Jessica Villatoro.
Students who received perfect attendance in the month of October:
Delza Stucke, Desiree Hart, Shabana Khan, Katherine Aviles, Kely Cuxeva, Milka Garcia, Jorge Mateo, Santa Polanco, Jonnathan Mendez, Ricardo Enriquez, Abiel Camacho, Luis De Oliveira, Jose De Jesus, Wilmar Guzman, Harol Jimenez, Paula Villa, Gleisson Moraes, Lesbia Lopez, Gutierrez Milagros, Daniela Lundin, Cassia Paranhos, Anahi Lopez, Angelica Arroyo, Osvaldo Vasquez, Wendy Lemus, Thais Gouveia, Martin Matos, Selvin Medina, Ana Paula Sena, Gloria Barrera, Leilane Brandao, Judith Charles, Catalina Hualparimachi, Lucia Santos, Samreen Arzoo, Vesna Carville, Chirlei De Oliveira, Marie Fravien, Jeniffer Mejia,and Daniela Silva.
Looking to the Future: A Series of Interviews with Former Students from CALC
Alumni Spotlight: Denis Ivic
by Gabriela de Oliveira on October 21, 2021
From Serbia to the United States, former student Denis Ivic, a newly published author, decided to share a little bit of his story with us. Denis came to the United States on May 11, 2002, even though he only knew how to speak Serbian at the time. He decided to start a new life, learn and love a new country, but especially marry Gabriella Kondor, our former teacher at Clinton Adult Learning Center (CALC). In the same year, he started attending the CALC. Denis studied English from 2002 to 2006 in higher-level classes.
“English is not an easy language,” Denis said. He talked about the different roots the English language can have. Even with some difficulties that he found along the way, he reached his goal of obtaining his dream, United States Citizenship. Denis actually thanked our director Christine for being so dedicated to helping the students. Some of the benefits that he cited after CALC was being able to comprehend, express, and respect a different language that he now understands.
Denis had a very difficult childhood, he talked about his book “From Darkness to Light”. Even with a hard childhood, he decided to continue to be firm in his morals, focusing on the light from his life. A tip that he gave to the students right now is very simple: Study, study, study! The more you study, the more you will write, comprehend, and speak in English. Actually, the fact that you are able to understand and read this right now just shows how much English you learned during this time here. So keep looking forward and focus on the light in your studies and life!
Denis Ivic's book can be purchased at Barnes & Noble or Amazon
Chicken Shoot Fundraiser!
Tickets are $10 for about 30 rounds of games to win food prizes.
There will also be lots of raffles and 50/50 drawing.
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, November 21, from 1 pm to 3 pm.
TEST CENTER SCHEDULE
HISET Exam: November 15, 2021
HISET Exam: November 17, 2021
HISET Exam: December 13, 2021
HISET Exam: December 15, 2021
This exam will take place during the evening in our building. To sign up go to hiset.ets.org. Good luck to those signed up!
GED Exam: November 16, 2021
GED Exam: November 18, 2021
GED Exam: December 14, 2021
GED Exam: December 16, 2021
This exam will take place during the morning in our building. To sign up go to ged.com Good luck to those signed up!
Clinton Adult Learning Center
Email: clintonadulted@thecalc.org
Website: thecalc.org
Location: 150 School Street, Clinton, MA, USA
Phone: 978-365-4226
Facebook: facebook.com/thecalc/
Twitter: @The_CALC