Education Programs
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Literacy
ADULT CLASSES.
Do you know an adult who is struggling with their ability to read? We would love to help! Have them come by and meet with a staff member who can get to know them and their reading needs in order to set them on a path to reading success.
Every adult learner is partnered with a coach or connected to a class to help them in their personal journey.
Adult Classes
Individual Tutoring
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Adult Classes
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
For those individuals who are now calling the United States home and need assistance in learning the English language to both read and write, we have beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes.
CLASS TIMES.
Beginner Class – Mondays at 1:30 PM.
Beginner and Advanced Class – Tuesdays at 6:00 PM.
Advanced Class – Mondays and Wednesdays at 12:30 PM
LITERACY
YOUTH CLASSES.
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Youth Classes
VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (VIPs)
VIPs mentors provide personal mentoring or academic support for children in the Cullman Area Primary and Elementary Schools. If you have a child that is need of a VIPS mentor, your teacher or guidance counselor can help you join the program.
Students can be deemed “at-risk” of academic failure for a variety of reasons from multiple moves in a short period of time, changes of custody due to a death in the family or a divorce, disruption of routine family life due to a multitude of circumstances, etc. Sometimes the student may face a purely academic struggle, but generally there are family issues as well.
A Mentor Orientation Event is held in late summer each year prior to the beginning of school. Prospective mentors receive training and are also encouraged by existing mentors at this event. These mentors then choose a school where they will volunteer and their contact information is passed along to that school’s Guidance Counselor. Local school Guidance Counselors then match these volunteers with a student from their school.
VIPS mentors typically spend one hour each week during the school year working one-on-one with their assigned student. Building relationships is the number one goal for our VIPS mentors. One hour once a week really can change the life of a child!
YOUTH PROGRAMS
SUMMER ENRICHMENT.
The Link’s Summer Enrichment Program takes place over several weeks each summer. Students who have completed Kindergarten through 5th grade will be offered enrichment activities to help them discover their gifts, talents, and abilities for their future. Volunteers will be available to tutor students in summer bridge activities to help students retain what they have learned in the previous grade and prepare them for the upcoming academic year. Lunch and snack are provided on each day the program meets. Dates and times for each year’s program are typically announced in early spring and parents will be given the opportunity to pre-register their children for the program at no cost.
Youth Programs
KINDERGARTEN READINESS.
Does your Pre-k child need to prepare for Kindergarten? Then we have the program for you. For two weeks in July, we provide a Kindergarten Readiness Camp in various locations across Cullman County. Kindergarten Readiness Camp is scheduled July 20th-July 31st in 5 different locations throughout the Cullman area.
Cullman County Public Library
Good Hope Baptist Church
First Baptist Church Fairview
Longview Church of God
Hanceville Elementary School
YOUTH PROGRAMS
INDIVIDUAL TUTORING.
The Link offers after-school tutoring and a limited amount of other one-on-one tutoring options that typically take place on The Link campus. Most tutors meet with students for one hour once a week. If your child is in need of a tutor, you can contact Reginnia Roat, Literacy Coordinator. Reginnia will work to match your student with a tutor who has time availability when your student can come in. Students must have transportation to and from The Link and the ability to come at the same time for tutoring each week.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS.
