Friday, October 26, 2007

Character Counts for Fronnie Bealer

Two New Mexico Youth ChalleNge Academy (NMYCA) students won first prize for thier Art and Poetry entries in the 2007 Character Counts College Competition. NMYCA student Tyrone Clemmons won $100 for his artwork depicting the pillars of character and NMYCA student Joseph Hall won $100 for his poem about the importance of character. Last night at Roswell High School both students were honored along with their ABE instructor Fronnie Bealer. Ms. Bealer has been a very active supporter of Character Counts in Chaves County for several years. Each year Ms. Bealer has had winning students. For more information about Character Counts, please visit CharacterCounts.org.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Spanish Math Class

Engineer and ESL student Martin is teaching math in Gina's ESL class every morning from 11-12 am. He's teaching fractions and algebra. Martin el ingeniero y estudiante de la clase ESL esta trabajando con los estudiantes en fraciones y algebra.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Hello from Ms. Luna's Dexter, NM ABE/ESL Class

On 10/3/07 the ENMU-R ABE Directors visited Ms. Luna's ABE/ESL class located at the Dexter Elementary School. All of Ms. Luna's students were BEST tested either for the first time or for a follow-up. ABE Assistant Director Hilda Pacheco-Peeples talked to the students about earning their GEDs and continuing their education at ENMU-R. Ms. Luna has a great bunch of motivated and engaging students. Thanks for the priviledge of visiting with your class.