Dillon Valley Elementary adds after-school language class for adults

Mar 3, 2015

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This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Alli Langley.

Colorado Mountain College instructor and coordinator Sharon Aguiar, center, helps Fadys Velasquez, left, of Dillon Valley, and Omero Garcia, right, of Summit Cove, with their English at Dillon Valley Elementary on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. The school added an after-school literacy class for parents and other interested adults in Summit County this semester. Colorado Mountain College instructors coordinate and teach the class, a school district employee provides childcare, and grants help subsidize student fees to $20 for about 15 classes. — Colorado Mountain College instructor and coordinator Sharon Aguiar, center, helps Fadys Velasquez, left, of Dillon Valley, and Omero Garcia, right, of Summit Cove, with their English at Dillon Valley Elementary on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. The school added an after-school literacy class for parents and other adults in Summit County this semester. Colorado Mountain College instructors coordinate and teach the class

Divided into small groups in the media center, about a dozen adults have been meeting weekly at Dillon Valley Elementary this semester to learn English.

Sharon Aguilar led two students in the intermediate-level group on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Omero Garcia, 34, a father of two Dillon Valley Elementary students, and Fadys Velasquez, 36, a mother of one elementary student, asked each other questions with English vocabulary and practiced sentences with the words either and click for full article