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Lights ON Happenings
The Lights ON Church of Peace family literacy and adult education program averages 55 adult students daily. Most of these students are immigrant family members wanting to learn English as their second language. The adult immigrants involved in the program have 28 children attending Rock Island High School. For more pictures click here
The Lights ON program for both the school children and their families are a community collaborative. Several community partners provide programs for the adult students in the program…. for more on this story click here
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Lights ON Community Learning Center
Rock Island High School
1400 25th Avenue
Rock Island, IL 61201
309-793-5950
Tim Wernentin, Principal
Georgia Kouris, Assistant Principal
Lanette Johnson, Lights ON Site Coordinator
For Students:
Monday – Friday
7:00 – 7:55 AM
Tutorials-Library
Homework Help
Monday – Thursday
3:30 – 4:30 PM
After School Academic Programs
Math, English, English Language Learners (ELL)
Plato Credit Recovery
Fall and Spring Intersession Weeks
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Enrichment Activities scheduled throughout the year
For Families:
English Survival Skills Classes
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
10:00 AM - NOON
Childcare provided at no cost
Lights ON Family Literacy and Adult Education Program
Church of Peace & Black Hawk College
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Childcare provided at no cost
Community Partners
Black Hawk College
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Church of Peace
Youth Service Bureau
2011 -12 Program Objectives
Total number of students served will exceed 400.
- Total number of Regular Attendees (attending 30 days or more) will exceed 35 representing a 15% increase of 2010-11 regular attendees
- 30 family members (unduplicated) will attend Lights ON family programs
- 50% of students attendign Lights ON regularly will increase reading skills based on day-school teacher surveys
- 70% of students with behavior concerns attendign Lights ON regularly will demonstrate behavior improvements as measured by SWIS
Link to website Rock Island High School