Congratulations to the 12 graduates of the Early Childhood Education Initial Certificate course who completed a year of academic studies in partnership with North Seattle College and attended the first ever graduation ceremony online on August 19th. Salwa is one of these graduates. Since completing ReWA’s ChildCare Basics training course last…
Youth Art Showcase One good thing about being stuck at home is the extra time to make art! ReWA encourages our students to explore art as a way to express, reflect, and cultivate an image they could not with words. This year’s Annual Youth Art Showcase has gone virtual and features work of art by youth, ages 8-21, and reflecting the…
Back in February when we had no idea what was in store for us. In partnership with the Seattle Reparatory Theatre (the Rep), ReWA’s Project-Based Learning (PBL) program was set to focus on storytelling and public speaking – skills particularly helpful for English Language Learners. Little did we know how meaningful these skills would be as youth faced a global…
ReWA’s ESL Coordinator, Yuliya Matyushkina, doesn’t usually make house-calls, but last week she did. Wearing a face mask and social distancing, she visited several adult English learners to help them learn to use a laptop for English classes. ReWA’s six classrooms in Seattle, Kent and SeaTac, reach over 200 students each year. English learners come from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Afghanistan,…
ReWA’s Early Learning Centers (Rainier Valley, Beacon Hill and Lake City) reopened July 1. For updated information call: Rainier Valley (MLK) and Beacon Hill (206) 723-3304 Lake City: (206) 743-8559 Kent, SeaTac and Rainier Valley (MLK) – limited opening by 8/1 and by appointment only. ESL classes: Teachers are using a distance learning, online video conferencing and phone calls to…