Port Washington Public Library Awarded $20K Grant

The Port Washington Public Library has recently secured a $20,000 grant to support their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program.

“Port Washington Library’s ESOL program is an important resource to help new immigrants become citizens, develop their English language skills and assimilate into the community,” Senator Jack Martins, who helped secure the funding, said in a press release. “Providing these valuable services will help these men, women and children achieve the American dream.”

The Library’s ESOL program offers language learning classes, orientation sessions for new immigrants, citizenship preparation, High School Equivalency Degree preparation, homework help and computer instruction for English language learners.

“Our ESOL program is so successful that we have run out of space and will use this grant to build an ESOL classroom,” Port Washington Library Director Nancy Curtin said.

Over 300 students from 35 different countries are currently enrolled in the program.