Citizenship classes to help people from language backgrounds other than English pass the citizenship test will be held at La Porte County Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave., La Porte. They will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00pm-7:30pm. There will be one ten-week sessions from January 7th to March 17th (no class on January 14th due to the library being closed). There is no charge for the classes or materials.
Citizenship: Passing the Test workbooks from New Readers Press will be used in the classes. The first session will focus on Literacy Skills. The second session will be on Civics and Literacy. The third and fourth sessions will be on Ready for the Interview.
The classes are sponsored by READ La Porte County, Inc. They will be taught by Cathy Eldridge, a former French and English as a Second Language teacher. They are funded by a generous grant from the Unity Foundation of La Porte County.
READ La Porte County, Inc. is also supported by United Way and Bethany Lutheran Church of La Porte Foundation, Inc.
For more information, please email mhedge8@comcast.net.