May 30: No class- Memorial Day

June 1: GED Graduation

June 9/10: Last day of school

June 20: Holiday-No School

June 21: Summer session begins

Click to see the school year calendar.

Hubbs has been nominated for Minnesota's Best Adult Learning program. We need your votes to WIN! You can vote once a day until May 18th! Mark your calendars, set your alarms, tell Google!

Go to https://www.votemnbest.com/

To vote: click on the link above or below, go to the Education button, click on Adult Learning, then find the Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning and cast your ballot and submit! Today and every day until May 18th. Click below for a video of how to vote. Please pass this on to students, friends, family, grocery store cashiers and your dentist!

The Hubbs Center ELL C Class has been working hard to do well in their class, and in doing so many students wrote about what brought them to Minnesota! We will be sharing their stories through the newsletter. Great job students!!

I came from Ethiopia with my family, for a better life and a good education. My husband got a green card and we came here with my oldest daughter who was 3 years old in 2006 in the fall and I had never seen all the leaves come off the trees and fall down! I like green and I like leaves and the leaves were red - oh my goodness, I thought, the tree is red! I was curious to know everything. I said what is this country! They said, it has life, it comes back after winter. I said what is winter? Back home I watched a movie and saw snow, but I didn’t guess we would see so much snow in Minnesota. Then later I saw it was very windy and I didn’t know about tornadoes; I was so scared. At first, I wore too many clothes in the winter and it made me sweat.

May marks Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which celebrates the histories of Americans hailing from across the Asian continent and from the Pacific islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate says the month is a time to speak out, share stories and debunk myths about Asian communities, she said. But it's not the only time to celebrate Asian culture or diversity.

May 7, 1843, marks the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States. And May 10, 1869, or Golden Spike Day, recognizes the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S., which had significant contributions from Chinese workers.

To learn more about the history and origin of Asian & Pacific American Heritage, click here.

Additional Resources:

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022 (asianpacificheritage.gov)

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022 | National Museum of American History

Why Asian Pacific American Heritage is celebrated in May : NPR

Mental health awareness is something that can help the millions of people who are impacted by mental health issues throughout the United States. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five adults have had or currently have symptoms of a mental illness. These statistics show just how prevalent living with a mental illness actually is.

This is also why NAMI recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month in May. The goal with a whole month of mental health awareness is to help people with mental illnesses understand that they are not alone in their struggles—and that getting treatment can make all the difference. If we applied this approach to mental health every day of the year, more and more people could benefit from knowing about these common illnesses.

Additional Resources
MentalHealth.gov "Let's Talk About It" (HHS NIMH)
Shareable Resources on Coping with COVID-19 (NIH)
Mental Health (CDC)
Well Being Concepts (CDC)
Youth Topics on Mental Health (youth.gov)

More information about Mental Health Awareness Month can be found here

Free Expanded Summer Preschool -> R00M-1212

Summer 2022 June 1st - August 19

Governor Walz announced a plan to fund summer learning programs in Minnesota to help students recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will provide summer preschool for children 4 or 5 years old on September 1, 2022 and have not started kindergarten.

Students who would like to enroll their 4- and 5-year-olds, stop by the childhood center at Hubbs or learn more on this website, or call

651-744-7525

Hubbs Center does offer summer classes!

Teachers will be talking to students in classes about summer scheduling mid May

Classes offered:

~Job training: Intro to Small Business and ParaPro

~ELL, GED, College Prep classes

Start and end dates

June 21st - August 19th

Summer registration starts May 12

May 4th was Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day! While this was one only day, we want to encourage everyone to try out walking or biking to school or with friends or family! Not only is walking or biking to school fun, it's also healthy, good for the environment, and can help students come to school more ready to learn. Here are some simple rules to share with your children for safe walking and biking in English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong and Karen.

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2022 Summer Camp and Activity Registration

Saint Paul Parks and Recreation offers summer camps and activities at parks and recreation centers throughout the city. Register online or contact your local recreation center.

Sprockets St. Paul

Sprockets is a network of many different after-school and summer programs in Saint Paul. Our vision is that all Saint Paul's youth will develop their abilities as learners, contributors, and navigators so they can recognize and achieve their greatest potential.

Keep Learning This Summer!

At Saint Paul Public Schools, the learning doesn’t stop when the school year ends. Keep your students engaged this summer with a variety of enrichment and educational activities offered by SPPS and other local and national organizations.

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit community organization that creates lasting, positive change rooted in people through direct services, research and community building. We combine knowledge, compassion and action to improve lives today and for generations to come.

Wilder offers aging and caregiving services, mental health and wellness services, direct housing assistance, supportive housing services, social healing, and childcare. To learn more about Wilder's services, click here.

To learn more about wilder click here.

Ebenezer Senior Care & Living

Fairview Health Services & are

hosting a Career Fair and Hiring

Event on Wednesday, May 11th from

1:00 – 5:00 pm in Saint Paul.

1700 University Ave W

Saint Paul, MN 55104

Bring your resume, meet with recruiters, and connect

with leaders from sites across our system for on the

spot interviews and job offers.

Positions we are hiring for at multiple locations

include:

RNs and LPNs, Nursing Assistants, Resident Assistants, Environmental/Housekeeping, Nutrition Services, Laboratory, Pharmacy Technicians, Security, EMT and Paramedics, Medical Assistants, and more

To learn more click here

Use this link to play some online summer wordsearches! You can pick the difficulty and the theme!

Email: ABEinfo@spps.org
Website: spps.org/hubbs
Location: 1030 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: (651) 290-4822
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Twitter: @sppsabe