October 20-21 No School - State Teacher Meetings

November 18 - No School - Teacher Meetings

November 24 and 25 - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday

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Pictured above is Alison Shank, her class, and volunteer, Noreen Oesterlein.

See Hubbs students in this news report (below) about the production at Stages Theater!

The immigrant story is based on the award-winning book "A Different Pond," a memoir by celebrated local poet, Bao Phi. It features fifth-grader Benji Stoebner, 10, in his Stages Theatre Company debut.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/a-different-pond-brings-story-of-vietnamese-family-hope-and-minnesota-to-life/

Having trouble attending class during the week? Want more practice with English?

There is a class for you on Saturdays!

ELL A, B and C Class

9:00am-12:00pm

ONLINE Google Meet

If you're intersted in signing up, contact or an advisor in the office or by phone, text or email.

Para Pro Test Prep Class

10/18/22 - 12/1/22

Online with Google Meet

Tuesday/Thursday

5:00-7:00pm

Have you taken the Nursing Assistant exam and not passed? Need an extra boost to help prepare to take the test again? This class will help you prepare with test taking skills and help you prepare to retake the test.

Nursing Assistant Test Prep

Starts 10/18/22

Test Prep Class

1:00-3:00pm Tuesdays/Wednesdays

Online Google Meet

Our counselor, Amy Stotzheim has shared a list of great resources for you if you need help!

Click on the picture or the button below for a list of some great resources, such as the following:

Coats for Kids

Energy Assistance

Snow Emergency, City of St. Paul

School Closings

Toys For Tots

Thanksgiving Meals and Food Shelves

Cold Weather Wellness

We have a new contest for all Hubbs students! Any student who studies 150 hours on a distance learning platform from September to January 31 will win a laptop! The 150 hours are cumulative and include these platforms: Edmentum, MobyMax, ReadTheory, ReadWorks, Vocab A-Z, CommonLit, Khan Academy, MyEnglishLab, MyLab, BurlingtonEnglish, Northstar, and USA Learns. Happy studying! Contact Jessica Ess if you have any questions (612) 405-3636, jessica.ess@spps.org.

Awards were presented at Literacy Minnesota's Annual Volunteer Recognition and Journeys Reading Event on October 13 at the Minnesota History Center. Congratulations to the following Award Recipients!

Outstanding Volunteer Award:

Don Doeksen

Service Awards (1,000 hour milestones):

1,000 hours

Ralph Davini

Steve Erler

4,000 hours

Michael Rose

On October 13, Hubbs evening classes and learners attended the Journeys Reading event, sharing their personal stories that are published in Journeys, an Anthology of Adult Student Writing.

Thank you, students for reading your stories!

Pictured above: Hubbs learners who read their original stories with their teachers, Marilyn Gjerde and Signe Ilstrup.

Pictured below: Hubbs learners and teachers ready to listen to the readings at the Journeys Event.

Hubbs Learner, PAH KYAT shared his story below:

I would like to tell you about my life. I was born in Burma and my family still lives there. I have two brothers and two sisters. When the war started in my country, I was separated from my parents and moved with my grandma to a refugee camp in Thailand. While I lived there, I went to school, but didn't graduate. I studied different subjects such as English, Burmese, and my main language, Karen. When I was nineteen years old, the United States government welcomed Thailand refugees to immigrate to the United States of America. I told my grandmother and aunt I wanted to go to the U.S. And, they said, you can go if you want, so I registered to go.

I arrived in St. Paul in August 2012. I went to an office that taught me how to use electricity safely. They also taught me how to count money and the different kinds of bills and coins. My caseworker helped me with many things. He helped me buy money orders for my rent. He told me to see a doctor for a checkup to see how good my health was. I really appreciate him.

I like the St. Paul Community. There are a lot of fun places in Minnesota, such as the Minnesota Zoo, Como Zoo, the Minnesota State Fair, The Mall of America, and the Maplewood Mall.

I also like to fish and hunt. I usually go hunting when it is small game season. I only hunt for squirrels.

Someday, I want my sisters and brothers to come here to live. When I talk to them, they say they want to live here like me because my country has a civil war and there are not enough jobs. They also told me they like snow and fall because they are beautiful.

I love St. Paul, Minnesota because there is help for our community and our education. I like my school and teacher because she helps us write. All Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning teachers, all people in the United States and government, I appreciate you for welcoming me to your country and school. I have a good life in your country. I am married, have three children, work as a roofer, go to school four nights a week, and go to the gym three times a week. I expect a good future here. Thank you!

Pah Kyat is 29 and originally from Burma.

mnvotes.org

Thank you to teacher, Pam Mercier, and the League of Women Voters for visiting the Hubbs Center and sharing information about how to register. If you missed it, here it is!

Staff can help current students with google meet, distance learning, google classroom, email, passwords and more. If you are having trouble with something, let your teacher know, and they can help you fill out a tech support request from our website and a tech support person will contact you to see how they can help you. You can also access information about when help is available from the website at this link.

Get Help Paying Citizenship Costs: New American Loan Program For Twin Cities’ Residents Is Being Featured At Free Naturalization Resource Fairs - Hmong Times

To assist immigrant residents with their naturalization process, the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis are offering Naturalization Orientation and Resource Fairs and was featured at no cost to participants, on September 17 at the Arlington Hills Community Center on 1200 Payne Avenue, in St. Paul. More to come in the future.

hmongtimes.com

Job Openings:

1181 - Industrial Services Project Manager (St. Paul)

1182 - Environmental Tech (St. Paul)

1161 - Equipment Operator 1 (St. Paul)

Stephanie Aure

Human Resources Specialist
cell: 605-691-4069 | direct: 651-291-3416

Bay West LLC
Customer-Focused Environmental & Industrial Solutions
5 Empire Drive, St. Paul, MN 55103
24-hrs: 1-800-279-0456
www.baywest.com

Our Discovery Club child care program is having open interviews at Saint Paul Public Library locations coming up now and next week.

Merriam Park Library: 10/27 11:00am-12:00pm

Rondo Community Library: 10/14 & 10/18 11:00am-1:00pm

Dayton’s Bluff Library: 10/25 5:30pm-7:30pm

Are you thinking about voting yet? Well, after doing this word search, maybe you will be!

Want to practice learning about election vocabulary? Try this!

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