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Community volunteers tutor Cedar Rapids ELL students
In Cedar Rapids Grant Wood Elementary hosts after school tutoring for English Language Learners. Judy Hubler aids 10 year old Yassir Al-Yasir with the packet work for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry as part of a program run by Women for Peace Iowa. The effort began in January and pairs volunteers with LELL students to boost academics and build mentor relationships.
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Schmidt
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Yassir Al-Yassiri
Grant Wood
Iraq
Mildred D. Taylor
Yassir
Judy Hubler
Surgery Center
Hubler
Women For Peace Iowa
Jane Melloy
Grant Wood Elementary
Women For Peace
Iowa
Peoples Church Unitarian Universalists
Osada
Campbell
Melloy
Ellen Daye-Williams
Africa
Russia
China
Vietnam
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Frank Olsen
Uno
Jack Lin