Kids expand horizons while parents learn English

Mothers are in ELL classes while their kids are involved in different summer activities (gardening, painting, etc.) on the same campus.  - - Donna Poisl

by Tom Joyce, Staff Reporter

It was a sweltering day at L.H. Jones Family Resource Center this past week, but everyone was so busy nobody seemed to notice — with the exception of a reporter who was perspiring heavily.

On one area of the grounds a group of kids, ages 5 to 13, worked in a garden filled with a lush array of herbs such as sweet basil, spicy oregano and cilantro.

In another part of the former school campus, a second bunch of youngsters painted a mural on an outside wall of the J.J. Jones Alumni Auditorium, which upon completion will depict children holding hands while encircling the globe.
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