{"id":1233,"date":"2025-06-01T05:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:36:20","slug":"ell-tutoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/ell-tutoring\/","title":{"rendered":"The English Language Learners (ELL) Program &#8211; Madhavi Kancharla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The English Language Learners (ELL) program, which I have the privilege of leading, is a weekly initiative dedicated to supporting students from low-income families. We meet every Sunday from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM at Chinmaya Mission Haridwar \u2013 Portland, where a team of enthusiastic and committed high school volunteers provides personalized instruction in English language skills, basic math, and general academic support.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to empower these students by strengthening their foundational skills, boosting their confidence, and fostering a love for learning. The peer-to-peer model not only helps the ELL students but also gives our high school mentors a meaningful opportunity to give back to the community, develop leadership skills, and build lasting relationships.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud of the supportive, inclusive environment we&#8217;ve created, and we continue to grow each week \u2014 one hour, one lesson, and one student at a time. In addition to working with children, we also offer support to adults who are eager to improve their English skills for everyday communication and personal growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English Language Learners (ELL) program, which I have the privilege of leading, is a weekly initiative dedicated to supporting students from low-income families. We meet every Sunday from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM at Chinmaya Mission Haridwar \u2013 Portland, where a team of enthusiastic and committed high school volunteers provides personalized instruction in English [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teachersreflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}