Literacy Education for Adults & Families (LEAF)

What We Offer

Our goal in the LEAF program is to provide low-income immigrants the educational services they need to flourish in an English-speaking environment.  To do this, we offer the following activities:

Adult Education

The Literacy Education for Adults and Families (LEAF) offers English as a Second Language classes to low-income adult immigrants living on Chicago's north side.   Our three English classes are for Beginning and Intermediate-level students.  We also offer classes in Basic Computer Skills, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel to members of the community wishing to acquire and improve their computer skills.  As part of our adult education program, we offer a weekly parenting class.  These classes are designed to help parents strengthen their families and make literacy a part of their daily lives.  The course covers issues such as parent-child separation, health and nutrition, discipline, and child development.

Child Care

For parents with preschool children who are enrolled in our ESL classes, we offer an educational child care program for children ages 1-5.  We have a ratio of approximately one teacher per four children, and do many activities to prepare children for kindergarten and preschool.  On a daily basis, children participate in art projects, story time, music and play.

After-School and Summer Camp

We also offer an after-school program for school-age kids from local elementary schools.  From Monday to Friday, children in grades K-6 can get homework help from tutors, do reading activities and arts-and-crafts, play games, and have a daily snack.  From June-August, we run a summer camp for school-aged kids whose parents are enrolled in our program. 

Family Activities

Each week, families come together for Parent and Child Together (PACT) activities, which provide parents and children an opportunity to play together, create art projects, enjoy story time and visit the library. This class is for families enrolled in the LEAF program.

Hours of Operation

We are open from Monday to Friday, 9:00-5:00.  Our ESL classes and child care run daily from 9:15-1:00.  We offer a morning computer skills class, from 9:15-11:30, and an afternoon class from 2:15-4:30.  Our after-school program is from Monday to Friday, 3:00-5:30. 

Enroll in the LEAF Program

To take classes in the LEAF Program, or to enroll your children in the child care or after-school programs, you must first register.  We have registrations ongoing throughout the year; to find out dates for our classes, please call our main office, at 773-293-8135 (English and Spanish speaking), or 773-293-8136 (English only).  All of our classes are free.  You are not required to bring any documents to registration, with one exception:  if you receive Public Assistance, we will ask for your P.A. number.

Contact the LEAF Program

The LEAF Program is located at 4800-02 N. Broadway, on the corner of Broadway and Lawrence.  Please stop in to get information about our upcoming ESL and Computer Skills classes.  You can also call us at 773-293-8136, or send an email to bdaley@ahschicago.org. 

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