Language Support: Support and Acadia University

language support: Churchill Roe says there is usually funding for language instruction at the school for newcomers between September and May, but because they "never really had this many newcomers in the Annapolis Valley before," there was no need for a summer school until now, according to CBC. Giving back "We felt it was imperative that they have a bit of linguistic support, language support, as well as integration and settlement support in these first months that they have just arrived. But to have a gap of two to three months with no English, they would have started right back at the beginning," said Sharon Churchill Roe, the manager of English-language programs at Acadia University. It kind of a crucial time for them to get settled into their new lives here ... We felt this was something we could do for our community," said Churchill Roe. While some volunteers spend their time in the classroom, others are driving the students to and from school and monitoring the children during lunch hours. Thirty volunteers are working with 40 newcomers — 25 children and 15 adults. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.