Guest Speaker Series at Norwood ESOL

Ted Lehan, a patrol officer from the Canton Police Department, visited Adult ESOL at Norwood on October 29th to speak to students about public safety and rules of the road. A big Norwood ESOL thanks to a job well done! Here are two students’ responses on what they learned.

"I learned about driving in the United States. Here is very important to follow the road rules. Respect and be polite with the officer. He told us what to do or not when a policeman are coming to the car, no parking on handicap spots and the most important is to have a driver’s license. It was very helpful." - America Cuevas



"First I want to say that officer Ted Lehan spoke very clear and slow. I’ve learned interesting things: I can’t drive with my native driver’s license. I have to be polite when police officer stop me. It was for the first time that police officer spoke a lot to me (us). And I think that he was perfect." - Strahil Ivanov




On Friday November 20, 2009 the students at the Norwood Adult ESOL Program (NAESOL) were given the opportunity to discuss immigration issues free of charge with local immigration attorney, David McHaffey of Barker, Epstein, Loscocco Law located in Boston. Mr. McHaffey came to the school as part of the Student Enrichment program at NAESOL. Every month the students' needs outside the classroom are addressed with guest speakers and field trips. Some of the topics include: nutrition, health insurance, immigration law, and job search strategies.

Ana DeSoto of Guatemala, wrote of the visit, "many people's dreams is to be legal in this country but unfortunately there are many obstacles." Stahil Ivanov of Bulgaria wrote "David McHaffey is the second speaker i have seen here and he was very good. I learned how to keep my green card."