Acknowledgments First, to the students who have shared their work in this magazine: We celebrate YOU, your hard work and your progress in learning English. Even through this challenging year of transitioning to online classes due to the global pandemic, our students have shown amazing willingness to change and grow. Second, we would like to shine a spotlight on ALL of the hard-working adult students who are studying online with our school to improve their English language skills. This magazine represents just a fraction of them. Next, THANK YOU to the ESL instructors in our program for their dedication to our students and their help in gathering these writing samples: Dennis Bacigalupi, Florence BeGole, Vanessa Bernegger, Helen Choy, Sandy Cutshall, Sarah Dwight-Gilroy, Aysen Gokcen, Lesley Haag, Ruth Kirby, Sarah Krajewski, Anila Mittal, Sarah Ribbers, Susan Silver, and Carol Storckman. Finally, a special thanks goes to MVLA Adult School Director Brenda Harris and Assistant Director Julie Vo for your support for the ESL program—its goals and objectives, our staff members, and especially our students.
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