Chesapeake Language Project

06/12/2025

We were so thrilled to celebrate graduations for our high school and college scholars last night! These kids are on their way!!!

05/28/2025

We had a great time catching up with some of our scholars this weekend at our end of year picnic! We love hearing what our college students and recent college grads are up to!

05/18/2025

Another of our scholars crossed the stage today! Her CLP mentor, Tammy, was there for the special occasion!

Judith, from our inaugural mentorship class, earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University of Maryland. She’s planning on furthering her education to become a dentist.

All of the scholars of the CLP mentorship program rely on the support of mentors and generous donors to open doors for their post secondary studies. We’re so proud of their success and thankful to all of those who have walked beside them.

05/17/2025

His dreams have no borders! Congratulations to Javier for his perseverance in earning his BA in Political Science from The George Washington University. We couldn’t be more proud!

05/16/2025

You might remember Jennifer from a few years ago…she graduated from Hood College today with a degree in nursing! We couldn’t be more proud of her! Her mentor, Suzan, was there for her pinning ceremony!

06/19/2024

CLP End of Year Picnic - celebrating the hard work of our Scholars!

03/20/2024

Applications for CLP scholarships are due on April 15th!

Student selection criteria include:
-A current or former English learner (has participated in ESOL/ESL program)
-A current 12th grader
-A student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
-A student with extracurricular or work experience
-A student who has applied to or been accepted to a college or university

The application is available on our website:

Each year, the Chesapeake Language Project offers multiple $1,000.00 scholarships to graduating Maryland seniors to recognize their hard work and help support their post-secondary educational journeys. In addition to the CLP scholarships, we also award the Cathy May Nelson Memorial Scholarship to ho...

02/11/2024

We love seeing our mentees reach for their dreams! This weekend we had some students apply for some summer enrichment programs and one of our seniors even completed her first college application!