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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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We provide one-to-one tutoring to adults who are non-readers up through 8th grade level. We help people learn English as a second language.

Our services are free, thanks to grants we receive from the NYS Education Department and United Way of NNY.

10/29/2026

Who doesn't love a book fair?

The Grown Up Book Fair is exactly ONE MONTH AWAY!! 🙌

Be sure to mark your calendars! Due to last year's success, we are expanding into The Franklin Building and have OVER 60 VENDORS! 📚

10/20/2026

Our Fort Drum ESL students learned what to say when calling 9-1-1 for an emergency. They learned vocabulary about different kinds of emergencies such as a car accident or heart attack. What a great bunch of students we have!

10/20/2026

Our Fort Drum Beginner ESL class members proudly display their certificates for getting a perfect score on their recent Burlington English exam. ALL the students did well on the test. Our ESL classes are free, thanks to grants from the NYS Education Department and United Way of NNY. For information about how to join our classes in either Watertown or Fort Drum, contact us at 315-782-4270.

10/20/2026

Our Watertown ESL class celebrated Neva's birthday today with a chocolate cake. From left are Neva, Habsatou, Nodira, our teacher, Florencia, and Praneed.

10/14/2026

Students in our Intermediate English as a Second Language class in Watertown celebrated their teacher Nodira's birthday today with delicious cinnamon rolls. From left are: Neva, Habsatou, Florencia, Nodira, and Praneed. For information about our FREE classes in Jefferson County, call 315-782-4270.

10/14/2026

While subbing for the Watertown ESL classes on Sept. 30, teacher Barbara Zembiec took our students to the beautiful Flower Memorial Library. Mihan and Aida pose with the statue of Roswell Flower. Outside the library, from left are Neva, Barb, Aida, and in the back is Florencia.

10/08/2026

All our Fort Drum English as a Second Language classes are now at the Education Center, 4300 Camp Hale Road, Room 148. All our classes are free thanks to grants from the NYS Education Dept. and United Way of NNY. Beginner ESL class is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Intermediate class is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Pictured below is our wonderful beginner class: Eva, Anselmo and Emmanuel are in the front row. Raoul, Milca and Santos are in the back row.

10/08/2026

Our English as a Second Language classes at Fort Drum learned about some of the many wonderful learning tools in Burlington English from Geovanny Santamaria, who works at Burlington English. Our classes have been using Burlington English software in class and they enjoy using it.

09/25/2026

Stefanny, a native of Colombia who currently lives in Lewis County, passed the TOEFL exam this month, thanks to writing help from her tutor, Deborah. Stefanny plans to go to dental school at the University of Rochester. Stefanny is pictured with her husband and daughter.

09/23/2026

Address

200 Washington Street, Ste 303
Watertown, NY
13601

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Website

http://www.literacynny.org/

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