Citizenship​

At Catholic Charities, we offer citizenship exam preparation classes to help our students pass the U.S. Citizenship test. Preparation includes English language skill development and civics content knowledge. We offer classes at different levels to help all students be successful.  For more information about our citizenship class levels, please click the descriptions below.

Course Descriptions

Citizenship - Level 1
This course is designed to help prepare adult immigrants at the low to high beginning ESL level to learn about the naturalization process. This preparation includes developing English language skills and civics content knowledge, and learning about the Form N-400 and the naturalization interview.  Students will engage  in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Students will also become familiar with American culture. 
Citizenship - Level 1
Prerequisites: All Catholic Charities students enrolling in Intermediate Citizenship must take a CASAS appraisal exam and score 200 or higher on a CASAS locator or post-test.

This course continues and reinforces content and skills from our Beginning Citizenship level. This course prepares adult immigrants at the low intermediate to advanced ESL level to complete the naturalization process in order to become U.S. Citizens. This preparation includes developing English language skills and civics content knowledge, and learning about the Form N-400 and the naturalization interview with an emphasis on conversation.  Students will engage in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Students will also become familiar with American culture. 
Required Technology for Online Learning 

Before you get started, ask yourself:
  •   Do I have a laptop, desktop computer, Chromebook, tablet, or smartphone with a built-in camera and microphone access?
  • Do I have stable internet access (hotspot, cable, wireless, cellular, etc.) on my device?
  • Do I have Google Chrome installed on my device? Click the following link for directions
​ https://www.google.com/chrome
Learn more about:
​Our Adult Education Programs
Legal Services for Citizenship
English as Second Language (ESL)
Citizenship Classes
​Plaza Comunitaria
​College English Readiness (Accuplacer)
Conversation Partners
High School Equivalency (HSE)
2020 Fall Schedule
Course
Code
Day
Time
Teacher
​Status Registration
College Readiness (Accuplacer Preparation) 
ACCU1 
S
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ammar, Dania
Open Enrollment
Citizenship Prep Level 1
CIT1.0
M/W
9:00 am - 11:00 am​
Bustamante, Maria 
​Open Enrollment
Citizenship Prep Level 1
CIT1.1
T/Th
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Bustamante, Maria 
​Open Enrollment
Citizenship Prep Level 2
​CIT1.2
M/W
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm​
Bustamante, Maria 
​Open Enrollment
​Citizenship Prep Level 2
CIT2.0
M/W
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cowan, Aaron 
​Open Enrollment
Conversation Partners for Citizenship Prep
CITCP
M/W
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cowan, Aaron & Nunez, Laura
​Open Enrollment
ESL 1 Basic  
ESL1.0
M/W
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Atencio, Paulette
​Open Enrollment
English as a Second Language Level 2
ESL2R1 
S
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Ammar, Dania 
​Open Enrollment
English as a Second Language Level 2
ESL2R2 
​S
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Ammar, Dania 
​Open Enrollment
English as a Second Language Level 3
ESL3.2
M/W
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Bustamante, Maria 
​Open Enrollment
English as a Second Language Level 4
ESL4.0
T/Th
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Bustamante, Maria 
​Open Enrollment
Conversation Partners for ESL
ESLCP.1
S
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Jones, Jacqueline & Nunez, Laura
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency - taught in English
HSEE1
T/Th
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Boese, Philip
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency - taught in English
HSEE2
T/Th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Stanton, Taylor
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency - taught in English
HSEE3
M/W
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Boese, Philip
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency - taught in English
HSEE4
M/Th
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Stanton, Taylor
Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency - taught in Spanish  (MUST HAVE INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL)
HSES NMRCA
F
8:00 am - 12:00 pm​
Vasquez, Carlos
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Reading, Social Studies, Math I - taught in Spanish
HSES1
T/Th
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sanchez, Juan
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Reading, Social Studies, Math I - taught in Spanish
HSES2
T/Th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sanchez, Juan 
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Basic Math, taught in Spanish  
HSES3 (Basic Math)
M/W
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Vasquez, Carlos
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Math II - taught in Spanish
HSES4 (Math 2)
M/W
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sanchez, Juan 
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Math II - taught in Spanish
HSES5 (Math 2)
M/W
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm​
Sanchez, Juan 
Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Science - taught in Spanish  
HSES6 (Science)
M/W
8:15 am - 10:15 am
Vasquez, Carlos
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency, Advanced Math- taught in Spanish  (New students need to know basic Math, fractions, decimals, percentages, and measurements)
HSES8 (Adv Math)
M/W
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Vasquez, Carlos
​Open Enrollment
High School Equivalency - taught in Spanish - must be able to work independently
HSES9 
F
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Sanchez, Juan 
​Open Enrollment
​Plaza Comunitaria (Basic literacy in spanish for native spanish speakers)
PC1
F
​8:00 am - 12:00 pm
​Atencio, Paulette
​Open Enrollment