Field Trip to CHA with Enroot Somerville

By: Adnan, Enroot Student

On February 8, we went to Cambridge Hospital Alliance in Somerville. I went to Cambridge Hospital Alliance in Somerville with the Enroot somerville high school students. It was a great experience exploring the CHA with the students. Students looked engaged when the guide was explaining the different type of section in the hospital. We also went in the laboratory, where blood and urine and different types of test has been done for informational purposes. We also went through an elevator which was used as a passage to other building.

One of my question to the health care professional was, “How does IT (information technology) impact this surgeons?”. One of the surgeon answered that IT plays an important role in the hospitals for uses of machineries and computer software which helps the surgeons get information. The fun fact which came across was that there were about 800 interpreter in CHA and their hourly rate is about 20-25$. About 50% of the interpreter works half time and the rest the full time. 42% of the patients that visit the CHA are immigrants and needs an interpreter. The student were asking various type of question, which showed that the students were really engaged and enjoyed learning about the CHA somerville hospital.

Enroot Somerville Meets the Mayor

By: Oumaima, Enroot Student

My name is Oumaima. I’m in 11 grade. I’m from Morocco. For Enroot we have 3 parts, Seminar, mentor and tutor, But I like the seminar because we visit a lot of places like last Thursday, we went to the City Hall to visit mayor, it was very good because I have never seen the Mayor of my country. I learn a lot of things from Enroot with my tutor, my mentor and seminar. In seminar we play games, we talk about colleges. For my tutor, she helped me with my homework. For seminar. We hang out together sometimes. Something that I like to learn more is practice more English and get my grades up. I like this program because they helped me a lot.

Afiya's Story

“I’ve learned English, I’ve learned how to make new friends, I’ve learned that no matter how hard something is do not give up until you achieve it.”

— Afiya, Enroot Cambridge

I’m a 16 year old, I am a junior in high school and I want to major in Pre-med after high school. After 4 years of college, I want to work in a hospital as a registered nurse  and go to school to get my Bachelor's degree and then to medical school to become a doctor. I moved to United States 4 and half years ago with my dad, mom and my brother. My first day of school in united states was confusing because even though I learned English in India, I was not very good at it. I wanted to make new friends but all I was thinking on my way there was how am I going to talk to others? I was scared that I didn’t know anyone at the school but I was also excited that I was going to a new school. I was an ESL [English as a Second Language] student for 3 years, over those 3 years I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned English, I’ve learned how to make new friends, I’ve learned that no matter how hard something is do not give up until you achieve it. In those 3 years I was accepted into City Links Program, now Enroot. I took the opportunity to be in the program. Then I joined Enroot again my junior year and I have an internship in Enroot, I work with amazing staff. I am grateful to be a student. I was switched to a mainstreamed English class my sophomore year where I was scared at first, I was in a class full of people who spoke English fluently. Everything that I learned in ESL class made it so much easier for me to understand things in the mainstreamed English class. Now I am in 11th grade, can speak English well, and I am more confident in myself.