Recent News Items
What’s Happening in March?
Welcome to March! March is Reading Month! Women's History Month! The beginning of Spring! Here's what's happening at SBLC: Education Enrollment for classes is open until March 26th! Current Learners should contact Sandy at sdawson@southbaltimorelearns.org to enroll in...
Dinner@Home
SBLC | Learning Works is pleased to announce their first virtual event of the 2021 season, Dinner@Home. Do you miss restaurant-quality meals? Are you sick of the question: What's for dinner? Then join us on March 13th for a virtual cooking lesson! Baltimore Chef, Adam...
SBLC Speaks – January 2021
From the Executive DirectorHappy New Year from SBLC, and welcome to another edition of SBLC Speaks! The Fall Semester of 2020 was unlike any other SBLC has seen in its 30 years in operation conducting classes fully online. Through all the barriers, our...
Welcome Sidney Wilson
The Board and Staff of SBLC are pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, Sidney Wilson Sid comes to SBLC with an extensive background in Workforce and Business Development, a passion for building relationships, and a strong desire to prepare our...
Now Hiring an Adult Education Instructor
The mission of South Baltimore Learning Center (SBLC) is to improve the self-sufficiency of educationally disadvantaged adults. SBLC is a community-based nonprofit organization providing functional literacy and life skills training, in addition to career preparation...
Graduate Story: Atiya Fisher
For Atiya Fisher, family tragedy is what caused her to drop out of high school, but also what motivated her to return to school and continue her education. When she was in ninth grade at Western High School, Atiya’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. “This was a...
My Journey & The Importance of Earning a High School Diploma – By Lisa Griffin
My life before South Baltimore Learning Center (SBLC) was a very bleak one. I had my first child at 16 and had to drop out of school because I had a baby. By age 22, I had three more children. With no knowledge of how I would ever be anything other than a parent, I...
SBLC Receives $5,000 Grant from the Yelp Foundation
South Baltimore Learning Center is a proud recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Yelp Foundation! This grant will help us continue to continue our mission of improving the self-sufficiency of educationally disadvantaged adults in the Baltimore area! Read more below in...
Learners of the Month – February 2016
During each of the Center’s class cycles, we celebrate a learner each month for outstanding performance, attendance, attitude or other positive quality. Students are nominated by their teachers, and one student is selected for the center, as well as one student from...