Salem

Salem Trivia:

• The Salem Maritime National Historic Site was the first American National Historic Site to be designated by Congress.
• Salem was the center of Puritanism in America.
• Nicknamed "The Witch City", Salem is home to the Salem Witch Trials.
• American novelist and short story writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born in 1804 in the city of Salem.
• Salem is the birthplace of the National Guard.
• The game of Monopoly was first published in Salem by Parker Brothers.
• Alexander Graham Bell made the first long-distance phone call from the Lyceum in Salem to the offices of the Boston Globe in Boston on February 12, 1877.

Programs:

Adult Basic Education – Meets the specific educational needs of adult students who have limited basic reading, language and math skills and/or limited English proficiency.

English for Speakers of Other Languages – Assists adult students who have limited English proficiency by meeting their specific educational needs.

Workplace ESOL - Provides a customized Workplace English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program to limited English speaking employees of King Kalipers, Inc., a company located in Peabody, MA.

Young Parents – Offers pregnant and parenting out-of-school youth, aged 14-21, who have not achieved a high school diploma with a variety of educational and life skills training.

Young Parents Demonstration Program - Enables existing Young Parents Programs to provide a mentoring component as part of a national demonstration project.

For more information on the Salem site and the programs offered, contact
Kristi Bruwer, Interim Manager, kbruwer@tra-inc.org.

10 Federal Street, Suite 15
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: (978) 744-2417
Fax: (978) 745-5757