Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
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Literacy of Northern New York
drops out of St. Lawrence County
Watertown Daily Times: 8.30.2016 by Larry Robinson
Literacy
of Northern New York
abruptly closed its office at the Potsdam
Public Library on Monday, a move that shuttered the only
literacy volunteer office operated by the organization in St. Lawrence County.
The
news came abruptly Monday morning when Literacy of Northern New York Director
Cecilia M. Brock showed up at the Potsdam Public Library to announce that there
was no longer enough funding for the agency to help St. Lawrence County
residents struggling to read and write on an adult level.
“It
was a shock, I had no forewarning that this was going to happen,” said Maria D.
Morrison, who served as program manager for Potsdam Public Library literacy
office for the past year-and-a-half. “I had no idea that the program was going
to be gone. My boss showed up at the office at 10 o’clock and said I’m really
sorry to tell you this but the funding has been cut and we no longer can
support St. Lawrence County.”
Literacy
of Northern New York has maintained an office at the Potsdam Public Library
since 2006. READ MORE @
Celebrate with the Greene County
Literacy Coalition
GC
Daily World: 8.30.2016 by Kelly Slaven
The Greene County Literacy Coalition annual
meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the Pepperoni Grill in Bloomfield.
Literacy volunteers, tutors and
learners are invited to celebrate with free pizza and educational fun from
6:30-8 p.m.
Those interested in becoming a
tutor or volunteer are encouraged to attend and learn what the non-profit
organization is about.
The winners of the essay contest
will also be announced and presented with cash awards, according to Literacy
Coaliton member Bob Turner.
The contest was open to high school
seniors in Greene County last month. The top three will each receive a cash
prize at the banquet of $50, $25 and $15, respectively.
This meeting falls on the week of
Sept. 26 through Oct. 1, in recognition of the annual Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
The week serves as a reminder of
how reading, writing, and basic arithmetic are still an elusive target for
around 36 million adults nationwide, including many in our own community,
according to ProLiteracy. ProLiteracy is the leading
membership organization advancing the cause of adult literacy and basic
education in the nation. READ MORE @
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Literacy Council offers GED classes
Weld for Birmingham: 9.01.2016 by Ryan Scott
The Literacy
Council of Central Alabama is offering free General
Educational Development classes for adults in their northside office. The GED
program represents one facet of a “holistic approach to learning” that includes
adult reading classes and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
programs, according to Missy Burchart, director of the Communications and
Development for the council.
The classes are the result of a
partnership between the council and Jefferson State Community College, which
also operates other GED classes throughout the city. Two educators from the
college oversee the council’s two daily classes, which run from 9 a.m. to noon
and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
“We’re a program you can just walk
off the street into,” said Adrienne Marshall, the council’s director of
in-house programs. The classes run throughout the entire year and students
progress at their own pace under the supervision of an instructor.
In keeping with their holistic
philosophy of learning, the Literacy Council “graduates some of our adult
reading learners into the GED classes. That’s always a good day,” said
Burchart. And if an applicant for the GED classes doesn’t quite have the
necessary reading skills, they are offered the option to join the council’s
adult literacy program until they can pass the GED program entrance test. READ MORE @
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