Literacy: Spanning North America
Battling
Adult Illiteracy: East Central College welcomes adult students to improve lives
Rolla Daily News: 3.11.2017 by Corbin Kottmann
In
Phelp's County, adult illiteracy stands as an unseen, and oftentimes ignored
problem. According to data provided by East Central
College's Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) program, Phelps
county "hovers" around 5,600 residents with less than a high school
diploma. Their individual abilities vary, but the fact remains that the more
education one has, the more opportunities they are given in life. These
residents without their high school diploma or equivalency, these 5,600 people,
are at a dramatic disadvantage in life compared to residents who have their
diploma or more.
Alice
Whalen, the director of the AEL program at East Central College, said
"increased education can have a large economic impact for an individual,
but also for a community." And in both Rolla and St. James, efforts are
being made to promote this impact in the lives of the students there to make a
positive change.
Kathy
Amsinger, AEL instructor, meets with adult students four times a week, with day
classes in Rolla, and night classes in St. James. She gladly welcomes new
students, and works with them to help them appreciate their education and
incorporate it into their lives one day, one step at a time. READ MORE @
A sweet
read: Adamstown Area Library helps man realize his dream
Ephrata Review: 3.15.2017 by Alice Hummer
When a
Brecknock Township resident asked Kathy Thren, Adamstown Area
Library director, whether there would be some way to find a
tutor to help him learn to read, little did he know he was embarking on a
five-year journey that would help him realize a life-long goal.
Ray
Boynton, 68, grew up in the City of Philadelphia. He left school to join the
Navy. After his discharge, he became a craftsman, doing marble work. His wealth
of knowledge about Travertine marble, which resembles a sponge, is
understandable because he helped install the marble at 30th Street Station in
Philadelphia.
Never
losing interest in education, Boynton passed his GED test after being married
and raising a family.
“It was
hard,” said Boynton. “A plumber across the road from our home allowed me to use
his shop to study. When I took the GED test, it was a two-day test.
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Boynton is retired. He has used his
skills as a gifted woodworker to help several nonprofit organizations, and
volunteers mostly in the library, where he asked about someone to help him with
reading.
Thren [sic] referred him to the Library Council of Lancaster-Lebanon. At
first the council said he’d need to drive to Lancaster if he wanted a
tutor. READ MORE @
Chatham-Kent Public Library
announces contest winners
CK Review: 3.26.2017
Chatham-Kent Public Library
announced the winners of the branch prizes and the Grand Prize winner following
the conclusion of the All that Glitters Adult and Teen Winter Library Contest.
The Grand Prize winner is Mary Jean
McDonnell. Ms. McDonnell won a fantastic assortment of items from CKPL Pop Up
Shop including a copy of the CK Reads title Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder.
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The Adult and Teen Winter Library
Contest is an initiative aimed at encouraging literacy and promoting the public
library and the services it offers in your community. READ MORE @
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