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Literacy
Volunteers of Harrison County WV Provides Vital Services For Local Learners Of All
Ages
WV
News: 12.28.2018 by Charles Young
The
Literacy Volunteers of Harrison County
works to provide a variety of free educational, tutoring and test prep
resources for local students of all ages.
Melissa
Sinisi, executive director, said the organization offers a number of different
specialized programs.
“We
serve all of the residents of Harrison County,” she said. “We have an English
as a Second Language program with tutors, we have a pre-TASC (Test Assessing
Secondary Completion) program where they do TASC prep on the computer, then we
also have basic tutoring in math, English, science and social studies.”
The
organization also helps high school students prepare for pre-collge [sic] exams like
the ACT and the SAT, Sinsi said. READ
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Literacy Network Surpasses Goal
Prince
Albert Daily Herald: 12.27.2018 by Peter Lozinski
Thanks
to a wave of community support, the Prince Albert Literacy Network
(PALN) successfully hit its Shine a Light for Literacy goal.
In
the weeks leading up to Christmas, PALN had a booth set up at the Gateway Mall.
For a $2 donation, residents could contribute to lighting a light on a tree.
The trees had a total of 1,000 lights. A late surge of donations led to a total
of $2,440 raised to buy new materials for the various literacy network programs.
“We’re
just so pumped that the donations came in and we are over the top with lighting
the literacy trees in Gateway Mall,” said volunteer Kim Orynik.
“Just
the last few days, the donations started to roll in a little more quickly.
$2,440 will buy a whole lot of resources for us.”
The
funds will go to help repair and build story sacks for the family literacy
programs. The story
sacks go out to many groups and agencies in Prince Albert. They play a huge
role in the volunteer component of the program.
Story
sacks are resources that encourage parents and children to read together in an
interactive way. They contain high-quality picture books, props and costumes
for acting out the story, an audio recording, a non-fiction book and an idea
card with activities to do together.
Story
sacks are free for people to borrow. READ
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It’s
Raining Caps, Gowns & Good Will At The Capital Area Literacy Coalition
Lansing
State Journal: 1.03.209 by Judy Putnam
Barb
Schmidt knew there had to be gently used graduation caps and gowns out there.
Maybe
they were resting in drawers, stored in attic trunks or forgotten in the backs
of closets.
Schmidt,
the GED coordinator at the Capital
Area Literacy Coalition, hoped she could get 15 sets donated to the
literacy nonprofit. That way newly minted GED grads could wear caps and gowns
at their ceremonies instead of just passing them around for pictures.
The
literacy coalition, also known as the Reading People, offers GED study guides,
tutors as needed, and free testing for those wanting to earn their GEDs on
their own, rather than attend classes. GED are generally considered the equivalent
of a high school diploma. READ
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