Literacy: Spanning the US
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‘I
Felt Like I Had Won The Lottery’
Tullahoma
News: 5.12.2019
George
Cruz, of Tullahoma, struggled in school as a child. He said he felt he “wasn’t
smart enough to keep up with the other kids.”
He
fell behind during the first years of school. He never asked for help.
“That
was my main problem,” Cruz said.
Cruz
earned his high school-equivalent diploma about 20 years after his peers
graduated from high school.
Grateful
for this opportunity, he now encourages others to always look ahead and not let
the past prevent them from fulfilling their dreams.
He
shared his experience at the April 24 Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast hosted
by the Literacy Council,
the organization that helped Cruz achieve his goal of passing HiSET (High School Equivalency Test). READ
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Literacy Can Lift Lives Out Of Poverty
Highland
Community News: 3.06.2019 by James Folmer
Half-a-million
adults living in the San
Bernardino County can’t read.
That’s
according to county Librarian Michael Jimenez, who reports this disturbing
number in his application for a $10,000 federal Community Development Block
Grant from the city of Highland.
He cited the most recent U.S. National
Assessment Report, which says one in seven Americans have difficulty
reading anything more challenging than children’s picture book.
Jimenez
says adult illiteracy contributes to unemployment and incarceration.
Jestina
Sunwabe, a 25-year-old Highland resident, has been coming to the library since
September for reading lessons.
Her
tutor is Greg Vojtko, a former Press-Enterprise photographer and lover of
libraries. READ
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Proclamation
For Literacy at City Council Meeting
WHIZ:
5.13.2019 by Jennifer Henry
Improving
the literacy in Muskingum County was a topic of discussion at Monday’s city
council meeting.
Community
Literacy Liaison, Cindy Lawyer, spoke with city council regarding a
collaboration with the Muskingum
County Literacy Council and the idea of promoting literacy in the area. The
Literacy Council has a mission of providing resources and opportunities to
promote literacy solutions for children, adults, and families.
“To
make people aware of the opportunity that they have. Not only for children to
have the opportunity to read, but also adults. Adult reading literacy is huge,”
said Lawyer.
Mayor
Jeff Tilton presented a proclamation to Lawyer during the meeting. The
proclamation makes sure the Literacy Council is committed to Zanesville to
promote reading. Lawyer said the proclamation represents literacy awareness. WATCH
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Dollar
General Foundation Awards Grants To Local Literacy Agency
News
Courier: 5.14.2019 by Adam Smith
Two
programs offered by a local literacy agency received a helping hand recently
from the Dollar
General Literacy Foundation.
The
Learn-to-Read Council of Athens and
Limestone County received two grants last week — one for $10,000 and
another for $1,000. Rhonda Andrews, director of the organization, said the
larger grant will be used for the adult program and the smaller grant will go
toward the summer youth program.
The
adult literacy program includes an English-as-a-second-language tutoring
component and a computer learning lab if a tutor is not available.
“We
try to find a tutor eventually or they can sit at the computer and learn some
base knowledge,” Andrews said. “Dollar General was key in helping get that
started.”
The
summer youth program is for students who may be struggling in school and need
to retain what they learned the previous year. She explained Dollar General’s
Literacy Foundation has offered assistance to the Learn-to-Read Council of
Athens and Limestone County for more than 15 years. READ
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