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Duncan Area 
Literacy Council

DALC Set To Host Training Session; Nonprofit Seeking Volunteers
Duncan Bnner: 5.11.2021 by Charlene Belew

Nearly one in five Oklahomans are illiterate, meaning they are unable to read and write above a third grade level. A local nonprofit is on a mission to change this but needs volunteers to make this happen.

The Duncan Area Literacy Council (DALC) will host a training session for anyone interested in tutoring another adult lacking in literacy skills.

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“The tutor only needs to know English … that’s what their students will be learning,” she said. “DALC has successfully worked with people from 14 different countries to learn English.”

Brancich pointed to the one-in-five statistic in Oklahoma and said, “In Oklahoma, you could fill the OU football stadium five times with that number.”

“In Stephens County, you could fill the Duncan High School stadium three times with the number of people who are illiterate,” Brancich said. “During the pandemic, so many of our learners were affected and we are trying to rebuild our programs.”

She said getting back into the swing of things would be a “step toward ‘normal’ as” the nonprofit seeks new volunteers to help in the fight against illiteracy.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 10

Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old

(Ninth to Tenth graders)

 

Cariboo-Chilcotin 
Partners for Literacy

Lil Mack of Williams Lake Honoured With BC Achievement Community Award
WL Tribune: 5.11.2021

A longtime Williams Lake resident has been named as a recipient of this year’s BC Achievement Community Award.

Now in its 18th year offering the program, award recipients were announced May 10 by Premier John Horgan and Annie Giardini, OC, OBC, QC and Chair of the BC Achievement Foundation, after an independent committee reviewed nominations.

“This year’s community awardees are, without exception, remarkable British Columbians who have strengthened their communities during challenging times,” Horgan said.

“As a result of their commitments to causes beyond themselves, they have ensured that B.C. is a better province for all of us.”

Mack has been an ever-present, quietly powerful literacy force in Williams Lake for several decades.

As one of the founders of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Partners for Literacy in 1997, Mack continues to keep literacy front and centre, promoting early childhood, adult and financial literacy.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 12

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old

(Twelfth graders)

 

@angelsofaction

New Literacy Program Created Through Angels of Action
Big Rapid News: 5.12.2021

A new family-based literacy program will offer opportunities for improved reading and employability skills, focusing on family involvement through Angels of Action.

The program, called Literacy in Action (LIA), has a mission to provide an incentive-based literacy program that strengthens families by fostering child development, parent support and programs that help parents further their employment and literacy skills.

The goal of LIA is to first build the youth program that will offer opportunities for improved reading through one-on-one tutoring and homework help. The future goals consist of offering adult services that work in partnership with already existing community services focused on employability skills, family communication, and parent support.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 18

Reading Level: very difficult to read.

Reader's Age: College graduate