Orange Co Library - Proud Moments – READ/OC

Proud Moments – READ/OC
Read Writes: Jan 2009 Newsletter

Our dedicated tutors and learners continue to make great strides in their learning, even during this busy holiday season! Here are just a few of their achievements in December, taken from monthly reports:

~ Drove to Fullerton Court by himself reading a homemade map that the tutor and learner wrote together.
~ Learner’s application for citizenship was accepted with no errors.
~ Learner wrote a letter in English to his parents in Egypt inviting them to visit him in the US.
~ Learner wrote a letter to her tutor on her release from jail:
“Dear Teacher, Thank you for showing me that I can read more than I thought. Your classes taught me so much. I enjoyed every class and will miss you teaching me. It was a pleasure having you teach me so much.”
~ Over the holidays, one learner worked on his goal of learning to write letters by sending a Christmas greeting to his tutor over email.
~ Learner completed her application to attend community college.
~ Learner successfully completed his unemployment paperwork ahead of schedule and was granted a phone interview to better state his case.
~ One WIN learner was able to get back into GED classes because of his work with his tutor. He expects to be testing this month.
~ A learner who is enrolled in college courses started to review and proofread her papers for school using the techniques practiced with her tutor. The teacher of her class noticed her improvement.
~ Learner gained the confidence to start speaking with her children in English.

CA & National Literacy Calendar: February 2009

SCLLN Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
-local, California and National Conference-

visit the
Southern California Library Literacy Network Calendar

for more information

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Local: Feb 2009

Feb 06: Riverside Dickens Festival - Riverside
Feb 06: Inland Empire Branch - Intl. Dyslexia Assc. - Riverside
Feb 09: Literary Women - Long Beach Festival of Authors
Feb 09: Women's Literary Festival - Santa Barbara
Feb 15: Southern California Writers' Conf. - San Diego
Feb 20: Forum-High School Reform, EduAlliance - Long Beach
Feb 27: Southern California Kindergarten Conf - Pasadena

State & National Conferences: Feb 2009

Feb 03: Read. Write. Act. National Conference - Cyberspace
Feb 03: More Practice with Wikis - Cyberspace
Feb 05: Google It ! - Cyberspace
Feb 06: Comiccon – NY NY
Feb 06: Day in the District - CA State Legislators
Feb 06: Digital Storytelling - Cyberspace
Feb 07: National Reading Recovery Literacy Conference – Columbus OH
Feb 13: Using Moodle to Create a Course Web Site – Fremont CA
Feb 17: NAREN Annual Conference – Panama City FL
Feb 17: Technology and Distance Learning Symposium – Sacramento CA
Feb 18: NABE Conference – Austin TX
Feb 20: CARS+ Convention – Sparks NV
Feb 20: CATE – Santa Clara CA
Feb 21: International Reading Assc., West – Phoeniz AZ
Feb 25: Learning Disability Association – Salt Lake City UT
Feb 26: California Language Teacher’s Assc – Sacramento CA
Mar 01: Mountain Plains Adult Education Assc – Las Vegas NV
Mar 01: National Conf. on Family Literacy – Orlando FL

San Bernardino Co Library - Walmart donates $1,500 to Hi Desert Adult Reading program

Walmart donates $1,500 to Hi Desert Adult Reading program
Hesperia Star: January 19, 2009 by Peter Day

One of the area's most generous donors, Walmart, made another
local gift last week. This time, Renee Jimenez, the human resources manager for Walmart Distribution Center 7833 in Apple Valley, presented $1,500 to the Hi Desert Adult Reading Experience.

Known as Hi-D.A.R.E., the program is based in the Hesperia Branch Library and provides services to help people learn or improve their reading skills.

Receiving the donation was Gerry Yniguez, a literacy specialist who runs the Hesperia program. Walmart's gift will help pay for books and special reading material.

Hi-D.A.R.E. provides free one-on-one tutoring to adults who are currently unable
to adequately use printed and written information. According to Yniguez, "learners," as they are referred, come from all walks of life.

"We have people with dyslexia, people from different countries and even some professionals," she said.

"Sometimes they get passed through," added Theresa Young, the vice-president of the coalition and herself a tutor.

Hi-D.A.R.E. is always looking for tutors who volunteer around five hours a week. After being paired with learners, they will tutor the learn two to three times a week.

Before being assigned to a learner, each tutor is assessed and trained.

"You get so much personal satisfaction," Yniguez said. "It's a wonderful program."

For more information on Hi-D.A.R.E., call Gerry Yniguez at 947-9727.