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How to Enroll as a Student
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Any Clinton County adult 18 or older (and not enrolled
in school) may enroll in the Clinton County Literacy Program. The
potential student can contact the Literacy Director.
After meeting with
the Literacy Director, the student will be called when a tutor is
available. The student and tutor will meet at the library for at
least one hour per week at the library. |
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How to Volunteer as a Tutor |
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Any Clinton County
adult who would like to volunteer as a tutor may contact the
Literacy Director.
After meeting with the Literacy
Director, the tutor will be matched up with a new student, according
to their schedules. The student and the tutor will meet for at least
one hour per week at the
library. |
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Contact Us |
Kim
Redington
Director of
Literacy
765-654-8746 x115
literacy@accs.net
Steering Committee:
Anne Campbell Jo Ellen Clark
Sandy Meyer
Sally Morgan Suzie
Pluhar Ann Zafran
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Clinton County Literacy
Program

A mother and child learn to read together at
Suncrest Elementary as part of the 21st Century Grant.
This is an exciting time for the Literacy
Program, as we are expanding the Program to include children and
family literacy activities. While we are expanding our activities,
our basic core program is staying the same. We are still helping
adults one-on-one with their reading and writing skills at the
Frankfort Library. We have updated our Program Name, Email Address,
and Mission Statement to reflect the changes in our Program. The
Literacy office is still in the Frankfort Library and the telephone
number is the same.
Our New Name: Clinton County
Literacy Program
Our New Email : literacy@accs.net
Our New Mission: "To provide
families the necessary literacy skills to be successful in their
everyday lives.”
In response to a community need for more
literacy programming for children and families, we have had
volunteers read to Suncrest, Blue Ridge, and Green Meadows
Elementary school students in February and March 2010. We shared our
own experiences of reading in school, in the workplace, and in our
everyday lives. We reached over 1000 students with reading and
sharing our love and knowledge of books and learning in the spring.
We will work with the schools again in fall 2010 and speak and read
with a new group of students.
We are part of the Community
Schools of Frankfort 21st Century Learning Grant. As part of this
grant, we are collaborating with the schools and offering Family
Literacy activities to children and their parents for 26 Saturdays
from September 2010 to February 2011.
If you would like to learn
more about the Literacy Program, become a tutor, or make a donation,
contact Kim Redington, Director, at the Frankfort Library,
765-654-8746 x115 or at literacy@accs.net.
Since 1999 we've given the Jack O'Neill Award for Outstanding
Service to the Literacy Program to someone in the Program. Previous
winners include:
1999 Ann Burgen, Former Literacy Program Director
2000 Mary Jane Greene, Volunteer Tutor
2001 Janis Brodrick, Volunteer Tutor
2002 Thelma Baldwin, Volunteer Tutor
2003 Sandra Lewis, Volunteer Tutor
2004 Sally Morgan, Volunteer Tutor
2005 Noemi Ordaz, Former Student and Translator
2006 Norma Pierce, Volunteer Tutor
2007 Leah Borntrager and Sandy Meyer,
Steering
Committee members
2008 Jo Ellen Clark, Volunteer Tutor &
Steering Committee
Member
2009 Anne Campbell, Volunteer Tutor & Steering
Committee
Member
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Speaker's Bureau
The Literacy Program is part of the
Frankfort Community Public Library's Speaker's Bureau. We can
speak to your group or organization on a variety of literacy topics
including: "The Importance of American Citizenship to You," "Why English
is So Difficult to Learn," and "Literacy in the Workplace: How to
Recognize People Who Can't Read."
A topic can also be tailored for
your specific group with
advance notice. Please email Kim Redington at
literacy@accs.net to schedule a
free presentation.
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A mother and son learn to read and write using
the Rosetta Stone software at the Frankfort Library. |
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