Federal Funding Announced to Improve Adult Literacy
ProLiteracy has received a federal grant of $238,000 from the U.S.
Department of Education through the efforts of former Rep. Jim Walsh
and Rep. Dan Maffei. The funding will go towards two pilot programs:
to create a centralized literacy referral model and to increase the
cultural competencies of literacy programs.
ProLiteracy Board Member Ruth Colvin, Rep. Dan Maffei, Onondaga
County Executive Joanie Mahoney, ProLiteracy President and CEO David
C. Harvey |
According to Virginia Carmody,
Executive Director of the Literacy Coalition
of Onondaga County, “Our ultimate goal
is a coordinated pipeline of literacy
services that is strategic, focused and
data-driven.”
Among
those at the announcement at White Branch
Library were Ruth Colvin, Rep. Dan Maffei,
County Executive Joanie Mahoney and David
Harvey, ProLiteracy President and CEO.
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Syracuse Wins Second New York State Literacy Zone Grant Award
The Syracuse City School District in partnership with the City of Syracuse,
Onondaga County, The Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County and a broad network
of community partners has been awarded $900,000 over three years to fund
the Syracuse
West Literacy Zone. This is the second such grant to be awarded to
the group making them just one of two across the State to accomplish this
impressive feat.
Literacy
Zones are a reform initiative developed by the New York State Board of Regents
and the State Education Department. The grant provides funds to improve adults’
basic education and literacy skills and to strengthen family support for
children’s education.
Look for more updates to come on this and the previously
awarded Syracuse North Literacy Zone. We look forward to working
with the Literacy Zone staff and our community partners in this exciting endeavor.
Teen Voices for Literacy - Charity Book Club inspires us all!
Brianna Suslovic |
Last year, Jamesville DeWitt High School sophomore Brianna Suslovic
started the
Charity Book Club. Members of the Club
read a book, then donate time or money
to a charity relevant to the book. This year, 20 students are participating
and the club is on its seventh book. Go
to Syracuse.com to read more.
Books the Charity Book Club has read:
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled
Hosseini
- Sold, by Patricia McCormick
-
My
Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
- Thirteen
Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
-
Make
Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Where
The Heart Is, by Billie Letts
- Chanda’s
Secrets, by Allan Stratton
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