Teach the Parent, Reach the Child*
Board Orientation: August 28, 10 am, board room/computer classroom.
Next tutor training: Saturday, Sept 11, 10-4 call 857-5896
Literacy Coalition meeting on September 14, 2010, at the CCLC classroom in the Greenwood Branch Library, 9:30 a.m. 857-5896
Chairs of task forces meet the night before.
Strike for Literacy Bowl was great fun on July 31, 2010. See our Bowling sponsors here.
Curious George Live! is coming to Corpus Christi, and CCLC has tickets for sale for Sept. 28, 2010. Our premium seats cost $25, and you can get them just by calling 857-5896. Most credit cards are accepted.
also.. get ready for another fun day:
Scrabble Fest! October 28, 2010
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Imagine not being able to read…
How would you use the internet … fill out a job application … communicate with your child’s teacher?
Millions of Americans cannot read well enough to get two facts from a newspaper article. Even in this day and age, one American adult in seven is illiterate. Fortunately, there are ways to escape from that situation. CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts
looks at some personal stories of illiteracy, including his own.
The functional illiteracy rate in Nueces County is 17%. That is almost one in five persons. For a county by county description of the illiteracy rate in Texas, click here. The Corpus Christi Literacy Council has been teaching adults to read since 1986.
*The phrase, “Teach the Parent, Reach the Child” comes from the Adult Reading Center in Pearland, Tx. When we help an adult learn to read, we open doors for the whole family.
