ACALA Board of Directors
Executive Directors –
Mary Lou Nunn-Brenton - Chairperson
Walter Proctor - Vice Chairperson
Elizabeth
Kell - Treasurer
Sue MacNeil - Secretary
Directors -
Dorothy Thompson, Alan Quigley, Pat Cameron, Gina Sampson, Diane Roberts, Bill MacFarlane, Evelyn Lindsey, George MacDonald, Kim Hodgkinson, Barb Moreton
Staff: Raylene Bowman – Coordinator
Instructors: Kathryn Collicott, Florence
MacEachern
Volunteers: ACALA has a team of dedicated volunteers who
provide an invaluable service
to the
learners, the staff, the Board, and at special events. Volunteers are
a community’s greatest resource.
Thank you ACALA VOLUNTEERS!
What is Literacy?
Literacy is the essential skill.
It is the ability to use printed information to function in society, at work and in the family.
It is the combination of thinking and social skills we need to analyze and use information to control our own lives, achieve our goals and develop our knowledge and potential. (from Literacy Nova Scotia website)
The Literacy Nova Scotia Learn Line
Call toll-free 1-800-255-5203
in Nova Scotia
FAMILY LITERACY DAY - January 27
Plan a special reading time together!
- Parents who read to their children improve their own literacy skills
- Children who are read to more than once a day do better at school
- Let your child see you reading – you are your child’s most important role model.
- Encourage your child to read the words around them – street signs, cereal boxes, mugs, t-shirts
- Help your child with "thank you" letters to family members and friends
- Allow your child to help with the grocery list
- Give books and magazines as gifts to children
- Visit your local library regularly and get a membership card to borrow books, games, etc.
For more information on
Family Literacy read your newspapers,
listen to the radio, look at TV,
or visit www.abc-canada.org.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE - SEE DETAILS OF ACALA'S "SWING INTO SPRING" FUNDRAISER |
