Happening at the Centre
October is here in
all its splendid beauty. Fall is so
pretty, it lasts too
short of a time. We
need to take some
time from our busy
schedules to enjoy
it, before it is gone.
A busy schedule is what we have going here at the Centre. We have classes going full throttle. Contact North is busier than they have been in a while. Credit courses, interest courses, college courses, computer courses, and of course literacy all happeningat once. It is so exciting.
Someone new has joined our staff as it is time for Pam to be relaxing and waiting the arrival of her new baby. So we would like to introduce Evelyn Hamel, our new instructor. She is an enthusiastic, eager and dynamic addition to our program, do come in and meet her and join us for coffee.
We are struggling to get our interest courses up and running with all the changes in our staff, but we will get there. Come in and see what we have to offer. Or call us at 727-3207. We also have a website. www.redlakeadultlearning.com
NOVA SCOTIA FIGHTS ILLITERACY
Nova Scotia has responded to its high incidence of child poverty and low literacy levels with a program called :Read to Me! The program aims to help families enrich their child's early years with books and reading. Newborns and their parents are given books and other educational materials in the hospital within 24 hours of a baby's birth. The gift books go homewith the baby.
Research shows that literacy is a key to good health. Those with low literacy skills are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed. They suffer poorer health than those with high levels of literacy. In Atlantic Canada, 52% of the population have limited literacy skills or experience great difficulty reading. Read to me! Is an imaginative response to the problem. It reaches all 10,000 babies born in the province each year.
Don't forget to watch out forlittle goblins on October 31. Make this a safe Halloween.
