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The Doorway

In This Issue...

Scrabble- pg 1

Director Karen- pg 1

Governing Board- pg 1

Tutor’s Corner- pg 2

Next Training- pg 2

Sharing the Good- pg 2

New Tutors- pg 3

GED News- pg s 4 & 5

Calendar- pg 6

Opportunities- pg 6

Kroger Cards- pg 6

CLC Donations &

Support- pg 7

Mission Statement

The Collierville Literacy Council is a

non-profit organization dedicated to

providing opportunities for adults to

attain educational goals that enhance

individual growth and benefit families,

the workplace and the community.

Governing Board Pat Albee, President

Henry Stokes, President Elect

Kim Keough, Immediate Past President

Carol Petschonek , Secretary

Elizabeth Lofton Bettina Roberts

Carlton Anderson Matt White

John Barrios Wanda Chism

Joel Tracy Gerri Jernigan

Annette Key

Staff: Karen Ray, Director

Carol Faller, GED Coordinator

Julie Parks, Volunteer Coordinator

Kelly Thieme, Literacy Coordinator

Elizabeth Wayne, Bookkeeper

Volunteers: Mary Jane Randolph,

Elizabeth Wayne, Janet Jones,

& Nectar Cantu

I can’t believe

it’s already September and a new school year has started! The Collierville Literacy Council has also been preparing for a new year. The staff used July to ensure the student and tutor data from the previous year was complete and accurate.

We are amazed when we look at the number of students we served last year:

352 GED students 181 English as a Learned Language students 35 Adult Literacy students.

Of the GED students, 101 earned their GED diploma and one also earned her citizenship.

So it seems appropriate at this time to thank all of the volunteer tutors (who donated over 6,000 hours of their time), the office volunteers who spent over 650 hours helping the staff, and our Board of Directors, who are also volunteers, donated about 500 hours of their time during our

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Mark your Calendars and Grab a Friend……. for this year’s Scrabble FUNdraiser!!!!

Cost: Individuals $ 30 Team of 3 $ 75

Sponsorship $250 (includes 1 free team)

For more information, go to our website at

www.colliervilleliteracy.org or

contact CLC at 854-0288

so you don’t miss the F-U-N!

Comments from Karen ...

Vol. 7, No 2 Collierville, TN September 2011

Karen Ray, CLC Director

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Do you know someone who would make a good tutor ? If so, let them know about our next training dates!

2011: September 9 & 10

November 18 & 19,

Friday , 6-9pm Orientation/New Tutors Saturday , 9am–12:30pm GED, ELL & Literacy 101

For those of you previously trained tutors who have not attended a “101” Saturday class… we invite you to do so! You will have new “tricks” for your “Tutor Bag!”

RSVP today! —call 854-0288!

Sharing the Good – From the Monthly Tutor Reports you send us, we learn of many creative

and interesting ways you, our tutors, are helping your students. We learned that Rosario has started a new job, in Midtown...her improved English skills helped her with that! Don and his student, Salvador, go back over a book when they’ve finished it, just for review...a great idea! Leon is reading bedtime stories out loud to share with his grandchild. Katrina plans to begin college this month, so she and her tutor doubled up on their meetings to help her pass the GED. Hong’s tutor got to explain what “snow angels” are to her. Maybe she’ll get a chance to demonstrate this winter?! Kathy and Lin are working on restaurant menus and place settings at the table. Janet and Alessandra worked on letters of appli-cation to various businesses last spring...we know it helped! Alessandra is working full time now! Sue

and Usha have visited each other’s place of worship. Meera continues to make us smile with her observations of her students’ progress. Sometimes our tutors need to stop...a move, a change in health for them or a family member, a change in employment. One such tutor is going to attend divinity school. We wish David well. Jisu is working on medical pamphlets with Shelly...and trying to figure out “southern restaurants!” Otis surprised his wife by picking out some very nice Father’s Day cards...he was sure smiling as he told this to Vikki. We look forward to hearing of others getting their citizenship...Hee Young and

Claudia are working hard on this...for next year.

Tutors/Volunteers — Save the Date! Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. Incarnation Catholic Church 360 Bray Station, Collierville

Jeanne & Hong … talking about snow angels??

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”Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.” Carl Orff, courtesy of CLC tutor, Becky

CLC Newest Certified Tutors!

Front Row: Cathy Moore, Erica Croft

Back Row: Debra Johnson, Jane Carrasco,

Ron Quintana, Richard Westbrooks, Jean Ferlanie

June 10-11, 2011

And two more new tutors …

Kim Sauer and Mike Carrasco

Our most recent Tutor Support Gathering was held

Tuesday , August 16 at noon and also in the evening. Our thanks to those who attended. It was great fun to have so many tutors together again! We do have some extra handouts from the “Cementing Learning with Concrete Instruction” program. AND we have copies of Karen’s Mexican Lasagna and Kim’s brownie recipe. Ask us!

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Coffee & Conversation for our ELL students (and

any tutors who would like to attend) will begin again in

September. Watch your email for day and time.

CLC STUDENTS !! Remember to sign your name on a slip of paper and put it in the FISH BOWL each time you come to the Literacy Council to work with your tutor!

Maybe YOU will win $10 from the monthly drawing! Our most recent winners:

2011: May— Jeanette’s student, Karlinda June— Jeanette’s student, Pilar July— Lynn B.’s student, Rosario August — Lynn C.’s student, Nathan

(Our thanks to Collierville Presbyterian Church who has made this incentive possible!)

NOTE: The Official Practice Test, (OPT), must be taken BEFORE

registration deadline. Registration for GED is due 10 days prior to test date.

See Carol!

GED GED

Our NEXT GED TEST

DATES:

Tuesday Sept. 27 (Registration deadline Fri

Sept. 16)

Thursday Dec. 1

Congratulations

On Your Graduation

Our congratulations to each of you and to the tutors who helped you reach your goal.

Good luck as you move forward!!

April 2011 Grads:

June 2011 Grads:

David Y Jeremy I

Patricia J

Tammy W

Jamie C Robert D

Keith H

Amber J

Octavious P

Alysia A Nadia A

Kathy B

Nolan D

James G Cody G

Jessica H

Assam I Clinton K

Michael M James M

Brandon P

Danah S

Cedric T Pearl T

Katy C

Rhonda J Aaron S

Margaret V

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June was a very good month for one of our students. Nadia was thrilled to get her U.S. Citizenship AND she passed the GED!!

2010-2011 year. Our staff of 5 part-time employees are not volunteers, but their constant, caring efforts on behalf of students also should be recognized.

In addition to donations of time, there are many individuals, churches, businesses, community groups , the Town of Collierville, and foundations who supported our work.

As you can see, this past year was truly a community effort, and when this many people come together for a good cause, exciting things are bound to happen!

We’re looking forward to another great year and hope that we’ll continue to have your support.

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Karen

We, at CLC, are always delighted when our GED graduates are ready to have transcripts of their scores sent to a college for admission. They get the transcript request forms from us, but send them to UT Martin to have them processed. Some of those who have made these requests recently are Kathy B., Brittany H. and Carina K. for SWCC, Jessica H. for Christian Brothers University, and Jasper M. for University of Memphis. Rita’s students, Ai N. and Jan P. are enrolled at U of MS now! One of our GED grads, Paul S., who has attended TN Tech, is starting a job in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area this month. Thanks, Leslie, for your help. We are so proud of our stu-dents, and of their tutors who help them and make such a dif-ference.

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Opportunities! Questions? Call us!

901-854-0288

What works for you?

You Can Help! Become a Volunteer Tutor!

Be a SCRABBLE FUNdraiser Sponsor ($100-$5,000) for 2011

or a SCRABBLE Player ($75 for a team of 3 players)

Dedicate Memorial and/or Honorarium donations for friends and family members.

Donate “In Kind” Gifts Such As: * Grocery store gift cards for Tutor Training and Tutor Support Gathering refreshments. * Printing and/or postage for our annual report or brochures. Your business or organization will be named “The Sponsor.” * Office Supply Store gift cards for office supplies. * Books of Postage Stamps

Host a “Coffee & Conversation” Gathering for our English Language Learner (ELL) students at your church or in the meeting room of your organization or business.

Kroger Cards: Take along CLC designated grocery cards from Kroger when you shop. Every time you check

out, CLC will receive $.05 of every dollar spent! Contact CLC for more information and start using them now!

Kroger Cards

Donate to the Collierville Literacy Council While You Shop !!

Our thanks to those of you who have and use these reloadable gift cards from the Kroger grocery stores.

For those of you who would like to support the CLC in this way: 1. Pick up the gift card at the Collierville Literacy Council. 2. Take it to the Kroger where you shop. 3. Load your gift card at the register (or customer service desk). 4. Use it to pay when you check out and 5 percent of the amount loaded

will be donated to CLC.

Thank you for making

this effort.

It does add up!

2011 Dates:

Sept. 5– CLC closed for Labor Day Sept. 8– Thursday Talk Time begins, 10-11:30am Sept. 9– Tutor Training Orientation, 6-9pm Sept. 10– 101 classes, 9am-12:30pm Sept. 12-- CLC Volunteer Appreciation Dinner @ Incarnation Catholic Church

Sept. 16– GED Registration Deadline! Sept. 27– GED Testing in Collierville Oct. 2011– Register for Scrabble FUNdraiser! Nov. 2-4– ProLiteracy Conference in Houston — Staff not in office these days — Nov. 13– Scrabble FUNdraiser for CLC @ St. George’s Independent School, Collierville ~~ 1-4:30 p.m.

Nov. 18– GED Registration Deadline! Nov. 18- Tutor Training Orientation, 6-9pm Nov. 19– 101 classes, 9am-12:30pm Nov. 24 & 25– CLC closed for Thanksgiving Dec. 1– GED Testing in Collierville Dec. 6– Holiday Tutor Support Gathering — time TBA! Dec. 23– Jan. 1, 2012 - CLC closed for Christmas Holiday-no staff in office Jan. 2, 2012– CLC resumes regular hours!

—REMINDER! Wednesday & Thursday Talk Times & Coffee & Conversation follow the Shelby County Schools calendar and weather related school closings! If school is closed, there is no Talk Time or C&C .

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To Our Faithful Contributors ~ THANK YOU! May 1 through August 31, 2011

Donations in memory of Patricia Pierce by Bert Compton; Anelda Carter and Coach Paul Cox by Judy Martin; Gale Maxwell White by 2011 CLC Governing

Board: Dorothy Lindeman by Doug & Pat Smith

Donations in honor of Pat and Roger Albee by George & Mary Sullivan; Sue Tritt by Becky Gafford; Bettina Roberts by Bret Roy; Dick Bodine by John Levesque

Donations of $500 and above: New Neighbors; Collierville Contemporary Club; FedEx Retiree Club; Richard & Bettina Roberts; St. Andrews Episcopal Church; Doug & Karen Ray; Phillips Emer-

gency Lighting; Len Hostetter; John and Estie Sheahan; Dave & Julie Parks; Town of Collierville; International Paper

Individual Supporters: Ahn Loan Doan; M/M Chris Hicks; M/M Curt Keough; M/M George Lofton; Nathan Collins; Robert Stevenson; Deborah Hopkins; M/M Jay Myers; Raymond James Financial Services; Anonymous Donors from Hospira Foundation;

Thomas Albright; Kelly Thieme; Carol Faller; Collierville Christian Church; Yik May Wong; Bret Roy

Donations In Kind: Sujatha Vasudevan; Dave & Julie Parks; Zahra Basma; Maria Bendayan;

YMCA; Gloria Elo; Debbie Galloway; Kelly Thieme; Wanda Chism; Carol Petschonek; Valerie Frazier; Lynn & Janet Jones; Karen Ray; Tom & Kim Sauer; Joe & Jeanna Juleson;

Daniel & Rachel Faller Thank you to our students who have reimbursed the Literacy Council for their books!

Our thanks to so many of you who choose Collierville Literacy Council as your designated donor recipient, during the United Way Campaign at your workplace.

Our continued appreciation to the Town of Collierville for the use of our facility.

Thanks to Kroger for their non-profit support of the gift card program...AND to all of YOU who use the cards registered to CLC.

Many thanks for our very active Governing Board. They spend many hours on behalf of CLC.

Thank you to Kim Sauer, Sarah Griffiths and Patricia Jones for their volunteer hours these past months.

The Collierville Literacy Council wants to recognize supporters of our programs!

If there is a correction, please call 901-854-0288.