Literacy, according to presenters at ALP’s Tutor Appreciation Lunch on May 30, is the critical factor in bolstering upward economic mobility. CMS Superintendent Clayton Wilcox, the event’s featured speaker, described literacy as the “21st Century’s civil right.” Without the ability to read, Dr. Wilcox said, “individuals will struggle against long odds to find a place in society.”
A crowd of 180 enthusiastic tutors, friends, and Board members of Augustine Literacy Project, attended the annual lunch event held at Christ Episcopal Church. Among those honored were Augustine tutors who had completed the required 60 hours of one-on-one literacy instruction with struggling readers in the 1st and 2nd grades. Fran Huske and Anne Davant, tutors who have been with ALP for the past decade, were also recognized.
Other presenters included George Miles, who just completed his first year as a tutor at Sedgefield Elementary School. Miles exhorted the audience to think of tutoring as a “miracle that saves the lives of young people.” ALP Executive Director Alison Houser emphasized that Augustine 160 tutors embody the social capital needed to elevate reading scores that will ensure at least a high school diploma. “Augustine tutors are making a difference in the lives of their students both in ways we can measure and ways that are immeasurable.”
Literacy, according to presenters at ALP’s Tutor Appreciation Lunch on May 30, is the critical factor in bolstering upward economic mobility. CMS Superintendent Clayton Wilcox, the event’s featured speaker, described literacy as the “21st Century’s civil right.” Without the ability to read, Dr. Wilcox said, “individuals will struggle against long odds to find a place in society.”
A crowd of 180 enthusiastic tutors, friends, and Board members of Augustine Literacy Project, attended the annual lunch event held at Christ Episcopal Church. Among those honored were Augustine tutors who had completed the required 60 hours of one-on-one literacy instruction with struggling readers in the 1st and 2nd grades. Name and name, tutors who have been with ALP for the past decade, were also recognized.
Other presenters included George Miles, who just completed his first year as a tutor at Sedgefield Elementary School. Miles exhorted the audience to think of tutoring as a “miracle that saves the lives of young people.” ALP Executive Director Alison Houser emphasized that Augustine 160 tutors embody the social capital needed to elevate reading scores that will ensure at least a high school diploma. “Augustine tutors are making a difference in the lives of their students both in ways we can measure and ways that are immeasurable.”