P.A.L.S. TalkApril 2017 Newsletter

Activities and EventsApril

April 25 AGM and Student and Volunteer Recognition Celebration 6 p.m. TELUS Science Centre

April 14 & 17 Office Closed

May

Raffle Tickets can be picked up to sell.May 27 Professional Development - Math Literacy Tutors

June

June 10 Nutrition Workshop 10 a.m. to noon.June 11 Math Literacy Test Preparation Class 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.June 24 Technology Workshop - Internet Search 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

July

July 15 High Level Bridge Trolley, Strathcona Market and Picnic 10 a.m.Reaching New Heights Event

August

August 19 Trip to Royal Tyrrell Museum August 27 Math Literacy Test Preparation Class 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 25 Student and Volunteer Recognition Celebration and AGMTELUS World of Science at 6p.m.Visit the Environmental Gallery

Office number 41, 9912 - 106 Street T5K 1C5 Phone: 780-424-5514 www.palsedmonton.ca

Events at P.A.L.S.

Students Share Stories

Annette, Sureer, Harjinder and Ali

Students shared their stories: Annette Gaudet, Literacy; Sureer Nuur, Literacy for English Language Learners;and Harjinder Boparai, Math Literacy. Master of Ceremonies, Ali Elhag, LELL and Reaching New Heights.

See the videos of their speeches at palsedmonton.ca.

Public Speaking Workshop

Students participate in Pubic Speaking Workshop.Thank you to Tasha Mich from United Way of the Alberta Capital Region for facilitating the workshop..

Emergency First Aid and CPRTraining

Students and tutors who earned their First Aid andCPR certificates.

Thank you to Linda Kwan for facilitating thetraining. (First row on the left.)

Next Training Workshop is October 15.

Students for Students Activities

Nutrition WorkshopSaturday, June 10 at 10 a.m. to noon.

C Learn about Canada Food Guide.C Learn about different foods.C Make lunch.

Technology Workshop

Internet Search

Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. to1 p.m.Learn how to find the information that you want.

High Level Bridge Trolley, Strathcona Farmers Market, and Picnic

Saturday, July 15 at 10 a.m.Register at the P.A.L.S. Office

Event planned by Reaching New Heights students.

P.A.L.S. Raffle

We are currently getting prizes for the raffle. The tickets will beavailable at the Student and Volunteer Recognition Event on April 25.

Prizes include an ipad, a Mall gift certificate, dining gift certificates,and this beautiful quilt which is a work of art.

Thank you to our volunteer tutor for creating this quilt

Thank you to volunteer tutorsThank you to the tutors who attended the Outcomes Workshop. Your input into the revised OutcomesProtocol and Survey made a difference.

The revised Outcomes Protocol will be sent to all volunteer tutors in the next month.

Thank you to all the tutors for the reports that you give to the coordinators so that we can learn aboutthe good work that you are doing and record the results. P.A.L.S. volunteers make a difference. They change lives through literacy.

Student ActivitiesComputer Classes

LearnBasic Computer - Introduction to computers and the internet.Computer skills for work and daily living.

Classes are held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Talk to Adam Rupp or your Program Coordinator.

Math Test Preparation, June 11, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Are you planning to take an entrance exam?Are you near completing the math modules?

This class is for you.Talk to Monica Das, Math Literacy Coordinator, to register,

Book Club Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

We are just finishing a great Maeve Binchy book. We haveenjoyed it. We will be starting a new book the first week of May.

There are 2 seats left in the book club. If you wish to join us, please call Bonnie to register!

Writing ClubThere are still seats available in the writing club. We are focussing on good sentences and beginning work onparagraphs. Look out essays…here we come! Students must be in Challenger 4 to 6 to join. Talk to Bonnie.

Do You Need a Computer?Used computers for sale! Refurbished desktop and laptopcomputers can be purchased for $135. Talk to Adam Rupp, Computer Literacy Coordinator.

Newsletter as a Learning Materials

Tutors and students use this newsletter as learning materials. Read the newsletter together!

Students nominate your volunteer tutors as an Outstanding Tutor!

Forms are available at the Office. The program coordinators will help you complete the form, if you would like.Must be completed by April 20, 2017

Math Literacy, Monica Das, Coordinator

Welcome New Math Literacy Tutors!Please join me in welcoming Victoria Gollop, Melanie Mai, and Zara Naidoo our newest members of the MathLiteracy Team! Also a big thank you to all the tutors for their continuing support in making the Math LiteracyProgram a very successful one.

Tutor Professional Development, Saturday, May 27th from 10:00 - noonTutoring is a powerful tool that improves learning, and much of it comes from the interaction between thetutor and the tutee. This professional development is designed for tutors to get ideas on how they can betterengage their learners, adjust the content and nature of their tutoring to meet the needs of the student andencorage active participation.

Math Resources in the P.A.L.S. LibraryA big thank you to Opal Blackstock, Math Literacy Tutor, for going through our math resources in the libraryand categorizing the materials to make them more easy to use.

The resource materials are categorized to correspond to the math literacy modules. � Beginner - Modules 1 to 6� Intermediate - Modules 7 to 10� Advanced- Modules 11 to 15� Comprehensive - for books that covered multiple categories.Please visit our library and check out the books. If you want the list of books and their breakdown, please feel free to contact Monica Das.

Math Test Preparation, Sunday, June 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Math Test Preparation workshop is for students who are planning to write the apprenticeship entrance exam.This workshop has been created so that the learners can understand the core skills in basic mathematics thatwill be necessary for writing the entrance exam. If your student has been preparing for this exam, this is anexcellent opportunity to see if they are prepared. Please feel free to join your students if you want to have aninsight into the entrance exam.

Congratulations!

Adrian Burton passed the Alberta Industrial and Technology (AIT) Entrance Exam. Ronald Ayotte passed the Alberta Industrial and Technology (AIT) Entrance Exam.Aristide Kamgaing passed the Alberta Industrial and Technology (AIT) Entrance Exam. Addis Negatu passed the Alberta Industrial and Technology (AIT) Entrance Exam. Chris Glenn accepted into the NorQuest College Academic Upgrading program.Joy Pretty passed 1st year Apprenticeship at NAIT.Ghulam Barbari passed 1st year Apprenticeship at NAIT.Nazir Mohamed has a job.Antoine Bregeaud has a job at the Garneau Theatre.Kyoko Sawada has a job as a travel agent in Vancouver.

Literacy for English Language Learners, Helen McCabe, Coordinator

Welcome to new tutors!Welcome to Wendy Allsop, Joanne Wong, Christine Sanders, Gary McCorquodale and Jean Filewych.Thank you for choosing to volunteer with P.A.L.S., we hope that you have an exciting and rewardingexperience.

It is always a pleasure to write this letter as I get the opportunity to say ‘Thank you,” to all of you for yourefforts. I am aware that many of you put in a great deal of preparation time, believe me when I say that bothP.A.L.S. and I are grateful. I hope that you all find it a fulfilling experience.

Links to Rural RoutesWe had a tutor training since the last newsletter, Jeanne Spearman, from Rural Routes came to talk to us aboutspeaking and listening. The tutors really enjoyed it and were inspired by her practical ideas.Here are a few web addresses from the Rural Routes Newsletter that might proof useful:

http://a4esl.org/http://www.manythings.org/http://englishgrammar.org/.

Literacy - Bonnie Caron, Coordinator

Welcome to Literacy Tutors!Welcome to the Literacy Team - Chris Truscott, Sefora Johnson, Linda Mattern, Coleen Taylor, DarleneMarshal, Jessica Tansy, Marilyn Cox, Taryn Ma, Stephanie Gregorwich, and Donald Groome. You areembarking on an exciting endeavour.

Literacy Tutors!Is your student hardworking and enthusiastic about their learning? Are you amazed at how well they have donethis year? Are they reading lots of books from the P.A.L.S. library and becoming a serious Read-a-holic?Maybe you should nominate them for the Student Achievement Award! Call Bonnie and discuss this with mefurther!

Book Club and Writing Club See the Activities Page.

Computer Literacy, Adam Rupp, Coordinator

Computer ClassesClasses are 2 hours, once a week. · Introduction to Computers (12 classes)· Computer Skills for Work and Daily Living (10 classes)· Special Projects for Further Development (4 sessions)To register, call Adam or talk to your program coordinator.

Technology Workshop June 24 at 10 a.m. Internet Search

Develop your skills to search the internet.

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Thank you to the volunteers for the casino.

Barb Haines, Trish Derkach, Helen McCabe, Millie Bartlett, Adam Rupp, DebbieManning, Marilyn Shannon, Ken Shannon, Kulvinder Boparai, Dorothy Lane,Harjinder Boparai, Monica Das, Marlen Shustov, Iryna Shustova, NathanielChalifoux, Dmitry Baranov, Michelle Machan, Marilyn Cox, Coleen Taylor,Charlie Caron, Liuting Hudson, Bonnie Caron, Darlene Morrow, Jackie Gaskin,Marilyn Reed, Kristin Burgess, Lorraine O'Ball, Janice Christensen, Marilyn Dole,Samson Mah, Isabelle Tapp, Joy Pretty, Tina McEwan, Graeme Langford and RitaLangford.

This is a major fund raiser for our program. We could not have done it without thegreatest volunteers.

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Thank you Golden Key International Honour Society, Grant MacEwan Chapter

Every year the Golden Key International Honour Society holds a bake sale at Grant MacEwan to raisefunds for the P.A.L.S. programs.

Jessica Brown presents a cheque to Helen Two Gold Key students at the Bake Sale

Thank you to Audreys Books and Ocra Publishers Canada.

P.A.L.S. received $300 in books from Orca Book Publishers Canada as a result of Audreys Booksdoing a Face Book Promotion for Orca and naming P.A.L.S. as the recipient of the books.

P.A.L.S. - Project Adult Literacy Society

Invites you to our

Student and VolunteerRecognition Celebration

and

Annual General Meeting

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.

TELUS World of Science11211 – 142 Street

Visit the Environmental Gallery

Pastries and refreshments are served

Family and friends are invited

“Changing lives through literacy.”

R.S.V.P. by Thursday, April 20 at 780-424-5514