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Calendar
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January
DVLC Board Meeting
Thursday, January 10
10 am
Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church
Classroom 3
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
Annual Membership Meeting
Saturday, January 12
noon
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
February
DVLC Board Meeting
Thursday, February 14 10:00am
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Classroom 3
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
March
ESL Tutor Training Workshop
Two Saturday Sessions
March 2 and March 9 9am-1:30pm
Fellowship Hall
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
DVLC Board Meeting
Thursday, March 14 10:00am
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Classroom 3
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
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| Report Hours for October through December, 2018 |
Don't forget to report your hours for the first quarter: Tutoring hours and Non-tutoring hours
(time spent for preparation, travel to student and workshop).
You can email to [email protected] or use the link in the email that will arrive in your inbox next week.
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Remember to Pay Your Membership Dues
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Remember to pay your 2019 membership dues.
Please send check for $15 to DVLC, 4000 Clayton Rd., Concord, CA 94521.
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DVLC Directory
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Officers:
President and Web Master
Lucy Goodell
Vice-President and Publicity
Loretta Morrison
Secretary
Mary Thomas
Treasurer and Telephone Committee
Joanne Hill
Board of Directors:
Hospitality and Volunteers
Ela Newacheck
Hours Coordinator
Rachel Sanborn
Librarian
Mary Nash
Newsletter Coordinator
Victor Tiglao
Special Projects
Denise Coyne
Student/Tutor Coordinator
Holly Sprague
Workshop Registrar
Wendy Bojin-Liston
Workshop Training Coordinator
Kris Torske
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Winter 2018
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Vol. 32 No. 5 |
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Dear Members and Friends,
This was our 40th year of helping adults from other countries to face the challenges of living in a new country. Our volunteers teach English skills one-on-one and also offer a bit of guidance in some of the quirks of our culture. Feedback from students and tutors alike tells us this is a needed service and worthy of our best efforts.
Our Holiday Luncheon this year was a buffet provided by the Literacy Council. We aimed to have the dishes ethnically diverse since we were not asking people to bring dishes from their own country this year.
Attendance was outstanding! There were 36 members and about 20 students. Rounding out the merriment were another 20 friends and children. Conversation was lively at all ten dining tables. Highlights of the day were the raffle prize of a $50 Macys card that went to one of the students and the arrival of Santa Claus with gifts for the children.
What a wonderful way to finish a rewarding year of volunteerism.
One of our new tutors, Isabel, has been contemplating a
"Language Exchange
" program that we might want to develop. The idea is
that two people who want to learn each other's language (Spanish and English for example) would get together regularly to exchange lessons. Someone experienced in language tutoring, could get the pair started, then they'd be off and running, so that our tutoring would have a multiplier effect.
She continues by cautioning that, as with many ideas, the devil is in the details. If anyone is interested in exploring this idea, she would like to discuss it further. SShe has explored various websites, such as mylanguageexchange.com, and has searched on terms such as language/exchange/pairs/matching/dyads. She has heard of it being tried in schools, but could never run down details. If you have any information or ideas about similar programs, email [email protected].
Hoping to see many of you at our Annual Meeting with light lunch, January 12 at 11:00.
Lucy Goodell
President
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Annual Meeting and Luncheon
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All members are invited to the
Diablo Valley Literacy Council's
Annual Meeting and Luncheon
Saturday January 12, 2019
11:00am to 1:00pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
4000 Clayton Rd., Concord
We are pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker will be local author Michelle (Micki) Carter who has written a book entitled "From Under the Russian Snow" about her time in Russia in 1995
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"At age 50, married and the mother of two children in their early 20s, I left my job as managing editor of a suburban daily newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995 to move to Russia for a year as a United States Information Agency Journalist-in-Residence."
For more information on Michelle and her book, click on
All attendees will be entered into a raffle for a
$50 Macy's gift card
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Next Tutor Training Workshop
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NEXT TUTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP
MARCH 2 AND MARCH 9, 2019
The Diablo Valley Literacy Council welcomes volunteers to tutor adults in English
We need tutors who can commit to 1 or 2 hours of tutoring per week on a regular basis.
We provide training, match you to a student and help start your 1-on-1 tutoring.
Where
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 4000 Clayton Road, Concord
When
: Two Saturday sessions
March 2 and March 9, 2019
From 9 AM to 1:00 PM
Cost
: $20 registration fee includes dues for 2019
Continental brunch included
For more information
or to sign up select menu option VOLUNTEER TO TUTOR on our web-site dvlc4esl.org
Alternatively you may leave a message at (925) 685-3881
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It is Time to Renew DVLC Membership
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Annual dues are $15. You should have received a notice in the mail, but if not please take a moment to mail payment to:
Diablo Valley Literacy Council
4000 Clayton Rd.
Concord, CA 94521
Contributions beyond $15 are always appreciated and are tax-deductible donations.
DVLC
depends on membership dues and donations to help defray the cost of providing services to our students and support for our tutors and volunteers.
Our thanks to all who contribute hours of tutoring and service.
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Shining Stars
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Shining Stars
F
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tutors reported more than 20 tutoring hours during the summer quarter!
Name
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Tutoring Hours
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Other DVLC hours
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Sheila Driscoll
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26 |
10 |
Mary Thomas
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23 |
16 |
Sue Gannon
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27 |
9 |
Darya Miller
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21 |
12.75 |
Christine King
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24 |
6 |
Special thanks to them for their devotion to their students.
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From Our Librarian, Mary Nash
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Stop by and check out our Vocabulary Study Books, Dictionaries, and Townsend Easy Reading Biographies (grade level 4-6). The self-serve library is available Monday through Friday. Please refer to your
DVLC training binder for times and key procedure.
Thank you again for returning your borrowed books when you are no longer using them.
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We'd love to hear from you! Email your questions or comments to Diablo Valley Literacy Council at: [email protected]
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