P.A.L.S. TalkP.A.L.S. Talk July 2014 Newsletter Activities and Events July July 19 Reaching New Heights Meeting, 10 a.m. August August 2,3,4 Used Book Sale - Volunteer August 9 Field

P.A.L.S. TalkJuly 2014 Newsletter

Activities and Events

July

July 19 Reaching New Heights Meeting, 10 a.m.

August

August 2,3,4 Used Book Sale - VolunteerAugust 9 Field Trip, Jasper Park National ParkAugust 21 Raffle Draw

September

September 8 International Literacy DaySeptember 13 ESL Resources and Supports available at EPL, 11 a.m. September 20 Tips on Teaching Adult Learners, 10:00 to noon.September 27, October 4 Emergency First Aid

October

October 18 Smart Phone Workshop October 25 Journaling Workshop with Norman Fontain!

November

November 15 Outcomes and Roundtable WorkshopNovember 22 Reaching New Heights Led Workshop - Bird Houses

Raffle Tickets are available to sell.Used Book Sale August 2, 3, and 4

Office number 41, 9912 - 106 Street T5K 1C5 Phone: 780-424-5514 Fax: 780-425-5176

P.A.L.S. Summer Raffle

Raffle tickets are available to sell.Tickets are only $2 each.

T here are 4 great prizesC Night on the TownC Family FeastC The ArtsCA dventure

Prizes for the top 3 sellers Duffle Cart value $90Audreys Books 2 Gift Certificates for $25

Participation Prizes for anyone who sells tickets, names are drawn at random10 Prizes of $10 gift certificates to either Starbucks, Subway and Save On Foods.

The raffle funds P.A.L.S. programs. If you sell 2 books of raffle tickets your cost will be reduced by $10.Each reduction requires 2 books.

Support P.A.L.S. Programs

Congratulations!

Amanda Troost passed apprenticeship entrance examination.Josephine Vivian passed apprenticeship entrance examination.Clemente Rojas passed apprenticeship entrance examination.Maria Moreno got a job.Hashim Adam who will attend NAITSaida Elmi who will attend NorQuest College

Aluel Lual CLI College for Health Care AideAxel Fischer passed IELTSRustem Kaizhakparov passed IELTSAida Kaizhkparova passed IELTSAnn Zhang passed IELTS and found job in her area of studyAli Elhag promoted to Team Leader at his jobAmoro Ouattara passed his entrance exam for tradesLuo Shuiyan passed entrance exam for tradesIndira Dzafvic got a job at a Hair Salon

Math Literacy ClassesMath Test Preparation class: July 12 from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m.Math In Science Class: September (date to be announced) for 10 weeks.

Students for Students

Reaching New Heights

Take part in this exciting program. C Plan events at P.A.L.S.C Lead a workshopC Be part of a Team

You are invited to a meeting on Saturday, July 19 at 10 a.m. to noon.

Field Trip to Jasper National Park

Saturday, August 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.See the Rocky Mountains.Visit the town of Jasper.

Activities will be either a Tram Car ride or swim at Miette Hot Springs.Supper.

P.A.L.S. Member $40. Students, tutors and immediate family.If you sell 2 books of tickets, your cost will be reduced to $30. Each person must sell 2 books of raffle tickets for reduction.Others $70.00.

Application forms are available in the Office.

Smart Phone Workshop

Saturday, October 18 at 10 a.m. to noon.

What can I do on my smart phone?How can I make it work for me?

Emergency First AidWorkshop will be held in September 27 and October 4, 2014. Cost is $20.Registration forms available August 8, 2014.

Thank you

Prowlers Group - Grant MacEwan University, a writing group.Thank you for donation and support of P.A.L.S. programsand books for the P.A.L.S. Conference.

Thank You!!

P.A.L.S. Student and Recognition Celebration at the Telus World of Science Centre

Senator Betty Unger brought greetingsto the students, tutors and guests.

Linda Johnson, Member of theLegislative Assembly, presentedcertificates to P.A.L.S. members.

Thank you Senator Unger and MLAJohnson.

Senator Betty Unger MLA Linda Johnson, Danny Haines, Trish Derkach

Aluel Lual, MathLiteracy and ESLstudent, shared herlearning journey.

Outstanding TutorAward

Lucjan MakowskiJohn JamiesonNadia Sadi

P.A.L.S. Members

Thank you to our funders.

Literacy Literacy Literacy - Book and Writing ClubESL ESL - CirclesStudents for Students Math Literacy-Program & Study Groups

Conference June 14NorQuest College

Students, tutors and staff from theLearning Centre, Centre forFamily Literacy, and P.A.L.S. attended the conference.

41 students and 22 tutors attended 12 workshops.

Student Speakers

A highlight of the conference was the student speakers who shared their learning journey.

Daniel Hainescoordinated thespeakers.

Ali Elhag Debbie Manning Tomas Illes

Reaching New Heights

The students organized the Conference.Danny Haines, Alison Pepper, Rose Leftly, Tina McEwen, Deborah Manning, Indira Dzafovic, andSattar Zahedzadeh made the conference a success.

Great job!!

ESL Tutor Page, Coordinator Mahenaz Layton

Welcome new tutors!Lorraine Gregoire and Matthew Stacey. You will enjoy working with the adults in the program.

Subsidised Transit Passes for Students. P.A.L.S. is part of the English Language Coalition of Agencies teaching English as a Second Language. Our ESL students, Hoa, Dong and Turgay made a presentation to City Council TransportationCommittee on Wednesday, May 7. They requested that part-time ESL students receive a subsidisedtransit pass for $35 per month. The Mayor, Mr Don Iveson, commended our students on theirpresentations, and the City Councillors were sympathetic to this request.

Ernest and Maryna, also attended the City Transportation Meeting. Linh Vu, who wrote one of the bestletter supporting our request could not attend.

Opportunities to appear before City Councilare important learning opportunities forESL students to find out how municipalgovernment works, and how decisions thataffect your quality of life may be influencedat your local government level.

Turgay and Mahenaz were interviewed tospeak to this issue by CBC Radio. Turgay’sphoto and interview is available on the CBCRadio Edmonton a.m. website.

Albert, Mahenaz, Turgay, Dong, Hoa, and Heather.

Summer Field TripsOnce a month ESL classes will be held off-site to helpstudents learn about the City, community, and newvocabulary to describe these experiences and venues. Students are requested to sign up early for theactivities of their choice, as the number is limited to12 students per field trip. Students have alreadyenjoyed the Streetcar Ride and Whyte Avenue Walk,and Art Walk and the Duchess Café on 124 Street.

Trips planned are: The Works Exhibition Downtown, Tour of the Legislature Building and Grounds, andCivic Block Tour.

Left to right: Naima Dirie, Nadia Sadi (Tutor), Linh Luong, Dong Phan, Kibrom Gebremedhin,Claire Huang, Hassan Muse, Eloi Tchamtecheu, Lorraine Gregoire (Tutor), Sattar Zahedzadeh, Zahra Ali.

Tutor Professional DevelopmentESL Resources and Supports available at Edmonton Public Libraries with Colleen Andriats,Community Librarian on September 13 at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Math Literacy Tutor Page, Coordinator, Monica Das

Welcome New Math Tutors!Please join me in welcoming Jennifer McCann, Jagriti Kumar, Cleolaine Pinnock, Carlos Pangilinan,and Janne Czuroski, – our newest members of the Math Team! Also a big thank you to all the tutors fortheir continuing support in making the Math Program very successful!

Professional Development for TutorsTips on Teaching Adult Learners. Learn the different tips and tricks that will assist you in helping the student learn and retain theinformation that they need in order to solve various math problems. September 20th from 10:00 to noon.

Classes for Your StudentMath Test Preparation class: July 12 from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m.Math In Science Class: September (date to be announced) for 10 weeks.

Literacy Tutor Page, Coordinator Bonnie Caron

Welcome New TutorsWelcome to the Team Kathryne Storheim, Aish Moitra and Tempo Sabatier.

ADD and Loving It!Helen McCabe put on a wonderful workshop for us. There is an excellent Powerpoint presentationavailable for anyone who was not able to join us. Thank you again, Helen!

Journaling Workshop with Norman Fontain!Saturday, October 25th at 10 a.m.Norman Fontain is an artist and worked as a radio host for over 30 years with CBC radio.He has maintained a beautiful series of journals for most of his adult life. Talk with Norman about hisjournals and what has inspired him over the years to keep writing his thoughts. This will be a rareopportunity and will help you to inspire both yourself and your student to write on a regular basis.

Book Club and Writers GroupThe Maritime coast, a shipwreck, and a poor orphaned baby! A new novel by Maureen Jennings,Canadian author of the Murdock Mysteries. This is a great opportunity for your students to read anddiscuss a novel with their peers. Novels are written at an intermediate level and appropriate for anyonein WTR 4 or the Challenger series. There’s lots of writing activities, note taking and discussion.Encourage your student to join us. We will be starting a new book at the end of July on Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Writers Group is on Wednesdays 11:00 to 12:30 p.m. just before Book Club. All of these groups are still open to new participants. Joining gives students an informal opportunity to practice their skills. Please call Bonnie at the office to register.

P.A.L.S. Used Book SaleAugust 2, 3, and 4

Buena Vista ParkBy Story Land Valley Zoo

This year we developed a new plan for the Used Book Sale. The sale is for 3 days and we are located at a Park across a foot bridge from Heritage Days. Weare located by Story Land Valley Zoo and a Dog Off Leash Walking Park.

Volunteers needed Saturday, August 2 from 9:30 a.m. to noon

Load books and other items in the truck and set up site. You need to be able to lift boxes. We need approximately 4 to 5 people.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday noon to 4 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.Two 4 hour shifts to sell books, raffle tickets and promote P.A.L.S.Need 4 people per shift.On Sunday and Monday noon have to set up site - tents, tables, signs, and books.On Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. take down tents and books and put in truck.

Monday at 7 p.m.Take down site and take back books to storage and tables, etc. to P.A.L.S.You need to be able to lift boxes. We need approximately 4 to 5 people.

FoodThere is no immediate access to food, so please bring something to eat. You can eat at Heritage Daysbut it is about a 10 to15 minute walk. We will provide drinks and snacks.

This should be a fun event as the pressure of doing set up and takedown in a limited time frame is no longer there.

Contact Bonnie or Sam at the Office. Phone 780-424-5514.

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Newsletter as Learning ToolThe newsletter is both a learning tool for tutors and students, and to let you know what is happening atP.A.L.S. Successes and events.

Cut off this slip with your name and get a P.A.L.S. chocolate bar. We will draw for a prize.

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