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Save the Date: Voting Workshop
 On October 7th from 5:30 - 7:00 pm a staff member from the Guilford County Board of Elections will bring an actual voting machine to show students/tutors how to use the machine and talk about the election process. On-site registration will be available. Located in the Self Help Building Downtown Greensboro 8th Floor Conference Room. Please email Rhiannon at rkelly@readingconnections.org or call 230-2223 to register. Be sure to pass this information along to your students if you think they may be interested.
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Calling All Writers! Holiday Stories Needed!
 At this year's holiday social (stay tuned for date and location) we would like to feature stories or poems and images from our students' lives. We will be selecting 3-4 students' writings. Each student whose writing is chosen will receive a free disposable digital camera to take photos to illustrate their story. Possible topics include:
- A favorite holiday memory
- What holidays are like at my house
- Why I love the holidays
- What the holidays mean to me
We will make a slide show out of each student's photos and play the slide show while the story is read. It would be ideal if the student would read his or her story, but another person (tutor or staff) can read it instead, or we can record the student reading and play the recording during the slide show.
Please contact us if your student would like to participate. Deadline for story submission is November 14th. (This might be a good project to take into our writing lab!)
Watch next month's newsletter for more information on the Holiday Social and the annual Jaycee's Holiday Parade float!
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Take a Tour!
The Reading Connections staff and Board of Directors are working hard to raise awareness in the Guilford County community about adult illiteracy and the outstanding work our tutors and students do to combat this problem. We will be holding one-hour site visits at least once a month to introduce community members to Reading Connections. We encourage you to invite people that you know to attend a site visit on Tuesday October 14th at 5:00 p.m. or October 21st at 11:00 a.m. in the 5th floor conference room of the Self-Help Building at 122 N. Elm Street in Greensboro.Guests get to meet staff, hear about the range of programs offered by Reading Connections, and explore our facilities and materials.
We are also looking for tutors and students to share their stories with Reading Connections at these tours. Our visitors to past tours have said that hearing the first-hand experiences of our tutors and students is the most effective part of the visit. All you need to do is speak from your heart! Please contact Marcy Ray at mray@readingconnections.org if you or your student are interested in sharing at a tour. This is a great way for both students and tutors to stay connected to why literacy matters for all of us.
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Writing Lab
 As you well know, most of our students at Reading Connections are working to read better. Research shows that improving reading skills goes hand in hand with improving writing skills, yet our students, like so many people, struggle to get their thoughts on paper. It is reported that the most frequently failed section of the GED is writing. And our students frequently ask for help in spelling and mechanics. Since improving writing skills is a critical need among our students, we will be offering a five-week writing class for higher level students to work on their narrative writing skills by learning the stages of the writing process as well as spelling and mechanics. This evening class will begin Thursday, October 23 from 6 to 8 pm and run for 5 Thursday evenings (until November 20). Please spread the word to your students!
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Welcome!
 As we enter into the season of change, we are pleased to announce we have many new faces here at Reading Connections!
Sandra Flowers, Administrative Coordinator (Greensboro)
Micah Guindon , Student Services Coordinator (Greensboro)
Kyri Murdough, Student Services Coordinator (High Point)
Jen Horton, AmeriCorp Member (Greensboro)
Justin Green, AmeriCorp Member (Greensboro)
Nick Folley, AmeriCorp Member (High Point)
Cynthia Mejia, AmeriCorp Member (High Point)
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Fall Tutor Reflection
 Join us on October 14th in Center City Park to discuss your experiences with your fellow tutors. We will use this time to reflect on our successes and struggles and discuss ideas we can all use in the future to help us and our students. We will begin at 6:00pm and light snacks will be provided. Please email Rhiannon at rkelly@readingconnections.org or call 230-2223 to register.
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Upcoming New Tutor Trainings
 If you know anyone interested in becoming a tutor with Reading Connections, please pass on the training dates below and have the email Rhiannon at rkelly@readingconnections.org or call 230-2223 to register.
October Training
This training will be held at the Millis Health Education Center, across from High Point Regional Hospital, in room 5. You must attend the orientation and all three sessions to complete the training.
· Orientation: Tuesday, October 14th from 6 - 7 pm
· Session I: Thursday, October 16th from 5:30 - 8:30 pm
· Session 2: Saturday, October 18th from 1-5 pm
· Session 3: Tuesday, October 21st from 5:30 - 8:30 pm
November Tutor Training
The November Tutor Training will be held in the Self-Help Building located at 122 N. Elm Street in downtown Greensboro in the 8th floor conference. You must attend all three of these sessions in order to complete the tutor training.
· Orientation: Wednesday, October 29th from 1-2 pm
· Session 1: Tuesday, November 4th from 9 am -3 pm
· Session 2: Thursday, November 6th from 9 am -3 pm |
Supplemental Workshop
Cleo Dimmick, a lecturer at Guilford College, will conduct a workshop on “Effective Strategies for Improving Comprehension” for all interested tutors who work with students at all levels on November 17 th from 6:00-8:00pm in the 8 th floor conference room of the Self Help building. To register please email Rhiannon at rkelly@readingconnections.org or call 230-2223.
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Monthly Tutoring Reports 
If you are an active tutor, please remember to turn in your Monthly Tutoring Report, which is due on the 5th of each month. If you have done so already, thank you! You can submit these hours by email, mail, fax, or phone. Call the office if you have questions about reporting your tutoring hours.
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We are always interested in your feedback. Do you have questions or concerns? Please contact the office. Sincerely, Reading Connections Staff
Greensboro Office
122 N. Elm St., Ste. 520
Greensboro, NC 27401
info@readingconnections.org
Phone: (336)230-2223
Fax: (336) 230-2203
High Point Office
919 Phillips Ave, Suite 107
High Point, NC 27262
info@readingconnections.org or cdixon@readingconnections.org
Phone (336) 882-4141 or 404-3474
Fax (336) 882-4142
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