Hello Everybody! Isn’t this cooler weather wonderful? Just a few days now until it is officially fall 🙂 The Literacy Team has 2 new tutors, Samuel and Nicole, and we have Stacy and Francis taking on new matches this September! Welcome Sam and Nicole and thank you so much, Stacy and Francis, for your dedication to …
Hello Everybody! Hope you are all enjoying the heat. It has been a hot summer! 😊 Things have slowed down in the office for the summer months but I am getting more learners and have made several new matches. Welcome Sjela, Bob and Darren. It is great to have you with us and we are …
Hello Everybody! Hope you are all enjoying summer. We have had a few warm days this month. Things have slowed down in the office for the summer months, but I am getting more students and have made several new matches. Welcome Sjela, Bob and Darren. It is great to have you with us and we …
I came to P.A.L.S. to learn how to write properly in English. I was tired of not being able to write and having to ask my wife to write things for me. Also, when my employers asked me to write about what happened to a tool or an incident report, it made me look stupid …
Hi! My name is Daniel Scott My life was a struggle everyday before I came to P.A.L.S. I couldn’t read signs or the menu or the bus schedules. With my kids I couldn’t read to them and I couldn’t even play a board game with them. A lot of jobs require reading and writing skills …
Hi, my name is Annette. I am a full time mom and I have a full time job. I have hidden the fact that I had trouble reading and spelling my whole life. I had trouble in school and no teacher tried to help me. Somehow I survived and lived a good life. I got …
Congratulations to Daniel Haines – this year’s recipient of the Literacy Champion Award! The Edmonton Literacy Coalition established the Literacy Champion Award in 2013 to recognize and honour those in our community who have demonstrated a dedication and commitment to literacy and learning. The award recognizes the valuable contributions made by Edmontonians to literacy and celebrates …
Good evening, my name is Daniel Haines and I’m from Edmonton. I’m here today to tell you a bit about my literacy journey. From the time we were little my brother and I were always getting into trouble. We were sent to a reform school and then a boy’s farm. If we had gone back …
When I was in grade 2, I was injured in a tractor accident and missed a year or more of schooling. I never caught up. School became really hard. I didn’t fit in and couldn’t work in groups. I did my best to skip school. I dropped out of school completely in grade 8 and …
I came to P.A.L.S. for help with reading and writing. My mom told me about P.A.L.S. She thought it would be a good place for me to get help to feel better about myself and to develop reading skills. This would help me with everyday life skills and also help me to help my children …
