Parents can register their children for two different categories. The first, Prep Choir, is for children aged five to six who are in Kindergarten or Grade 1. Limited to 25 children, practices will be held on Thursdays from 4 – 4:30 p.m. The idea, she says, is for the children to prepare themselves for the Children’s Choir.The Children’s Choir is for those aged seven to 12 in Grades 2-6. With no limit on the amount of students, Gagne hopes to see 50 students sign up as, in the past, the Choir has seen upwards of 85 children registered. Practices will…
Author: catfish
The College of Engineering Office of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’s September JEDI Hour will feature Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones, professor of software and information systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. According to Pérez Quiñones, over 60 percent of the world population speaks more than one language, while that figure is around 20 percent in the United States. Bilingual speakers are known for fluidly switching between languages. Yet computer systems from desktops to phones to voice assistants force bilingual people to choose one language. Through several examples, he will show how a monolingual computer provides services with very poor…
The Friends of the Warwick Public Library will hold its bi-annual book sale this weekend (Sept. 23 – 25). The sale kicks off with the book sale preview on Sept. 23 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the Friends members. Non-members can join at the preview for $10. The Sale will continue on Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sept. 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Friends support the WPL through programs and events including museum passes, concerts, movies and summer reading programs for children, teens and adults. Find fantastic deals on over 6,000…
Former AFL player Kane Cornes is known for having one of the biggest voices in Australian sport and a resume to back it up, with 300 games and a premiership with Port Adelaide to his name.But now Cornes is on another journey that may silence even his harshest critics as he runs from Adelaide to Melbourne to raise money for kids with cancer.The former footy player said the run, which he is doing as part of the My Room Children’s Cancer Charity Telethon, is around 780 kilometres long.Kane Cornes has 300 games and a premiership with Port Adelaide to his…
MIDLAND, Texas — Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School received a special gift Wednesday. The Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin dropped off copies of the bilingual book collection “¡Vamos!” by Raúl the Third to after-school 4th graders. This gift was in honor of National Literacy Month. A 2022 assessment by the coalition determined most Permian Basin counties rank among some of the least literate and least educated in the entire country. “Of course, the adult literacy piece, those that have made it through adulthood and are struggling and are behind reading level, it effects workforce, it effects the way…
GLENDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – Abrazo Arrowhead Campus Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is reading to babies all week long as part of their “Babies with Books” read-a-Thon.The program is intended to benefit NICU infants and their families at the hospital, as well as raise awareness about the importance of reading as a family. Nurses have been handing out children’s books to families as part of NICU Awareness Month.“This is one of the activities that we are participating in, as reading to babies promotes brain development and provides an important opportunity for families to bond with their babies,” said Ramya Kumar,…
Chicago toddlers, you are cordially invited to meet your favorite Beatrix Potter friends, including Tom Kitten, Simpkin the Cat, and of course, Peter Rabbit.Because Chicago Children’s Theatre’s popular holiday show, The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party, a seasonal rite of passage for young Chicago families, is returning for its seventh season, November 19-December 24, 2022.The ideal outing for toddler’s first holiday show, The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party is a mesmerizing, highly interactive trunk and puppet show that features a trio of talented actor/singer/musicians who bring four adorable Beatrix Potter animal tales to life.Families watch in awe as the cast…
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Kemper Foundation announced today it has awarded grants totaling $150,000 to support bilingual educators in the Greater Los Angeles area. These grants are the first of The Kemper Foundation’s new Read Conmigo program, which launched earlier this year, and the grants represent a key part of the program’s commitment to advancing education by supporting elementary Spanish-English bilingual programs and educators. Grants of $3,000 were awarded to 50 recipients for educational resources, tools and materials, and professional development. Read Conmigo grants are focused on strengthening bilingual literacy skills and improved learning opportunities for Latino students in the classroom. Recipients…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michelle H. Martin, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) Michelle Martin is the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington. She primarily teaches students who will be youth services librarians who work with children and young adults in libraries or other information science spaces. Below are highlights from an interview with The Conversation U.S. Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. How did you get to where you are today? I have a doctorate…
Gorey Active Retirement ere are our upcoming trips for the rest of the year: Starting September 29 – Digital Skills for Active Retirement: members in the library will give you a chance to improve your digital skills. Call in on Fridays between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to the Loch Garman Arms for more information. October 26 – visit to Epic Museum; €16 per person for entrance fee; travel will be by public transport. December 6 – Christmas Dinner will be held in the Ashdown Park Hotel; price €35 per person; music by the Moynihan Brothers. December 12 – A…