News/Events
- Students Express Themselves through Peyback Grant
ANGOLA —Some 400 at-risk Steuben County students will stomp their expressions through the arts thanks to a grant from Peyton Manning’s foundation.
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The Steuben County Literacy Coalition recently received a $5,000 grant from the PeyBack Foundation. Manning, the quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, started the foundation in 1999 to provide programs for at-risk youth.
- Liftoff for Literacy
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Liftoff for Literacy is an event that features a mass balloon launch in conjunction with Fall Fest.
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- Even Start still available to Steuben parents
The program provides GED preparation and other learning opportunities for adults with preschool-aged children. The children receive school during the day, and in a change this year, adult GED classes will be offered both during the day and evenings at the Literacy Coaltion, 1208 S. Wayne St., Angola.
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- REAL men read to classes
The Steuben County Literacy Coalition started REAL Men Read in conjunction with Summer Advantage this year. For five weeks, volunteers read books to classes at Prairie Heights, Fremont and the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County Summer Advantage site at Carlin Park Elementary School in cooperation with the United Way.
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- Summer Newsletter
Articles include
- Off to the "Big City" with Full Speed Ahead and Slam
- REAL Men Read
- Townships Support Literacy
- Spotlight on Karen & Raymon
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- REAL Men Read
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Their goal is to encourage the children to Read, Excel, Achieve and Lead — REAL. The REAL Men Read initiative was started in Atlanta Public Schools. It puts male mentors in elementary classrooms “so these kids have somebody to look up to,” said Farnham.
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- Spring 2011 Newsletter
Articles include
- Graduation Day
- After-School Supports Student Success
- Spotlight on Jim & Chris Scott
- Donors for 2010
- Put Mentoring on your Plate!
- Fall 2010 Newsletter
Articles include
- Summer Advantage Gives Kids an Advantage
- Adult Ed & WorkOne Form Partnership
- Spotlight on Amber Farnham
- Make it a Better Hour-Mentor a Child
- SCLC, Cahoots Form Mentor Program
- SCLC, Cahoots form Mentor Partnership
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Links is a youth mentoring partnership between the Literacy Coalition and Cahoots Coffee Cafe.
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