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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 204 ISSUE 12 TUESDAY May 12,1998 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Kids receive one-on-one reading help By Tiffany White The Western Front Western students and AmeriCorps are taking a new approach this year in the battle against illiteracy in Bellingham elementary schools. Partners in Reading, a literacy project, connects student and community volunteers with elementary students needing help with reading and comprehension skills. AmeriCorps at Western began the Partners in Reading project in January to help improve and strengthen reading skills of elementary students. The program consists of three components: reading support for kindergarten-through- 6th-grade students, family literacy programs and an after-school tutoring program, said Brooke White, Partners in Reading co-coordinator. White.coordinates the Partners in Reading program with AmeriCorps representative Carol Estabillo-Woods. AmeriCorps is a federally funded organization that "sponsors national, state and non-profit organizations throughout the communities," White said. "Different organizations ask for a member to implement a program to meet the need of a community." AmeriCorps works with Campus Compact, a national coalition of college and university presidents that encourages public service at Western. Partners in Reading is funded by a grant through the Washington Service Corps. Estabillo-Woods and White officially started the Partners in Reading program in January. This is the first time the Partners in Reading program has worked within the Bellingham community. "We really started from ground zero — there was no structure." Estabillo-Woods said. "We had to really establish the goals for the program." The program is operates in 18 universities throughout the state, White said. "It pairs up the colleges with the communities," White said. Partners in Reading was inspired by the America Reads Challenge proposed by President Clinton in August 1996. The America Reads Challenge goal is to send college tutors into local school systems to ensure that every American child reads well and independently by the end of third grade. The program has the potential to improve children's reading skills, build self-esteem and prepare Partner in children for success. Partners in Reading has six Western student tutors who participate through the Federal Work Study program. The program also receives participants from the Whatcom Volunteer Center. The program tutoring sites include Roosevelt Elementary School and Shuksan Middle School and an after-school program that focuses on literacy activities and family workshops at the Ferndale Boys and Girls Club. Western student Sara Cooley tutors a student in Mike Webb's fourth grade class at Roosevelt Elementary School twice a week. She also presents family literacy workshops at the school and works Front/Erin Armstrong Reading volunteer, Sophia Morales tutors 5th grader Tyler Washington to improve reading skills. at the Ferndale Boys and Girls d u b . "One of the purposes of the program is not to just tutor kids who need help in reading, but to bring literacy in the family," she said. "I think having reading in the family really benefits the children." Cooley and her student warm up before tutoring sessions with riddles and puzzles and then spend the rest of the session reading a book together. After the reading session, Cooley writes notes about .the student's progress, and she and her student write a single sentence summarizing what happened in their book and a prediction about what they think will happen next in the story. "I think that (Partners in Reading) is probably making him a better reader, but I think he likes the attention," Cooley said. "It not only makes him a better reader, but hopefully feel better about himself." Webb has Partners in Reading volunteers work with two of his students to help improve reading strategies with comprehension and dictionary skills. Webb has tutors work with material that is familiar to his students, and activities, such as speed games, that increase fluency. "Often when fluency is quicker, your comprehension is increased," he said. Webb's students look forward to the tutor visits, he said. "They are maintaining more interest in their reading, picking SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) books and reading for enjoyment," Webb said. "They have better skills doing that because of the one-to-one help." "Kids really teach themselves to read when they find materials of interest to them and have an individual guide them," Webb said. Partners in Reading also provides help to students who do not fit into the categories of other school literacy programs. Susan D'Amelio, a fourth grade See Reading, page 3 Group raises money for student with cancer By Jill Frewing The Western Front Three psychology students are starting a club to raise money for Rebecca Johnston, a 47-year-old student with cancer. The club, "Rebecca's Team," is awaiting approval from Western's assistant attorney general and is aimed at raising money for Johnston to continue with her education, club-member Karen Hartvig-Nielsen said. Another club member, Becky Hill, said the Associated Students has been very supportive, but the three women are still waiting to hear if the club will be approved. She said the purpose of the club is to offer financial and emotional support to students with cancer. However, their main goal right now is to meet Johnston's needs. "The reason we are starting the club is to raise money for Rebecca because she needs it," Hill said. "In order to fund raise on campus, we need a club." Hartvig-Nielsen said the club is important because Johnston is an excellent student and deserves the chance to finish her education at T:Z^J^£ Karen Hartvig.-Nielsen port. "Everything Rebecca does takes so much more time for her to achieve excellence," Hartvig-Nielsen said. "And she does that." Johnston lives in Stanwood and has to commute to Western, Hartvig-Nielsen said "We need to help (Rebecca) as mucn as we possibly can" Rebecca's Team club member She is not well enough to work and has enormous medical expenses. She is also scheduled to graduate in spring, she said. However, after school ends this quarter, so does Johnston's financial aid. "She needs money for rent, utilities, car, insurance and food," Hartvig- Nielsen said. Other finances Johnston needs covered include medical equipment and money to improve her diet, Hartvig-Nielsen said. She said education is one of the only things keeping Johnston going, since she has been recently diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer. Johnston is currently undergoing chemotherapy and attends classes, even though she requires a walker to get around now. "Education is giving her a future," Hartvig-Neilsen said. Possible fund-raising ideas the three women have for the club are "A dollar for Rebecca," an advice booth, car washes and bake sales. Their primary campaign, "A dollar for Rebecca," would involve placing cans around campus, primarily in the cafeterias and food places, where people could contribute a dollar to Johnston's fund. "If every student, staff and faculty member put in one dollar, we could meet all See Cancer, page 4 .1
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Title | Western Front - 1998 May 12 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 104, no. 12 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1998-05-12 |
Year Published | 1998 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington University |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor |
Kristen T. Paulson, editor David Plakos, managing editor Wendy Giroux, news editor Kevin Rus, news editor Caroline Deck, features editor Aleesha Towns, features editor Karl Horeis, accent editor Todd Wanke, accent editor John Bankston, sports editor Jenni Long, sports editor Mike Dashiell, opinions editor Amy Christiansen, copy editor Erin Fredrichs, photo editor Jesse Kinsman, assistant photo editor Matt Jaffe, online editor Katherine Schiffner, online editor Chad Crowe, cartoonist |
Staff |
Teari Brown, business manager Seymour, mascot Reporters : Erika Ahlstrom Bryta Alvensleben Catherine Anderson Erin Armstrong Erin Becker Barney Benedictson Andy Bittner Ken Brierly Millissa Brown Katy Calbreath Ernesto Cardenas AnnMarie Coe Aaron Dahl Tom Degan Mark Dewar Jill Frewing Klaus Gosma Julie Graham Colin E. Howser Sarah Jones David Kearns Steve Leslie Corey Lewis Dana Luthy Sara Magnuson Dan Miller Sarah Millington Sarah Mitchell Scott Morris Jenni Odekirk Shane Powell Matt Renschler Christine Root Craig Scott Robin Skillings Samantha Tretheway Greg Tyson Amy Vandall Beth Walker Tiffany White Matt Williams Carrie Wood |
Photographer |
Erin Armstrong Catherine Anderson Jesse Kinsman |
Faculty Advisor | Pete Steffens |
Article Titles | Kids receive one-on-one reading help / by Tiffany White (p.1) -- Group raises money for student with cancer / by Jill Frewing (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Western briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Western review: 1979 (p.3) -- Teacher charged with driving under influence / by Mark Dewar (p.3) -- Female artists gather in Fairhaven to Speakeasy / by Catherine Anderson (p.4) -- Technology funds from fee distributed to departments / by Dana Luthy (p.4) -- Features (p.5) -- Parents are coming! / by Jill Frewing (p.5) -- Silent voice of hands / by AnnMarie Coe (p.6) -- Forgotten classics / by Carrie Wood (p.7) -- Raise you mug to the newlyweds / by Matt Renschler (p.7) -- Sports (p.8) -- Dieting for athletes: more peanut butter! / by Craig Scott (p.8) -- Women ruggers get schooled / by Erika Ahlstrom (p.8) -- Bummer! Lacrosse loses two (p.9) -- Bound for nationals / by Mark Dewar (p.9) -- Opinions (p.10) -- Frontline (p.10) -- Letters (p.10) -- Classified (p.11) |
Photographs | Sophia Morales, Tyler Washington (p.1) -- Western student protest Trident submarine (p.3) -- Natalie Head, Christa Orth (p.4) -- Eryn Lively (p.6) -- VRI graveyard (p.7) -- James Muir (p.7) -- [Western's women's lacrosse team] (p.9) -- Scott Morris (p.10) |
Cartoons | Protesters then, protesters now / by Chad Crowe (p.10) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 44 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
Description
Title | Western Front - 1998 May 12 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1998-05-12 |
Year Published | 1998 |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Full Text | WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 204 ISSUE 12 TUESDAY May 12,1998 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Kids receive one-on-one reading help By Tiffany White The Western Front Western students and AmeriCorps are taking a new approach this year in the battle against illiteracy in Bellingham elementary schools. Partners in Reading, a literacy project, connects student and community volunteers with elementary students needing help with reading and comprehension skills. AmeriCorps at Western began the Partners in Reading project in January to help improve and strengthen reading skills of elementary students. The program consists of three components: reading support for kindergarten-through- 6th-grade students, family literacy programs and an after-school tutoring program, said Brooke White, Partners in Reading co-coordinator. White.coordinates the Partners in Reading program with AmeriCorps representative Carol Estabillo-Woods. AmeriCorps is a federally funded organization that "sponsors national, state and non-profit organizations throughout the communities," White said. "Different organizations ask for a member to implement a program to meet the need of a community." AmeriCorps works with Campus Compact, a national coalition of college and university presidents that encourages public service at Western. Partners in Reading is funded by a grant through the Washington Service Corps. Estabillo-Woods and White officially started the Partners in Reading program in January. This is the first time the Partners in Reading program has worked within the Bellingham community. "We really started from ground zero — there was no structure." Estabillo-Woods said. "We had to really establish the goals for the program." The program is operates in 18 universities throughout the state, White said. "It pairs up the colleges with the communities," White said. Partners in Reading was inspired by the America Reads Challenge proposed by President Clinton in August 1996. The America Reads Challenge goal is to send college tutors into local school systems to ensure that every American child reads well and independently by the end of third grade. The program has the potential to improve children's reading skills, build self-esteem and prepare Partner in children for success. Partners in Reading has six Western student tutors who participate through the Federal Work Study program. The program also receives participants from the Whatcom Volunteer Center. The program tutoring sites include Roosevelt Elementary School and Shuksan Middle School and an after-school program that focuses on literacy activities and family workshops at the Ferndale Boys and Girls Club. Western student Sara Cooley tutors a student in Mike Webb's fourth grade class at Roosevelt Elementary School twice a week. She also presents family literacy workshops at the school and works Front/Erin Armstrong Reading volunteer, Sophia Morales tutors 5th grader Tyler Washington to improve reading skills. at the Ferndale Boys and Girls d u b . "One of the purposes of the program is not to just tutor kids who need help in reading, but to bring literacy in the family," she said. "I think having reading in the family really benefits the children." Cooley and her student warm up before tutoring sessions with riddles and puzzles and then spend the rest of the session reading a book together. After the reading session, Cooley writes notes about .the student's progress, and she and her student write a single sentence summarizing what happened in their book and a prediction about what they think will happen next in the story. "I think that (Partners in Reading) is probably making him a better reader, but I think he likes the attention," Cooley said. "It not only makes him a better reader, but hopefully feel better about himself." Webb has Partners in Reading volunteers work with two of his students to help improve reading strategies with comprehension and dictionary skills. Webb has tutors work with material that is familiar to his students, and activities, such as speed games, that increase fluency. "Often when fluency is quicker, your comprehension is increased," he said. Webb's students look forward to the tutor visits, he said. "They are maintaining more interest in their reading, picking SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) books and reading for enjoyment," Webb said. "They have better skills doing that because of the one-to-one help." "Kids really teach themselves to read when they find materials of interest to them and have an individual guide them," Webb said. Partners in Reading also provides help to students who do not fit into the categories of other school literacy programs. Susan D'Amelio, a fourth grade See Reading, page 3 Group raises money for student with cancer By Jill Frewing The Western Front Three psychology students are starting a club to raise money for Rebecca Johnston, a 47-year-old student with cancer. The club, "Rebecca's Team," is awaiting approval from Western's assistant attorney general and is aimed at raising money for Johnston to continue with her education, club-member Karen Hartvig-Nielsen said. Another club member, Becky Hill, said the Associated Students has been very supportive, but the three women are still waiting to hear if the club will be approved. She said the purpose of the club is to offer financial and emotional support to students with cancer. However, their main goal right now is to meet Johnston's needs. "The reason we are starting the club is to raise money for Rebecca because she needs it," Hill said. "In order to fund raise on campus, we need a club." Hartvig-Nielsen said the club is important because Johnston is an excellent student and deserves the chance to finish her education at T:Z^J^£ Karen Hartvig.-Nielsen port. "Everything Rebecca does takes so much more time for her to achieve excellence," Hartvig-Nielsen said. "And she does that." Johnston lives in Stanwood and has to commute to Western, Hartvig-Nielsen said "We need to help (Rebecca) as mucn as we possibly can" Rebecca's Team club member She is not well enough to work and has enormous medical expenses. She is also scheduled to graduate in spring, she said. However, after school ends this quarter, so does Johnston's financial aid. "She needs money for rent, utilities, car, insurance and food," Hartvig- Nielsen said. Other finances Johnston needs covered include medical equipment and money to improve her diet, Hartvig-Nielsen said. She said education is one of the only things keeping Johnston going, since she has been recently diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer. Johnston is currently undergoing chemotherapy and attends classes, even though she requires a walker to get around now. "Education is giving her a future," Hartvig-Neilsen said. Possible fund-raising ideas the three women have for the club are "A dollar for Rebecca," an advice booth, car washes and bake sales. Their primary campaign, "A dollar for Rebecca," would involve placing cans around campus, primarily in the cafeterias and food places, where people could contribute a dollar to Johnston's fund. "If every student, staff and faculty member put in one dollar, we could meet all See Cancer, page 4 .1 |
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Language Code | Eng |
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