Meet some of our learners
Literacy of Northern NY is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of its students and the tremendous effort they put into their studies. To show appreciation, LNNY hosts recognition luncheons for each county and LNNY also presents certificates of achievement for course completion, goals achieved, and sometimes just because a student has been outstanding or has tried very hard. Each month, LNNY chooses a student to honor.
- "Go ahead, take a bow- And a Wow while you're at it. Congratulations." ~ author unknown
Student of the Month
February 2012
January 2012, Jefferson County Maira's photo
Maira, the "Snow Bunny", visited from Brazil for two months and stayed with her cousin, Erika. She attended three LNNY English classes and had a tutor and managed to find time to visit Niagara Falls and take ski lessons. This was her first experience with snow. She improved her English language skills and fluency.
December 2011, St. Lawrence County Jennifer's photo
Jennifer works with tutor, Odile LaComb. Jennifer has improved both her reading and math skills in the 6 months she's been working with her tutor. She especially enjoys reading about history, and lately she's been exploring historical letters from the past 3 decades. She is thinking about possibly getting a job someday, and she went to the Labor Department to take an aptitude test. The results showed her skills might be most appropriate for a conservation worker, a food technician, an account clerk, a postal clerk or in food preparation. She works hard on her homework and then brings in questions about things that are confusing or difficult for her. Her enthusiasm is outstanding; she is always early for her appointments with her tutor, and she really looks forward to their time together.
November 2011, Jefferson County Ilie's photo
Ilie, from Romania, studied US citizenship preparation with tutor Nancy Van Deusen. He successfully passed the test and was sworn in during October. Ilie also comes to the Tuesday ESOL class. Congratulations Ilie!
October 2011, Jefferson County Tammy M.
Tammy returned to LNNY with the goal of getting her Learner's Permit. She worked with her tutor twice weekly for six months. On October 19th, she went to take the test at DMV. She passed and literally jumped for joy in the waiting room at DMV. Congratulations Tammy!
September 2011, Jefferson County Tamiko's photo
Tamiko has been attending GED classes, holding down a full-time job, taking care of of her three children while her husband is deployed, and working with a tutor three times per week at LNNY.
August 2011, Jefferson County Rose
Rose worked all all year with her tutor Wesley on math and reading. At the same time, Rose was enrolled in the GED program. In June of 2011, Rose was re-tested and went up in both math and reading levels. Sadly, Rose had to say goodbye to her tutor at the end of June because she was moving to Florida. She plans to continue her studies there and asked for information about local literacy affiliates.
July 2011, Jefferson County Samaria's photo
Samaria came to LNNY for help with reading. She has been meeting with her tutor, Sister Rose, twice weekly at the library. Samaria's recent test in reading showed an increase of one grade level.
June 2011, St. Lawrence County Michael's photo
Michael T. has worked VERY hard to improve his skills and score a 12 grade level on his math and reading assessments. He will now enter a program to earn his high school diploma, and after, that he plans to enter to college to earn a degree in a computer-related field. Program.
May 2011, St. Lawrence County
Congratulation are in order for Shawn H. Shawn just passed his GED!
April 2011, Lewis County
Karla studied English language skills with two excellent Lewis County tutors. She returned to her own county and passed the entrance exams for university. She starts classes in June.
March 2011, Jefferson County Tatyana's photo
Tatyana and and her tutor, Pamela, work together in the computer lab. Tatyana is learning computer skills, including MS office software.
February 2011, St. Lawrence County Michael's photo
Michael M. has been working very diligently to improve his reading skills, and his hard work is already paying off. His skills are definitely improving and he is able to figure out words that previously were too hard for him. He has unusual persistence and motivation, and his positive attitude and enthusiasm make it a pleasure to work with him.
January 2011, Jefferson County Johanna's photo
Johanna came to Watertown from Colombia two months ago. We call her "Snow Bunny" because she is so enthusiastic about learning English that she walks to class twice a week and also meets with a tutor. Although this has been her first experience with snow, she quickly learned to make the best of the cold weather and bought the appropriate warm winter clothes.