The Literacy Council celebrated the start of its 56th year by hosting a special reception to thank friends and community representatives for their support of the organization’s adult literacy programs. Board of Directors Vice President Richard Haney announced the new initiative: In honor of three remarkable women, Dolly Engle and Kay Mackley, who founded the...
September 25, 2018 Literacy Council launches its first literary magazine – Reflections – Voices of English Learners Curious Iguana Bookstore hosted the Literacy Council’s launch of its first literary magazine, Reflections – Voices of English Learners. The magazine is a compilation of stories, poems, and art written by Literacy Council students with their new English...
Join us at Dutch’s Daughter on Saturday, March 10, 2-5pm, for an afternoon of team Scrabble®! You don’t have to be an expert player to have lots of fun. You needn’t have ever played a game of Scrabble® before! Teams of four compete against other teams. (You can sign up as part of a team,...
The Curious Iguana and Barnes & Noble Booksellers are once again the Literacy Council’s partners in our 11th annual Holiday Book Drive! Most of the year, the Literacy Council focuses on the needs of adult learners who come to us for help with reading and writing or with speaking English. During the holidays, however, we...
We kicked off the summer by celebrating our students’ achievements over the past year with a reception at the Delaplaine Arts Center. Students’ families, tutors, members of the Frederick County community, and the LCFC board and staff were there to cheer as students received awards for literacy-related accomplishments such as finding a job, getting a...
