Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area: Adult Learning Center
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Our Mission

Literacy Volunteers-Winchester Area empowers adults and their families to reach their goals through literacy.

Literacy Volunteers In Action

  • VOLUNTEERING FOR LVWA
    VOLUNTEERING FOR LVWA
  • Computer Literacy Class
    Computer Literacy Class
  • LVWA Tutoring
    LVWA Tutoring

vOLUNTEER oRIENTATIONS sCHEDULED

 

Monday, May 20 at 6:30 PM or Thursday, May 23 at 10:30 AM

 

Both held at our office located at 301 N. Cameron Street, Our Health Campus

You need only attend one of these sessions.

Our volunteer orientation sessions last for approximately one hour and during this time you will learn how to become a volunteer for literacy.

You may want to help someone learn to read, or write. Or, you may want to help a non-English speaking person learn the English language.

These are just two of the ways you can help.

There are many other ways you can volunteer.

Call 536-1648 to register and ask any questions you would like.

 

The Spring and Summer Program Schedule is now complete. Check it out.  (view schedule)
IT IS FOUND UNDER lEARNERS! 

  • We offer one-on-one tutoring in Basic Literacy, ESOL, and Pre-GED.There are also small group instruction classes where learners practice their skills with other members of the group.
  • Our computer classes are designed to help teach the basic skills of the using the computer and improving the learner's over-all literacy skills.
  • In 2014 there will be no more paper and pencil GED testing. Everyone will be required to take the GED on-line. Computer skills become more and more critical each day.
  • Helpful Hint: To read this material in another language, click on the tab in the upper right hand corner and select the language you need.


Our Commnunity Partners

Northern Shenandoah Valley Adult Education and Lord Fairfax Community College have teamed up to provide adult education in the region. View a video under "ABOUT US" - Our Community Partners to learn how this will work. Literacy Volunteers works with both programs and serves as a bridge to both. Our literacy volunteers are vital to both programs.


There are many ways you can help us in 2013:

  • Take the training to become an adult literacy volunteer tutor or instructor.
  • Participating in or helping with the 8th Annual Adult Spelling BEE
  • Making a cash contribution
  • Offer your leadership: Become a Board Member

Let us know how you would like to help improve the literacy of our communities.

 

Lee's Literacy Service Saluted

The Winchester Star
By CONOR GALLAGHER

Jean Lee, executive director of Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area: Adult Learning Center, received the the 2013 “Walking King’s Talk” award Monday at Lord Fairfax Community College.

Jean LeeMIDDLETOWN — Monday was a day to not only honor Martin Luther King Jr., but also those who carry on his spirit.

Jean Lee, executive director of Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area: Adult Learning Center, was one of those honorees Monday at Lord Fairfax Community College’s Middletown campus.

Lee, a Clarke County resident, received the ninth annual “Walking King’s Talk” award at LFCC’s daylong King celebration.

Lee credited the civil rights leader with inspiring her to try to improve the community and stressed that even small acts can help change the world for the better.

Read more: Lee's Literacy Service Saluted

 

Low Literacy Crisis

Our nation faces a silent yet growing crisis: low literacy. Over 93 million American adults have limited literacy skills, costing our economy $60 billion a year in lost productivity, generating $73 billion in unnecessary health care expenses, and contributing to a host of other problems ranging from crime and drug abuse to unemployment and homelessness.
Source: 1,000,000 for Literacy Facebook Group

Watch the video to learn more about literacy in our country and its impact.