Top--Cathy Sillman from the Professional Development Center fills out Education and Literacy Certificates in calligraphy. Community worker, Socorio Lima stands over the shoulder of  Laura Lane, from the Professional Development Center, as she fills out paperwork. Bottom--The two little girls- Sisters Isadora and Rebeca Rodrigues, enjoy each other's company in the afternoon session of the education class at the Pau Amerelo Community.

Video of the education/literacy classes at Pau Amerelo.

3/10/06

By LaToya Williams

Excited to learn the basic steps of reading and writing, members of the Pau Amerelo Community attend the Park University School for Education class.  Teaching basic educational literacy, Professor Ann Wentz and Cathy Sillman and Laura Lane from the Professional Development Center enjoy sharing the knowledge that we sometimes take for granted.  Singing songs like E-I-E-I-O were some of the highlights of the class, and seeing the smiles on students faces made it that much more satisfying.  “I truly feel I will never be the same after this,” says  Sillman.  “I feel like I have so much and they have so little, but so much to give.”