Luggage for Learning and Adult Computer Classes. The Adult Computer Classes, evenings in the school's mini-lab, are offered free to community residents. Two staff volunteers teach to eight adults a 6-lesson unit covering computer basics, Windows 95, word processing, and the Internet. For Luggage for Learning, volunteer staff members made approximately 500 preschool through grade 5 math and language arts activities designed for parent and child interaction. Volunteer staff members take these activities into two targeted neighborhoods on a bi-weekly schedule.
Parents borrow activities to use at home with their children.
During these hour-long evening visits, the Norge Staff also demonstrates a variety of fun and inexpensive learning activities. Parents are encouraged to get involved with their children at these interest areas and are given written information or supplies to help them duplicate the activity at home. Incentives are provided for family participants. Our project has the potential to affect more than 100 elementary school aged children and their families plus an unknown number of preschoolers each year the project continues. To date, our total attendance of parents and children is over 300.