Leading Through Reading 561.279.9103 DONATE NOW WHO WE ARE LITERACY IMPACT EVENTS NEWS HOW CAN I HELP CONTACT US Literacy Coalition Partners Featured Partner: The City of West Palm Beach Left to Right: Matthew Street, Ferdinand Clarke, Jr. and Shawn Stanley The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County has partnered with the City of West Palm Beach Public Utilities Department to provide onsite workplace instruction since 2008. Our instructors provide weekly GED classes, as well as classes to help employees pass certification exams related to their work in the City’s Water Department. The certification exams require knowledge in many topics including water law codes, public safety, water storage and distribution, as well as advanced mathematical calculations. Students are grateful for dedicated time and instruction to help them achieve their work-related goals. Three students were especially proud to share the progress they’ve made this year by attending classes. In March, Ferdinand Clarke, Jr., Shawn Stanley and Matthew Street successfully completed their Florida Rural Water Association Water Distribution Operator residential exam and are now eligible to move forward to take the State’s commercial certification exam – a requirement for all utility employees. All three students expressed how the classes offered by the Literacy Coalition have helped them. Ferdinand shared, “Before attending study class, I was having difficulty with the math. But in class we had hands-on practice with it; we could focus on it.” “Going to class helped because math and technical definitions were broken down by our instructor to the simplest form, which made it so that everybody understood,” Matthew said. Without focused study, it is difficult to pass the state exams. “Completing the residential exam is necessary and it’s important because it prepares us to have a deeper understanding of the water aspect of the state’s commercial certification test,” Shawn said. Ferdinand, Shawn and Matthew will continue attending the study class as they prepare for the State’s commercial certification test. Thank you to our program partners for investing in literacy: 21st Century Community Learning Centers Achievement Centers for Children and Families Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Afterschool Connections at Franklin Academy April is for Authors The ARC of Palm Beach County Believers Academy Belvedere Elementary & Afterschool Benoist Farms Elementary Boca Raton Elementary Boynton Beach City Library Boynton Beach Community High School Boys Town South Florida Bridges at Belle Glade Bridges at Boynton Beach Bridges at Highland Bridges at Lake Park Bridges at Lake Worth Bridges at Lake Worth West Bridges at Northwood Bridges at Pahokee Bridges at Riviera Beach Bridges at West Palm Beach Brito Medical Center Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County Children’s Clinic Children’s Home Society of Florida Children’s Physicians Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County City of Greenacres City of West Palm Beach Classical Home Education Community (CHEC) C.L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics Coleman Park C.O. Taylor/Kirklane Elementary Afterschool CROS Ministries Crosspointe Elementary Crystal Lakes Elementary Afterschool Delray Pediatrics DePorres Place Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary & Afterschool Edna Runner Tutorial Center EdVenture Charter School El Sol Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation Faith Farm Ministries Faith’s Place Faith Lutheran Afterschool Families First of Palm Beach County Family Health Care Services For the Children at Barton Elementary Forest Hill Community High School Forest Hill Elementary Afterschool Forest Park Elementary Foundcare Frenchman’s Creek Galaxy E3 Elementary & Afterschool Gentle Medicine Associates Golden Grove Elementary Afterschool Gove Elementary Greenacres Elementary Afterschool The Guatemalan-Maya Center & Summer Camp & Escuelita Maya Hammock Pointe Elementary Health Care District of Palm Beach County: Edward J. Healey Rehabilitations & Nursing Center Healthy Beginnings Nurses Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County, Inc. Highland Elementary Afterschool HomeSafe Hope-Centennial Elementary & Afterschool Indian Pines Elementary J.C. Mitchell Elementary John I Leonard High School Jupiter Elementary Jupiter Pediatric Associates Kids Academy at West Palm Beach Summer Camp Kingswood Academy, Greenacres Kingswood Academy, Palm Springs Lake Park Elementary Lake Shore Apartments Lake Worth Community High School Lake Worth Pediatrics Lake Worth West Resident Planning Group Lantana Elementary & Afterschool Leadership Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Lincoln Elementary Living Hungry The Lord’s Place, Inc. Loving Tender Pediatrics Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Mary Hunt “Love Education” Foundation Mission Medical Center New Hope Charities, Inc. Northmore Elementary Afterschool Nurse Family Partnership Opportunity Early Childhood Education & Family Center Orchard View Elementary Ounce of Prevention Fund Pahokee Pediatric Associates Palm Beach County Health Department Palm Beach County Library System Palm Beach County Youth Services Department Palm Beach Lakes High School Palm Beach Pediatrics Palm Beach State College – TRIO Palmetto Elementary Afterschool Pediatric Associates Pediatric Center of Belle Glade Physicians Park Medical Group Pine Grove Elementary Pine Jog Elementary Afterschool Plumosa School of the Arts Poinciana Elementary Afterschool Prime Time Palm Beach County Rolling Green Elementary & Afterschool Royal Palm Pediatrics The School District of Palm Beach County The School District of Palm Beach County – Department of Adult Education Seitz Pediatrics Soma Medical Centers South Grade Elementary & Afterschool South Tech Academy Spirit of Giving Network Starlight Cove Elementary & Afterschool Take Stock in Children Tenet Florida Physicians Services Tiny Tikes Academy United Way of Palm Beach County Village Academy Westgate Elementary Afterschool Westward Elementary WHIN Program: Women’s Health Initiative Network Women’s Circle Our apologies to any partner that may have been inadvertently omitted. 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