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News and Views

E d i t o r / L a y o u t : D a r l e n e B r o w n

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This year, craft activities

are being held during lunch

periods on Wednesdays in

room 222. Join Darlene to

make something for yourself, a

friend, or show a craft skill of your

own to share with others. Bring your

lunch! RSVP to Darlene or Karen!

Craft Lunches

Inside this issue:

President’s Message 2

From the ED Desk 2

Karen’s Office News 2

Attention Book Lovers! 2

Money Matters 3

Financial Literacy Tips 3

Try These Great Apps 3

Money Matters Volun-

teers Wanted!

4

Hi Mona! 4

Contact Us 4

Dates to Remember 4

Excellence in Literacy

THE LEARNING EXCHANGE

Author Visit at Vimont May 10th!

Author Visit / Kathleen McDonnell

Open to the Public!!! May 10th 7 P.M. CDC Vimont cafeteria

TD Canadian Children’s Book Week will run from Sat.

May 5th to Sat. May 12th, 2012. Twenty nine authors

and storytellers will visit schools, libraries, bookstores

and community centres all across the country. TLE is

proud to have been chosen to host an event on May 10th

at 7:00 PM featuring award-winning Canadian author

Kathleen McDonnell! Her engaging and lively visits gener-

ally start with a reading of 10-12 minutes, followed by

questions and discussion of various topics, including: character’s experiences;

how a book was researched; the challenges of crafting a story and characters

from real-life subjects. In addition to five books of children's and young-adult

fiction, Kathleen has written two acclaimed non-fiction books about children

and popular culture, Kid Culture and Honey, We Lost The Kids. She has exten-

sive experience speaking to adult audiences, and for several years was a regular

commentator on Kids and the Media for CBC-Radio. She writes in a variety of

genres: theatre, fiction, non-fiction. For the past decade she has devoted much

of her time to young audience novels and plays. Join us May 10th 7:00 to 8:00

for an evening with Kathleen!!

Attention:

TLE has a new

e-mail address!!

TLEliteracy@yahoo.ca

(We dropped the underscore!

Now it’s the same as our

website:

TLEliteracy.com

Kathleen McDonnell coming to CDC-Vimont!

Happy New Year,

Valentine’s Day,

Spring Break, Easter,

etc. to everyone!!!! So

many holidays and cele-

brations in just one news-

letter!!!

Please don't forget to hand in

your volunteer hours!!

Message from the President

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2011/2012

President: Mona Arsenault

Vice-President: Lazar Jevremovic

Secretary: Christiane Dabbagh

Treasurer: Valerie Sauriol

Director: Enza Ciampanelli

TLE Board of Directors

From: Executive Director’s Desk

I’m pleased to announce the birth of Adam

Issac Ciampanelli to TLE’s Board Director

Enza. Congratulations to first-time Mom

Enza and her husband Abraham! Adam was

born November 17th weighing 10.1 lbs!!

With the New Year comes

more great baby news for

a n o t h e r

m e m b e r

of TLE’s

Board of

Directors!

Congratulations to Lazar, his

daughter Tatiana and son-in-law

Scott on the birth of Christine!

Christine arrived January 20th

weighing a whopping 10.2 lbs.!!!!!

Hhhmmmm...who’s next for TLE?!

year. Our board is energetic and

we have been planning for many

activities through out the year. If

you have some time why not join

us and see what it is like to help

with the organization.

The snow is here, so let’s read

some books, do some writing, and

get together to talk about what

you have done.

Mona Arsenault

TLE President

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome one and all to

another New Year with

The Learning Exchange!

Last season was very interesting

and active. We have many stu-

dents and they are working hard

on all their studies.

I am on the go with several stu-

dents and continuing with the

Montreal Library Outings and our

visits are exciting. JOIN US ONE

AND ALL! I am pleased to be on

the board of directors again this

TLE Literacy Supporters

CDC LAURIER - VIMONT

CHAPTERS.INDIGO

DOMINO’S PIZZA - VIMONT

ORCA BOOKS

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS CANADA

Karen’s News

Attention Book Lovers!

We are looking for new members. Anyone interested? We meet the first Wednesday of each month at the Multi-Cultural Library. Call Karen for more info!

TLE Board Director Enza with new son Adam

TLE Vice-President Lazar is a proud grandfather once again!

THE LEARNING EXCHANGE Page 3

This coming Adult Learners week TLE is proud to bring to CDC Vimont: Money Matters, a new financial

literacy program developed by ABC Life Literacy Canada in partnership with Human Resources and

Skills Development Canada (Education Savings Community Outreach - ESCO) and Founding Partner TD

Bank Group.

The goal of Money Matters is to increase the numeracy and financial literacy skills of Canadian adult

learners leading to increased confidence in dealing with their personal finances and making appropri-

ate financial decisions.

TLE volunteers will be trained by TD Bank volunteers March 20th (10 a.m. to noon) to help assist par-

ticipating learners during the session. **We need interested volunteers for these great sessions!**

What does Money Matters look like?

Each session includes discussion questions, real world examples and activities. Money Matters work-

books, calculators, pencils and Gail Vaz Oxlade’s Good Reads book Easy Money will be available for all

learners in the Cycle I renewal class.

Monday March 26 (noon to 4 p.m.)

A Place to Start: Spending Plans

Banking Basics

Wednesday March 28 (noon to 4 p.m.)

Borrowing Money

RESPs and Other Ways to Save

Money Matters

Try These Great Apps:

National Volunteer

Week

April 15th to 21st

Join us for cake and coffee to

honor our volunteers!

Wednesday

April 18th 12:00 to 3:00

Financial Literacy Tip

Having a budget isn’t just about tracking your spending. A budget also helps to make sure you are spending your hard-earned money in the best possible ways.

~ Gail Vaz-Oxlade

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Search Wikipedia at

the tap of a finger.

The Wikipedia content has been

formatted to compliment the

iPhone / iPod Touch's screen.

There are many features such

as text-size editing and a back

button. Can also be used on

iPads.

Videolicious

Turn raw video

clips and pho-

tos into tightly edited master-

pieces to share with your

friends, in just three simple

steps. Easy to use and lots of

fun!!

Book Club Get-Togethers

*Multicultural Library/Call TLE for info.

Feb. 1:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings-Sunshine by May Angelou

March 7: The Sentimentalists by Johanna

Skibsrud

NPI Partners meetings

*CLC Laval 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Feb. 16/ April 19/ June 14

CDC Vimont Governing Board meeting

Feb. 7: Conference Room 4:00 PM

Family Literacy Events

Jan. 27: Family Literacy Day

Feb. 15: Twin Oaks Elementary visit

Feb. 22: Crestview Elementary visit

April 18: Storytime: Souvenir Elementary

6:30 PM to 8 PM

May 10: Author’s visit/Kathleen McDon-

nell: 7 PM CDC Vimont cafeteria

Important Dates/Events

Feb. 13: *TLE/ School closed BOD

Meeting 1:00 PM

March 5 to 10: Spring Break: *TLE/

School closed

April 15 to 21: Volunteer Appreciation

Week

April 18: TLE Volunteer coffee 12 to 3 PM

Adult Learner’s Week

March 25 to 31: Adult Learner’s Week /

Book Give-Aways on select days

March 20: Money Matters Volunteer

Training 10 AM to noon Room 222

March 26 & 28: Money Matters noon to

4 PM Room 222

Call Karen at:

450-688-2933 ext. 3126

or see our website for more details:

www. TLE l i t e r a c y . c o m

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Dates to Remember

Go to TLE online under EVENTS to view our

Google calendar for details of all dates/events How to Contact Us

T H E L E A R N I N G E X C H A N G E

THE LEARNING EXCHANGE STAFF

Darlene Brown Executive Director Karen Mockler Administrative Assistant Library Resource Diane Richard Financial Officer Margo Legault Communications Consultant

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TLE RESOURCE CENTER

WEBMASTER

Errol Pinto

FAMILY LITERACY

DAY

January 27,

2012

Make reading a part

of your family life!

Hi Mona,

This New Year 2012 is going to be my first ever looking

forward to tutoring a student in the school. As for our last

Library visit on November 29th, here's the newsletter that I

would like to add of my experience of going there just be-

fore the holiday season:

Nice to have Armen and his aunt Marie joining us at

the Library, and as well Michelle too.

Aunt Marie & Mona did a wonderful tour of knowing

what the Grand Bibliotheque building is all about.

We had played games which Armen brought in, the

Scrabble cards and Pictureka.

Armen, , Mona, and myself have had our final 2011

Library visit and had a hot Cappuccino on the Metro

level.

Anyhow, I hope that this year we will go back to the li-

brary and have more invited guests.

Take care of yourself,

Kosal Chhith

Volunteers wanted for: Money Matters se$$ions

Training for volunteers will take place on Tues. March 20th

10 AM to noon in room 222

To help during:

Class sessions with students for Adult Learner’s Week on

Mon. March 26th & Wed. March 28th (bring your lunch)

noon to 4:00 in room 222