Education

ACE offers ‘Adventures in Reading’ volunteer training
The Adult Learning Center will offer a new literacy program for those16 years and older, “Adventures in Reading,” and is looking for volunteers to assist with the program.

Middle school students in eighth grade teacher Lisa Petrey-Kirk’s class recently competed in an oratory contest Dec. 17 featuring the recitation of an excerpt from historical figure Patrick Henry’s famous speech during the American Revolution.  
According to Petrey-Kirk, the students are “learning about the men (and women) who stood for freedom,” studying the great period orators and the effect that persuasive speech can have on people.