Haldimand-Norfolk Literacy Council
200 West St Simcoe, ON, Canada

To ensure the health and well being of our learners and staff, the Haldimand Norfolk Literacy Council, has created a Covid-19 Safety Plan in order to reopen and continue to provide services to the community. Safety Plan: All entry to our Learning Centres is by appointment only. Please call or email the following for an appointment: Simcoe (519) 428-0064 [email protected]... Dunnville (905) 774-9141 [email protected] London (519) 659-8376 ext.150 [email protected] You may also request an appointment using the Referral Form button on the home page of our website: hnliteracy.com/referrals - Masks are mandatory while you are at one of our Adult Learning Centres. If you don’t have one, we can provide you with one. - A Covid-19 Self-Assessment Screening Survey is required before entering the centre. - A Survey must be completed every time you come to the centre. You can complete the survey online, prior to your appointment: forms.gle/XEzD4SzSyPXMErB97 Paper copies are available at each Centre and can be completed when you arrive if you do not have access to the survey online. Staff will take your temperature on arrival. - Hand sanitizer and handwashing stations are available at all centres. Remote learning is available for all learners. Remote learning may consist of: - Video conferencing with instructors - Take-home packages of work - Direct phone and/or email assistance with instructors If you would like to register for remote learning please call or email: Simcoe (519) 428-0064 [email protected] Dunnville (905) 774-9141 [email protected] London (519) 659-8376 ext.150 [email protected]

REMINDER: You can watch two of our community’s Remembrance Day services on Facebook Live. Jarvis Livestream of service at Jarvis Lions Club at 10:45 a.m.... Hageresville Livestream of service at Nova Mutual Insurance at 10:45 a.m. Dunnville Service closed to the public. Caledonia Service closed to the public. Cayuga Service closed to the public.

In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at Valley Heights High School in Port Rowan, Ontario , did something not to ...be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said. 'Maybe it's our behaviour.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behaviour.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them what was happening and by early afternoon television news crews had started gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around the world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII POW. Do you think this is worth passing along so others won't forget either, that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by our Veterans? Let us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights they have won for us.

Congratulations to Gina McIntee and everyone involved in this fabulous project! It was incredible to see the Greatness: The Great Lakes Project and Waterlution teams and artists adapt to making this year's projects come to life during a pandemic. Many of our staff, learners and board members participated in Gina's project, and in some of the other projects as well, and we found the teachings and connections very powerful during a stressful time. GAGL 2020: Layla Black - Bloo...d and Water GAGL 2020: Paul Chartrand - The Grand Remediator GAGL 2020: Gina Mcintee - Water Wheel Haldimand Adult Learning Centre London Adult Learning Centre Norfolk Adult Learning Centre See more

"Today is #OrangeShirtDay, where we recognize the harm that residential schools inflicted on Indigenous communities and honour those impacted. We also join together in the spirit of reconciliation and commit to ensuring that Indigenous children matter." #EveryChildMatters Please follow Woodland Cultural Centre, support their Save the Evidence campaign, get educated, get involved! Over 1500 students registered for their Virtual Orange Shirt Day events all week long. Still spo...ts available for Public Virtual Events! https://woodlandculturalcentre.ca/osd Haldimand Adult Learning Centre Norfolk Adult Learning Centre London Adult Learning Centre