Aikenites Gather for Right to Read Clinic in Columbia
Five area women attended a two day workshop in Columbia to prepare for adding Aiken to the state wide Right to Read program. Participants include Mrs Norrie Ashley Miss Edith Parke and others from the League of Women Voters the Aiken County School District and North Augusta. They will train volunteer tutors to work with classroom teachers in reading tutoring under supervision. The initiative is sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Education Association the South Carolina Parent Teachers Association and the Association of School Librarians.