January Meeting Announcement by Guam Council IRA President Asuncion

Buenas yan Hafa Adai,

I am writing as a courtesy, to inform you that our author, Kathryn Erskine’s flight has been delayed due to inclement weather in Virginia. Kathryn’s flight is scheduled to arrive at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday therefore, she will be unable to present at the general membership meeting. I have attached her schedule for the week and you are more than welcome to meet and greet her and attend one of her SASSy presentations on the schedule. Please remember that if you attend a presentation at a school site, it is required that ALL VISITORS sign in at the main office.

Places to Meet & Greet Kathryn….
1. Sunday, January 16, 2011, no host informal dinner at Jeff’s Pirates Cove at 4:00 p.m.;
2. Monday, January 17, 2011, Teacher Workshop at Ordot-Chalan Pago Elementary School from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.;
3. Saturday, January 22, 2011, Teen Workshop at IP Coffee Co. in Mangilao from 11:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Our general membership meeting will continue as scheduled for this Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Sheraton Laguna Guam with a different program. I am asking your assistance in sharing this information with family and friends. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to our council.

Partners in Literacy,

Margaret Asuncion
President, Guam Council of the International Reading Association
.Kathryn Erskine's School Visit Schedule

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January Newsletter

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National Book Award Winner Erskine will be January Keynote Speaker

Kathryn Erskine, 2010 National Book Award winning author of Mockingbird, will be the speaker at the January meeting of the Guam Council of the International Reading Association at the Sheraton Laguna Resort on January 15, 2011, from 8:00 am to 11:00 am.

She will be traveling from Charlottesville, Virginia to share her "SASSy" writing tips, how to "Snag your reader, Act your character, Show your story, and Shake your world". School visits are Tuesday, January 18 to Friday, January, 21. A teacher workshop and a teen writing workshop are also scheduled. Call Cyndy at 789-1996 for more information.

Happy New Year from Around the Pacific!

Happy New Year from around the Pacific! May the year 2011 bring you many blessings filled with much love, joy, peace, and happiness!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - English
Filis Añu Nuebo! – Chamorro
Feliz Año Nuevo! – Spanish
Engan ke ya sasu! - Kosraean
Gung Hay Fat Choy – Chinese
Ungil Beches Er Rak! – Palauan
Selsalan Ebéach e duw! – Yapese
Peren En Parakapw! – Pohnpeian
Hauoli Makahiki Hou – Hawaiian
Pwapwan Ei Ier Mi Fo – Chuukese
Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo! – Korean
Maligayang Bagong Taon – Tagalog
Cung-Chuc Tan-Xuan! – Vietnamese
Jeramman ilo iio in ekaal! – Marshallese
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu – Japanese
Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layúi Luugh me raagh féé! – Carolinian


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Merry Christmas from Around the Pacific

Merry Christmas from around the Pacific!

~Felis Pasgua (Chamorro)
~Maligayan Pasko (Tagalog)
~Peren en Krismas (Pohnpeian)
~Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin (Marshallese)
~Falang e Baynag (Yapese)
~Tok Tapeng (Kosraean)
~Ungil Kurismas (Palauan)
~Pwapwan Kirisimas (Chuukese)
~Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian)
~Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layi Luugh me raagh fee (Carolinian)

Guam IRA Community Book Fair A Success

The annual Guam IRA Community Book Fair held on Saturday, December 11, 2010 at the Agana Shopping Center was a success filled with a meaningful literacy environment for families and friends. There were exciting performances and appearances, array of paperback and hardcover books, young adult literature, face painting/book reading by the Assocation for Childhood Education International (ACEI), PreSchool GATE arts and crafts, software, novelties, Read-A-Thon 2011: Read to Succeed items, and prizes! Thank you for joining us in our celebration of promoting literacy! Enjoy the following snapshots taken at the community book fair.

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

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