Instructor/Tutor Application (PDF)

Anyone interested in the tutor certification process should contact Rhiannon Robinson, the Center Director, at 217-793-7735. If you know of a child who could possibly benefit from our program, please give them instructions on how to contact Rhiannon.

Our Learning Center operating budget is provided by the 32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children corporate office in Lexington, MA.  In order to help our Learning Center to become self supporting, we request funds for our Springfield Learning Center be designated to the 32° Masonic Learning Center Endowment Fund.

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CONTRIBUTORS

32° Masonic Learning Center - Jan 2007

 On behalf of the Board of Governors of the Learning Center, and the members of the Scottish Rite I want to extend a grateful “Thank You” to the following business and individuals who have generously donated to this cause.

Midwest Office Supply and Steve DeMarco and staff for the furniture and office supplies;

Computer Banc and Anne Godman for the computers and printer for the students and tutors;

Watts Copy Systems and Carol Watts for the copier;

Midwest Mission Distribution Center and Stan Lowery and staff for the children’s desks and school supplies;

Springfield Masonic Foundation for the $25,000 grant to cover start up expenses.

Springfield Police Benevolent Protective Association for $1000 as part of the 12 days of Christmas charity giving program.

 Future events connected with the Learning Center include an official opening ceremony and a “Night at the Muni”. Details for both events will be announced later. Information about the center can be obtained by contacting the Center Director, Rhiannon Robinson, at 217-793-7735 or Rob Powers at 217-725-1664.

 Rob Powers, Chairman

Board of Governors, 32ºMasonic Learning Centers

32° Masonic Learning Centers is a program of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction started in 1994.  The Children's Learning Centers Program has 3 primary objectives:

1)      To provide, free of charge, one-on-one multi-sensory reading and written language tutorial services to children with dyslexia.

2)      To provide, free of charge, training programs to individuals interested in becoming certified tutors in the Orton-Gillingham method.

3)      To support research programs in dyslexia that will improve today's clinical standards and tomorrow's care.

Dyslexia is an inherited neurological disorder that affects the way people learn to read and speak as well as how they process things mathematically.  Dyslexia affects one out of every five people. Children left with untreated dyslexia often suffer devastating personal consequences.  It is the number one reason teenagers drop out of school, and is a primary factor in juvenile delinquency.  Through no fault of their own, children are faced with reading and writing roadblocks that seem insurmountable. While there is no cure for dyslexia, it is a treatable condition.  Children with dyslexia need professional help, and the earlier they receive it, the greater their chances of achieving normal, fully functional lives.  This professional help is exactly what a 32° Masonic Learning Center will provide for the Springfield area.

Please visit the web site of the 32° Learning Center Program at www.childrenslearningcenters.org and its links. Learn about dyslexia and seriously consider helping the valley as we beginning to help these children in need.

32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc.

“Transforming lives – one child at a time”

This Short Talk Bulletin was submitted by Joseph J. Berlandi, Executive Director, 32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. and the Northern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite.
                                                                                -Editor

                “It was like watching a caterpillar become a butterfly before my eyes; a miraculous transformation had occurred.”  That sentiment from a parent of a child with dyslexia being tutored, at one of our Children's Learning Centers, is a testimony to our success.