Community Literacy Festival Schedule
9:30 - 10 am
Continental Breakfast –Courtyard-sponsored by the Office of Community Relations
Welcome/Introductions
JoAnn Carter-Wells,Ph.D.- Director, Community Learning and Literacy Center
Milton Gordon, Ph.D.- President, CSU Fullerton
Claire Cavallaro, Ph.D. -Dean, College of Education
George Giacumakis, Ph.D.- Director, CSU Fullerton, Irvine Campus
Susan Katsaros, Office of Community Relations
Tuffy Titan and Spirit Squad
Festival Overview
“Mark Twain”
10-10:50 am FIRST SESSION
1.1 Adrienne Chavez Jennings-McMillan
“Story Soup: Spinning Tales, Myths and Legends”
(6th grade-adult)-Rm. 200
1.2 Deborah Turner and Wheely Willy
How Willy got his Wheels
(5th grade -adult)-Rm. 203
1.3 Elaine Wonsavage, Ph.D.
Reflections on the Weekly Reader and other Literacy Endeavors
(adults/parents)-Rm. 152
1.4 Wave Vidmar
Quest for the North Pole - explorer, world record holder, adventurer
(all ages)-south lawn area with Ben Wagner, MSIDT
Program
1.5 Math Literacy Room- “Math for the Whole Family” Mark Ellis, Ph.D. &
Sandra Alaux, Ed.D. (all ages)-Rm. 145
1.6 Christine Angeli “Bamboo SUMI-E Painting and Haiku Poem”
(K-6)-Rm. 201
1.7 Victoria Burnett “Stories that Sing” (all ages)-Rm. 202
1.8 Curt Visca “It’s Curtoon Time”
(K-6)-Rm. 211
1.9 Ryan Lederer The Adventures of Captain Candy -11 yr. old author
(all ages)-Rm. 212
1.10 Scholastic/Orange County Reading Room-storytelling by teachers
and free books
(K-6)- Titan Student Lounge-1st floor
11-11:50 am Second Session
2.1 Kate Bono and Pam Oliver
“Helping Parents to Recognize, Appreciate, and Work
with Children's Temperament“ (adults/parents)-Rm. 200
2.2 Safari Sadie - “Rubber Jungle Revue” - balloon storyteller
(K-6)-Rm. 201
2.3 Karen Ivers, Ph.D –magician-“Engaging Children in Magic”
(all ages)-Rm. 211
2.4 Quang Pham - A Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey
(adults/parents)-Rm. 212
2.5 Science Literacy - Sue Neuen and Robert Giasolli - “World of the
Small”
nanotechnology
(3rd grade -adult)-Rm. 203
2.6 Elaine Wonsavage, Ph.D.
“Reflections on the Weekly Reader and other Literacy Endeavors”
(adults/parents)- Rm. 152
2.7 Wave Vidmar- Quest for the North Pole - explorer, world record
holder, adventurer
(all ages)-south lawn area with Ben Wagner, MSIDT
Program
2.8 David Giddings - Harry the Bear-skateboarding bear
(K-3)-Rm. 202
2.9 Scholastic/Orange County Reading Room -storytelling by teachers
and free books
(K-6)- Titan Student Lounge-1st floor
12-1:00 pm Barbeque and Café- courtyard and south lawn area
Jazz Ensemble, William Cunliffe, Director, CSUF Music Department
1-1:50 Third Session
3.1 Adrienne Chavez Jennings-McMillan
“Story Soup: Spinning Tales, Myths and Legends”
(6th grade -adult) –Rm. 200
3.2 Safari Sadie-“Rubber Jungle Revue” -balloon storyteller (K-6)-Rm. 202
3.3 Sylvia Lieberman and Archibald–Archibald’s Swiss Cheese Mountain
(K-6)-Rm. 203
3.4 Elaine Wonsavage, Ph.D.
“Reflections on the Weekly Reader and other Literacy Endeavors”
(adults/parents)-Rm. 152
3.5 Wave Vidmar - Quest for the North Pole - explorer, world record
holder, adventurer
(all ages)-south lawn area with Ben Wagner, MSIDT
Program
3.6 Gloria DeLatorre-Wycoff
Scarred by Scandal - Redeemed by Love: The Triumph of an
Unmarried Mother ( adults/parents)-Rm.. 211
3.7 Christine Angeli - Bamboo SUMI-E Painting and Haiku Poem
(K-6)-Rm. 201
3.8 Seth Sherwood - Singing Swinging Family Fun “Dr. Lee Brose”
(3-8 yrs.old )-Rm. 212
3.9 Math Literacy Room - Math for the Whole Family - Mark Ellis, Ph.D.
and Sandi Alaux, Ed.D.
(all ages)-Rm. 145
3.10 Scholastic/Orange County Reading Room - storytelling by teachers
and free books
(K-6)-Titan Student Lounge-1st floor
2 pm
Closing Remarks & Announcement of Raffle
Winners