Neuhaus NewsDECEMBER 2017

Celebrating Our Dedicated Supporters

More than 70 guests joined Neuhaus at this year’s annual reading circle as we showed our appreciation for our supporters. The event, held at the Briar Club, featured brief remarks from Neuhaus President & CEO Dr. Tracy Weeden and Development Committee Co-Chair Medora Boone, who has a son with dyslexia. The impact of Neuhaus’ professional learning was highlighted in a video which featured touching, personal stories of five students with dyslexia in Lufkin Independent School District. Many long-time supporters brought several guests to introduce them to the mission and services of Neuhaus which are conducted throughout and nationally.

The Neuhaus Education Center Reading Circle is a giving society of individuals who give $1,000 or more cumulatively in a calendar year. Donors automatically become members once they have contributed $1,000 or more within the timeframe. Members of the reading circle receive special recognition throughout the year on printed materials, Neuhaus’ website, and at special events. Also, during the event, the Gift of Literacy was unveiled. It is an opportunity to make a gift to Neuhaus in honor of a teacher, friend, or loved one. Honorees will receive a special acknowledgment of the contribution. From Sentences to Paragraphs From sentences to paragraphs, Neuhaus will soon which focus on four areas of revision, organization, offer a new professional learning course, Written clarity, content, and flow. Composition 2: Revision. This online course is part Lessons are modeled in the online class, of a comprehensive, online writing which can be taken for credit or simply for toolbox for teachers. The series reference. includes Multisensory Grammar, Written Composition Fundamentals, and Written An accompanying instructor’s manual Composition 2: Revision. The class is contains several teacher aids, including scheduled for release in December. For text, from a master teacher to exemplify more information, visit www.neuhaus.org/ the element being taught; a model for educators/online-classes. teachers to use during instruction; an activity to practice specific skills; a debriefing of the The goal is to help young writers conquer one of the revising activity; and a directive of how to use the most difficult tasks in the writing process – revision. new learning to revise the student’s own writing. Teachers will be shown how to teach revision in clear, Rubrics are included to document student growth. comprehensible steps. There are 20 modeled lessons

Neuhaus Education Center Was Prominent at International Dyslexia Conference Neuhaus was well represented at the recent 2017 President & CEO Tracy Weeden, Ed.D, was a Annual Reading, Literacy & Learning Conference co-presenter of an education session for school hosted by the International Dyslexia Association district superintendents entitled “The Devil is in the in Atlanta, GA, November 8-11. It is the premiere Details: Scaling Literacy Initiatives for Successful professional development conference dedicated and Sustainable Change.” Neuhaus Vice-President of to dyslexia. Experts worldwide educate attendees Academic Planning and Research Regina Boulware- on the latest research, remediation, and more. The Goodson, Ph.D., chaired a full-day symposium entitled conference is held for both families and professionals “The Five Ws of Structured Literacy: How to Build such as teachers, administrators, reading specialists, a Successful Model to Improve Literacy on Your researchers, university faculty, psychologists, Campus.” physicians, and tutors. Vice-President of Family Support and Adult Literacy Neuhaus was an exhibitor at the conference, which Mary H. Yarus, M.Ed., LDT, CALT, discussed Dyslexia was attended by approximately 2,000 people. 101 for parents. Neuhaus’ state partnership team manned a booth Director of Academic Planning and Research and helped spread the word about the services and Rebecca Tolson served as conference co-chair, and programs the organization offers. A full-page ad of Dr. Boulware-Goodson also served on the conference the Center was printed on the inside front cover of planning committee. Several Neuhaus educators the conference guide. attended the conference.

2 Neuhaus News Literacy Lights the Way: Annual Benefit Luncheon Join us as we celebrate our 32nd Annual Benefit made it into a movie! Luncheon: “Literacy Lights the Way.” The event will Neuhaus will also shine the light on the Butler be held on Friday, April 13, 2018, at Family: Penny & John Butler, Chris & Bo Butler, the Marriott Marquis and will and Stacey & Scott Butler as the 2018 Butterfly feature keynote speaker Erin Gruwell, a Effect Award honorees. We are proud to share teacher known for tackling tough cases and recognize the philanthropy, leadership, and and employing unique teaching methods wisdom they have shown throughout their years to reach each and every student. Erin of involvement with Neuhaus. and her students memorialized their Underwriter opportunities for the luncheon journey in a book: The Freedom Writers range from $35,000 to $2,000. To secure your Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to table, please visit Neuhaus.org/luncheon or contact Change Themselves and the World Around Them. The [email protected]. Individual ticket sales will begin story is so compelling that Hollywood came calling and in February.

World-Renowned Dyslexia Researchers to Keynote Lenox M. Reed Seminar On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Drs. Sally and Bennett Shaywitz will join Neuhaus at the Briar Club for the Lenox M. Reed Seminar as the keynote speakers. These world-renowned physician-scientists are leaders in the field of dyslexia research and diagnosis. The couple will share their deep knowledge of dyslexia with audience members focusing on the latest research findings. Please save the date for this incredible event!

2016/2017 Reading Circle Members Julie & Drew Alexander Michael Cullinan The Lipski Family Heidi Seifert Judy L. Allen Sarah & Thad Dameris Lori & Steve Machiorlette Barbara & Louis Sklar Patricia & Jim Allen Jonathan Day Rosalyn & Barry Margolis Limor & Stuart Smith Helen Allen Jennifer Debow Trisha Marino Debbi Smith Judy Amonett Julie Do & Sonny Vu Suzanne & James McCarthy Christi & Chase Smith Christine & Ben Andrews Jennifer & B.J. Ducey John P. McGovern Foundation Josephine Smith Annunciation Orthodox School Wayne Duddlesten Foundation Amy & Mark Melton Patsy & Bob Speed The Joe Barnhart Foundation Nancy S. Dunlap Cindy & Kendall Miller Karen Sponsel The C.T. Bauer Foundation Jenny Elkins Mary Catherine Miller Springmeyer Family Fund Anne & Currie Bechtol The Ellwood Foundation Diane & David Modesett Strake Foundation Barbara Bends The William Stamps Farish Fund Debbie & Jack Moore Marisue & George Tallichet Cynthia Birdwell & Ian Laski Fayez Sarofim & Co. Shandy Moore T.L.L. Temple Foundation David Black Jamie & Greg Grissom Anne & John Moriniere Amy M. Thompson Leslie & Jack Blanton, Jr. Lainie Gordon & David Mincberg Kimball & David Moriniere Stephanie & Frank Tsuru Janis S. Block, M.Ed. George and Mary Josephine Lisa & Rob Neblett Uptown Houston Adrienne Randle Bond Hamman Foundation Graham & Ed Neuhaus Katherine Veletsos Katherine Boone Amy & Mark Hammer Kay & Bill Neuhaus Leslie & Eric Wade Medora & Chris Boone Suzanne & Steven Harter Lindy & Larry Neuhaus Ann Wales John Breeding Albert and Ethel Herzstein Pat & Ed Noel Elizabeth & Peter Wareing The Briarwood School Charitable Foundation Barbara & William Noel Peggy Weaver Marie & Hayden Burns The House at Pooh Corner Carol Ann & Robert W. Paddock Tracy & Larry Weeden Genevieve & Keen Butcher Houston Pi Beta Phi, Foundation Andres Palandjoglou Richard W. Weekley Family Fund Angel & Chuck Butler Marjorie & Palmer Hutcheson The Parish School Wells Design, Inc. Chris & Bo Butler Ethel & Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr. Kay & Ewing Werlein, Jr. Stacey & Scott Butler Sophia & Keith James Melissa & Robert Rabalais Stacey & Andrew White Butler Brothers Construction Jenny & Chris Johnson Katheryn & Hugh Ray Elizabeth & James Whitehead Lucy & William Carl Willard M. & Ruth Mayer Johnson Lenox & John Reed Beth & Jim Wiggins Katy & Michael Casey Charitable Foundation River Oaks Baptist School Dr. W. Daniel & Mrs. Kay H. Williamson CFP Foundation Carol & Ed Junell Gay A. Roane Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Kathleen & Robert L. Clarke Patty & Neil Kallmeyer Wilhelmina E. (Beth) Robertson Fund Margaret & Mike Young Cathy & Joseph Cleary Katherine & Matthew Kardesch Sonnie Schepps Robinson Foundation Edith & Robert Zinn Estela Cockrell Katy Rotary Club Kristi & Paul B. Robishaw 3 Pam & James Cooney Carol Noel King & J. Stephen King Adrian Ross Carolyn & Doug Corbett Andrews Kurth LLP Leslie & Shannon Sasser Catherine & Edward Crain Jack H. And William M. Light School for Young Children & Robert The Crain Foundation Charitable Trust Strudler Diagnostic Center Loretta Cross Shelli & Steven Lindley Kate F. Scott The Cullen Foundation Courtney Lippincott Scurlock Foundation Neuhaus News Non-Profit Org. US POSTAGE PAID Permit #2139 Houston, Texas

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