The Children's Dyslexia Center of Lancaster held its 20th annual Celebration of Achievement on June 1 at the Lancaster Masonic Center. Eight graduates from the program were in attendance. The graduates are Ghabrier Jimenez Diaz, Julia Kiesel, Parker Skee, Eleanor Smith, Hudson Stoltzfoos, Savannah Wagner, Wyatt Wagner, and Adonai Alvarez Wilkinson.

Heather Brown, director of the center, presented each graduate with a certificate; a personalized booklet of his or her reading journey; and an autograph bear, the mascot adopted by the Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc., as a keepsake. Students presented words of thanks to their tutors and the Board of Governors for the services they received. The event concluded with an ice cream social.

The center, sponsored by the Lancaster Lodge of Perfection, is one of six centers in Pennsylvania providing tutoring at no charge to children from elementary through high school who fit a dyslexic profile. Children are eligible regardless of economic status or Masonic affiliation. The Orton-Gillingham approach is used as the basis for tutoring and tutor training. This method is a sequential, multisensory, phonetic approach to language. More than 250 children have received services through the center since its opening in 2002.

For more information about the Children's Dyslexia Center of Lancaster, call 717-481-5680 or email lancaster@cdcinc.org.