Frontier College- Students for Literacy

by: Tina Warren

This summer three students with Frontier College-Students for Literacy at Memorial University worked in partnership with St. John’s and Mount Pearl Parks and Recreation Summer Programs to provide reading programs. Supported by HRDC through their Summer Career Placement program, Tina Warren, April Myles, and Lindsay Davidson were to be found, rain, or shine, setting up their reading tent, breaking out the books and fostering a love of reading with youth in the Metro area. Familiar to many, the reading tent gave children of all ages a special opportunity to read and share books in a comfortable and friendly environment while enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. Activities took place at approximately nine parks and recreation sites a week, and periodically at various community centres and reading circles. In addition, the reading tent appeared at numerous special events around the city, including the Teddy Bears Picnic, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, and the Sunsplash Festival in Paradise.

Frontier College-Students for Literacy is a volunteer literacy organization at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Founded by Frontier College in 1993, Students for Literacy @MUN is affiliated with 38 other university campus programs across Canada. The tutors and literacy volunteers work in partnership with eight community groups in the St. John’s area. Frontier College Students for Literacy @MUN can be reached by contacting the Frontier College Regional Office at (709) 753-0069, by e-mail:literacy@mun.ca. Their webpage can be found by going to the national web site www.frontiercollege.ca and following the links through to Memorial University of Newfoundland.

School Councils AGM

The next Annual General Meeting of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of School Councils will take place on April 27-29, 2001 at the Airport Inn, St. John’s. Registration forms will be mailed in February 2001. For more information you can contact the Federation at Box 23140, St. John’s, NF, A1B 4J9. Tel: 1-877-739-4830, Fax: 739-4833, email: nlfs@stemnet.nf.ca, Website : www.stemnet.nf.ca/nlfsc