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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 88 (TERRACE)
ANNOUNCES |
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
FOR YEAR ONE (KINDERGARTEN) IN JANUARY 1981
(TERRACE/THORNHILL, and
HAZELTON/KITWANGA areas)

This information is provided to parents who have not
yet registered their children for Year One
(Kindergarten) January 1991, In English or French Im-
mersion.

The School Board is seeking the cooperation of
parents in registering thelr child on Friday, November
23. Students {lve years of age on or before April 30,
1991 wil! be registered for entry to schoo) In January
1991.

A birth certificate and proof of Immunization will be te

ory

quired at the time of registration.
Please register your child at your “neighbourhood

school.

For French immersion registrations, please register at
the following schools:

Kiti K’Shan Primary (Terrace)
John Fisid Elementary (Hazelton)

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IMliteracy problems often .
well-concealed, group told”

Literacy B.C. representative
Linda Mitchell was in Terrace last
week to meet with members of
Terrace’s Project Literacy.

Mitchell is travelling throughout:
the province to help local literacy
gtoups determine their goals, ini-
tiate partnerships with local busi-
nesses and agencies, and explore
funding possibilities to run tutoring
programs for literacy learners.

Mitchell began the discussion by
saying, "One of the problems of
literacy programs is that illiterate
people have learned to cope. We

don’t get them until they lose their

jobs and require re-training. In

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Terrace this is a real issue, with
lay-off and shut downs."

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Mitchell went on to say that
learners need to have different
kinds of choices of programs. Even
with volunteer tutor programs,
there will still be literacy needs
that aren’t being met. Speaking to
the group, Mitchell said, "When
you approach community groups,
you have to say ’this is what we'd
like to do and this is the docu-
mented need’." Mitchell explained
that Project Literacy Terrace has to
“get other players on line and
broaden their funding base". in
order to succeed.

She encouraged the group to
educate local residents, learners
and politicians about the reasons
why literacy is important. She feels

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pen. She says it’s necessary to
have students and volunteer tutors
lobbying their local MLAs and
lobbying at all-candidate meetings.
Once you've got the awareness of
the need, it’s easier to gain
regional support and provide a
better service, she added.

Ella Goodlad of Northwest Com-
munity Collegé campus in Terrace
reported that there was a workshop
to irain tutor trainers last weekend.
"We want to be trainers here in
Terrace, so we don’t have to rely
on outside trainers. We also hope
to do something on video so that
we can share it around (throughout

the area)."
Mitchell concluded the meeting

with the promise that she will
make Literacy B.C. as responsive
as possible to the needs of the
throughout the
province. She said, "I need to

B know personally what people want,

J and then we can lobby for change
m@ and improvement in the services
i provided for literacy."

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people and groups concerned with
promoting literacy in B.C

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