INFO-PARENTS COLOMBIE-BRITANNIOUE ©’ sSUIN 2000 ENGLISH SECTION Comox faa | ECOLE AIRPORT STUDENTS PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS IN NATION-WIDE READING INCENTIVE: SMALL SCHOOL, SMALL TOWN...BIG RESULTS! Francophone students at Ecole Airport On behalf of Nabisco Ltd. and the Mr. The answer to the most pressing ques- Elementary partook in the first annual Christie's Read to Succeed Program, we _ tion is...¥es, Mr. Christie brought fa- reading contest entitled “Mr. Christie's want to congratulate Ecole Elementaire mous oreo cookies and del monte juice Read to Succeed” sponsored by the com- Airport for being a Provincial Winner! _ to the event for each student and staff pany Nabisco Ltd. Your school has won $1,000 worth of | memberin the school. (Mr. Christie you books from Indigo.ca. The students of | make good cookies!) Seventy-four out ofa possible 79 students your school have succeeded in reading submitted their booklets filled to the brim 3,196 books, which average out to ap- Even before word of our victory had with a whopping total of 3,196 books read —_ proximately 40 books per student. This | come, we already knew the program in the one month blitz. shows great initiative and outstanding —_had served its purpose. Motivating so leadership. many students to read and seeing their The francophone students were concen- joy and pride in their accomplishments trating their efforts in hopes of winning a __Interstingly enough, 8 out of the 10 win- —_ was worth all the effort involved in the collection of books for their school library _ ning schools across Canada were small organization of such an activity. Stu- valued at $1,000 to $5,000 depending on _schools ranging in size from 6 students dents are very excited, as they will ac- their placement. Mr. Christie had not yet to 79 students. Either small schools des- tively participate in the book selection announced the winners but Ecole Airport perately need books for their libraries or process. Already they are talking about Staff and the French parents committee _ teachers with a smaller student toteacher _ next year’s contest and want details of donated book awards so that students _ ratio have more time to work with andmo- — how many books they would need to could be honoured for their outstanding __ tivate students. | suspectitis alittle ofboth. read in order to be national winners! contributions at a special assembly held on March 16. In addition to the winnings for the school = Carol Sterckeman library, Mr. Christie representatives, Terry Teacher-librarian and parent Much to our great pleasure and surprise, Stewart and Ken David, came in per- word soon came that we had won $1,000 _son to present the award at a cer- worth of books. The following is a direct | emonyat Ecole Airport on Thurs- quote from that letter: day, April 20. DOES YOUR CHILD ATTEND LES JEUX FRANCOPHONES Pendant la longue fin de semaine de mai, plus de 144 jeunes et accompagnateurs ont participé aux Jeux francophones organisés par le Conseil Jeunesse francophone. Le tout se déroulait a lécole Sardis Sec. de Chilliwack. Des compétitions en ballon-volant, badminton, piste et pelouse, et des formations en ballon-volant et en improvisa- tion ont bien rempli leurs joumnées. Les pa enaires fontle Conseil scolaire francophone et le Théatre iziéme. L’Assemblée générale annuelle avait lieu cette méme fin de semaine. Le nouveau Conseil d’administration est composé de : Tanya Poynting, presidente, Karine Murray, vice-présidente; Jenn eilson, trésoriére; Olivier Bélisle, directeur des 12-18 ans; David Woods, directeur des 19-25 ans et du directeur-général par intérim, Denis Simard. Glicitations a tous les nouveaux membres.