areca A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 24, 2003 Money for school district feeds hungry students THE SCHOOL district has given out nearly $336,000 throughout the region for food, literacy and other pro- grams aimed at improving the lot of vulnerable students. The money comes from the children and family deve- lopment ministry and represents a substantial increase over what has been received in previous years because of economic and other hardships affecting the region. Included is a $1,000 grant for each of the district's 24 schools lo create or maintain small stockpiles of food for students who occasionally ‘need. something to eat, says Dawn Mariin, the district’s official in charge of disbur- sing the money. “We're calling it the hungry students’ cupboard,” said Martin. ‘It doesn’t replace other food programs but does recognize that some students may need Food occasional- ly and it recognizes thal a lot of schools are doing this already.” Seven schools in Terrace received money for either breakfast or lunch programs, totalling $33,032 in all. These don't include existing lunch programs at Clar- énce Michiel or E.T. Kenney schools which are also fi- nanced by the children and family development ministry. Clarence Michiel prinicipal Cheryl Sebastian called the $5,000 grant it received for a breakfast program a welcome supplement. “We're starting as soon as we can get it organized,” she said. Cassie Hall in Terrace did not apply for a food pro- gram but it is receiving $6,100 to mount an accelerated reading effort. Uplands Elementary on the bench did not apply for annything, bul it is receiving the $1,000 for a hungry students’ cupboard. The biggest allocation in Terrace, $57,066, went to the Kalum Horseshoe Community School Society to hire ‘a person to better connect parents and students with pro- grams to assist them, said Martin, “There’s a need to have a person to connect schools with outside agencies,” she said. — Compared to Terrace, where food was a top priority, agencies in Kitimat combined to receive $113,375 for a community-wide effort aimed at vulnerable students. Literacy topped the list in the Hazeltons where John Field Elementary received $48,610 for a book program and Kitwanga Elementary received $11,000 for literacy . coaching. A separate group in the Hazeltens has $8,010 . lo lake books around in a van to community schools. Marlin said it is important to note that some of the money is going to programs not directly tied to school -activities, And that’s based on the recognition that schools themselves cannot solely provide the founda- tions for student success, she added. “If we really want to give vulnerable students ser- vices, the community has to be involved,” Martin said. That's why Martin’s excited about one particular non- -school project, $8,500 for Kitsumkalum to provide for activities on Fridays. That’s the day the school district nline www.terracestandard.com Check cut our site or call 638-7203 for advertising information The Terrace Standard ts a proud sponsor of GRIME STOPPERS Terrace Crimestoppers are asking for help to solve a break and enter to a residence on River Drive in Terrace, B.C. —_ On December 7th, 2003, a resident. of River Drive in Terrace, B.C.. discovered some money had been stolen from her purse in her house. A door latch to the'room had been broken and entry gained. In addition to the money, some personal identification was stolen and later returned. Terrace’ Crimestoppers wants your information, not your name. Any information is valuable and may lead to the arrest and conviction of the offenders. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $1,000.00 for Information leading to an arrest and/or con- viction. If you have any Information call “Crime Stoppers” at 635-TIPS that's 635-8477. Callers will NEVER be required to reveal thelr name or testify In court. Crime Stoppers does NOT subscribe to call display. has closed schools this year in an attempt to cut a bud- get deficit. All told, $393,000 was made available by the children and family development ministry and with $336,000 handed out, that means there’s a reserve of just over $58,000. City of Terra HOLIDAY GARBAGE COLLECTION cd residents who have residential garbage collection on Thursday or Friday, please take note of the change fo your route over the Holidays. *You will not have a pickup over the Christmas Week [Christmas Day & Boxing Day), nor on New Years Day. *The following week we will collect your refuse on Monday, December 29th, 2003 and on Friday, January 2nd, 2004, There is no change to the Tuesday or Wednesday routes over the holidays. All pickup times are likely to vary so be sure fo have refuse at Not all of the applications reccived met the criteria to the curb-side by 8:00 a.m. be accepted, said Martin, As well, the committee set up ; to disburse the money wanted to keep some of it in re- The LANDFILL SITE is closed every Tuesday and Wednesday, serve should next year’s lump sum by the ministry be and on Christmas Day. lower than this year. But the committee will also look at new proposals up until next spring. 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