In Recognition of Media Literacy Week…

Thank you once again to Energeticcity.ca for helping us with some #MediaLiteracy but this time with a focus on what media literacy is, and how you can determine if news is real or fake.

 

The Fort St John Literacy Society is once again busy planning the 4th annual Spelling Bee. Due to low enrollment in May this event was cancelled – so we are going to try again! We will require a minimum of 6 kids per category to move ahead with this event.

The Spelling Bee will be held on Saturday October 21, 2023 at Margaret “Ma” Murray Community School, with a light lunch at 12:00.

For more information or to register, please email tmills@fsjliteracy.ca or call 250-785-2110

We accomplish this by: promoting access to literacy programs, assisting in the development of community literacy activities, promoting public awareness of literacy issues and developing partnerships with local regional and governmental organizations. Literacy programs have a significant impact, bettering the economic, social and civic life of our community

Thank you to Energeticcity.ca for helping us with some #MediaLiteracy to help keep you up to date on why you can no longer access news on Facebook and Instagram, and some suggestions on where you can get access moving forward.

We are super excited to be once again celebrating #LiteracyMonth here in Fort St. John!  Thank you to the City of Fort St. John for helping us to raise awareness to the importance of literacy by proclaiming September as Literacy Month! This year’s theme is:

Literacy Connects Us: At home, at work and in the community.

Please see below for some great activity ideas to try a different literacy activity every day this month.

We also have our own community calendar of events that you can check out!

#LiteracyIsLife #FosterLiteracy #PutOnYourPurple #LiteracyMatters #LiteracyConnectsUs

Do you want to make a meaningful difference in your community??  The Fort St. John Literacy Society Board is looking to recruit for the volunteer Board Chair position effective as of our 2023 AGM (Date TBD – usually November).

If you are interested please email info@fsjliteracy.ca

We would like to extend a BIG Thank YOU to all of the recent supporters of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library children’s book program!! It is because of amazing organizations like you that this program is made possible!

In the order they were received:

$1,500 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

$1,000 Canlin Resources Partnership

$5,000 CN

$1,500 ConocoPhillips Canada

$1,000 Home Hardware FSJ

We have open spaces in our Young Adult Book Club for March!!