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January 21-28^th has been proclaimed as Family Literacy Week here in Fort St. John and the Fort St. John Literacy Society is thrilled to announce the upcoming North Peace Savings Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week!

This year’s theme is “Let’s have a family party!” Setting aside our electronic devices and getting together for a family party can be so special. What can be more fun than planning, creating and getting ready for a party? Literacy activities are part of a party. Children can have fun and learn at the same time.

The Fort St. John Literacy Society plans to host and collaborate with other local service providers on several activities throughout the week, and encourages all community members to access some of the online resources from their website or social media platform to unplug and play, and maybe even plan their own family party.

“We are extremely thankful to North Peace Savings for their title sponsorship this year, as it has allowed us to expand the event and offer additional free activities to the community throughout the week” said Jessica Kalman, Executive Director, Fort St. John Literacy Society.

“North Peace Savings Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week was designed to encourage us all to take a break from our devices and rediscover the simple joys of reading and playing games together as a family,” says Brian Harris, CEO at North Peace Savings. “The week-long event here in Fort St. John is especially important for us, as it also demonstrates how we can come together as one to strengthen the social fabric of our communities. Together, we seek to support several key areas of impact – empowering parents with young children and maintaining mental wellness – with this event focused on community activities that help families reconnect in healthier ways.”

For more details on the activities happening throughout the week, please visit the Fort St. John Literacy Society’s Facebook page, or see the below calendar and posters.

Happy Family Literacy Week!

#FLW2024

2024 Family Literacy Week Calendar

FLW 2024 Story Time Poster

FLW 2024 Building with Bricks

FLW 2024 Cave Tours

FLW 2024 Family Swim

Thank you to all of our community partners that made this event possible!

North Peace Savings

City of Fort St. John

North Peace Leisure Pool

Blue Moon Yoga & Wellness

Fort St. John Public Library

Tse’k’wa Heritage Society

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