Books donated to Sucker River students to celebrate Family Literacy Day
Family Literacy Day was celebrated Thursday at Sucker River’s Chief Moses Ratt School.
It began this morning at 10:30 a.m. with a live reading of When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar by Miriam Körner and Bernice Johnson-Laxdal. The online reading was sponsored by the Saskatchewan Literacy Network (SLN) and it was viewed by approximately 16,000 students across the province.
Chief Moses Ratt School principal Mark Williment explained SLN president and Lac La Ronge Indian Band superintendent Robert Dolan, as well as executive director Phaedra Hitchings visited the school too.
“They came by the school this afternoon and met all of the kids and brought books for kids to take home and keep to encourage kids to be good readers,” Williment said. “The two of them spoke to staff about how we can get more books for free or low cost for kids in Sucker River.”