Light of Christ Catholic School Division has a new series of levelled readers thanks to a grant from Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Community Development Corporation.
A $10,000 grant has helped the division acquire more than 1,000 books of the Turtle Island Voices series, which is aimed at fostering a sense of identity among aboriginal students while enriching all students with First Nation, Métis and Inuit perspectives.
Learning co-ordinator Ramona Stillar said she and fellow learning co-ordinator Lindsay Charabin were thrilled to receive the grant. They were able to purchase six titles for Grades 1 to 5 in English and French languages for six schools.
For French immersion students, the readers will also be used in Grade 6.
"That was one of the reasons we were really attracted to this resource, as well, because it's available for both our French language school and our English schools," said Stillar.
