(Hamilton’s Connection to Lifelong Learning)

Presents;

The Agency Early Literacy Education Award 2010 to;

ST. JAMES CO-OP NURSERY SCHOOL!!!

We have just been informed that St. James Co-op and its members have been awarded the 2010 CIBC Agency Early Literacy Education Award for all of our programming and teaching efforts that promote and encourage our children to embrace reading, to [...]]]> St. James is the recipient of the CIBC Agency EARLY LITERACY EDUCATION AWARD 2010!

We have just been informed that St. James Co-op and its members have been awarded the 2010 CIBC Agency Early Literacy Education Award for all of our programming and teaching efforts that promote and encourage our children to embrace reading, to love stories, to grasp a solid understanding of literacy, and to use that understanding to create their own contributions to the written world. It is an award we are very pleased to accept and one that reflects the time and effort our parents and teachers have put into programming and implementation. We know we have an excellent set of programs at St. James Co-operative. It feels wonderful to know that we are being acknowledged in our community. Thank you to everyone throughout the years who have contributed to this fantastic recognition.

Congratulations to Michelle Franks of St. James Cooperative Nursery School for having won this award recognizing excellence in early literacy education in the Hamilton Area!

While at St. James, Michelle has embraced the opportunity to stimulate young minds to develop lifelong [...]]]> The CIBC World Markets Children’s Miracle Foundation EARLY LITERACY EDUCATION AWARD 2007

Congratulations to Michelle Franks of St. James Cooperative Nursery School for having won this award recognizing excellence in early literacy education in the Hamilton Area!

While at St. James, Michelle has embraced the opportunity to stimulate young minds to develop lifelong literacy skills. Michelle was instrumental in developing two innovative programs, Alphabet Soup and Kindergarten Capers. During Alphabet Soup, children spend the session centred on one letter of the alphabet. They learn the letter sound and shape. In Kindergarten Capers, the children start putting letters together to form new words. These programs encourage creativity as each child creates a unique puppet to help enunciate letter sounds. They also create paper mache vowel monsters. More than 150 children have attended these programs. The parents of the children attending the programs often comment on their child’s new eagerness to contribute ideas, the increased details in their work and their pride in, “I can print my name”, “I can read it all by myself”, and “I can rhyme words”.