• “Projects like this enhance the goals we have for excellent literacy in our school. We appreciate the time and effort it takes for you to put this program together....A project such as ‘Write Me a Story’ costs a family nothing, reinforces what a student is learning in school, creates a sense of wonder and creativity, and enhances the development of each student who participates.”
• Principal
• Northside Christian School, Vanderhoof

• “I appreciate the thought that you have put in for developing the literacy of all students in British Columbia. My grade four class loved this ‘Write Me a Story’ project. The project encourages us as educators to use more literacy strategies and we are thankful you came up with this wonderful idea.”
• Teacher
• Annunciation School, Prince Rupert

• It was a good activity to highlight writing and to write for a ‘special’ audience. Maybe two related pictures would be better for younger students.
• Teacher
• Bastion Elementary School, Salmon Arm

• “...this initiative offers me and the students an excellent Language Arts writing assignment that goes beyond our normal process of selecting topics that hopefully interest the students. Does this initiative include stories written in French?”
• Teacher
• Lady Grey Elementary School, Golden

• “Thank you for the opportunity to engage my students in another literacy event. Your story project invited much discussion and debate in my classroom as we talked about the meaning of the pictures. Then, when students were asked to write stories, the variety of stories they came up with demonstrates that the images engaged their imaginations.”
• Teacher
• Shearwater Elementary School, Denny Island

• “I like your project very much and will try to do it with my kindergarten class. The pictures are excellent and appealing to children. My own daughter came up with a story right away and could easily see the continuity between the images.”
• Teacher
• Oakridge Kindergarten, Vancouver

• “Thank you for this wonderful investment in literacy. We are enjoying making stories together.”
• Parent
• Victoria

Do you have a question or comment about the Lieutenant Governor’s Literacy Program? Please email ghinfo@gov.bc.ca with your feedback.