November 23rd, 2017

We are fortunate to have support from our community to offer a unique program called Letters, Sounds and Words. Volunteers from our community help children aged five to seven learn the names of letters, the sound each letter represents and a list of commonly used words in print. This program co-ordinates well with our school curriculum. It has been designed specifically for volunteers, who work with one child at a time, and enjoy watching the great gains that are made in only ten weeks. This program is offered to us by the Strong Start Charitable Organization which is funded through donations from individuals, businesses, Foundations and community groups. You can read more about Strong Start on its website: www.strongstart.ca

This program would not be possible without this financial support and the generous gift of time and talent from our volunteers.

Volunteers would be required to participate in 4 hours of online training in order to implement this program.  It is a 10 week program that requires one hour per week for each volunteer.  Our program at Empire will begin in March.

If you are interested in volunteering in this program, please contact  Mrs. Hadden at the school:  heather_hadden@wrdsb.ca