According to Lani Donaldson of Beacon Literacy, almost half of Canadian adults have insufficient reading skills to get through their day.  If the strategies currently being used in our classrooms “don’t fit about 40% of the children” how can we assure that our children are learning to read fluently?  For many parents, help outside the classroom is the answer. Continue Reading

Amanda Preece, SECN reporter

The City of Calgary recently announced a $3.3 million citywide initiative which aims to increase the availability of after-school programs for children and youth ages 6-16.  The Calgary Afterschool Program puts the city in a leadership position to coordinate and improve program availability, quality and access to funding for structured, supervised after-school activities.

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Alexandra W. is a Gr. 11 student at Lord Beaverbrook High School

As part of SE Calgary News’ commitment to young writers, we regularly publish work written by high school students.  Alexandra W. is a Gr. 11 student at Lord Beaverbrook High School and a member of Dale Wallace’s creative writing class.  The following speech was written as part of a class assignment. Continue Reading

Matt C. of Lord Beaverbrook High School

As part of SE Calgary News’ commitment to young writers, we regularly publish work written by high school students.  Matt C. is a Gr. 12 student at Lord Beaverbrook High School and a member of Dale Wallace’s creative writing class.  The following speech was written as part of a class assignment. Continue Reading

Jenny H.

As part of SE Calgary News’ commitment to young writers, we regularly publish work written by high school students.  Jenny H. is a Gr. 10 student at Lord Beaverbrook High School and a member of Warren Ferguson’s creative writing class. Continue Reading

Kenna S., Lord Beaverbrook High School

As part of SE Calgary News’ commitment to young writers, we regularly publish work written by high school students in creative writing classes.  Kenna S. is a Gr. 12 student at Lord Beaverbrook High School and a member of Dale Wallace’s class. Continue Reading

By Jordan Rennie, a Gr. 11 student at Lord Beaverbrook High School. Continue Reading

by Ariane M., student-reporter, Lord Beaverbrook High School

Lord Beaverbrook High School will host the world premiere of The Rantifesto, a play written by teacher Nan Nassef.  The Rantifesto will be performed at the school in April and at the Calgary High School Drama Festival in May. Continue Reading

Today, SECN is publishing a poem by Ariane M.   This is the first of what we hope will be many fiction and non-fiction pieces by teenage writers.  For the time being you can read them by clicking on the Schools button on the navigation bar, then clicking on High Schools.  Eventually, SECN will develop specific pages for fiction and non-fiction and in time more prolific writers will have their own pages. Continue Reading