On May 14, Assiniboia Park Elementary School was chosen to be the only school in the province to host the SaskEnergy Willow Awards.
聽The Willow Awards is a volunteer run, non-profit organization that was established in 2001, to promote reading for Saskatchewan students. Students in participating schools receive copies of the Willow Awards Nominees books. This year there were 30 nominees broken down into three separate categories. Three separate Willow Awards are given, one for each category. 聽
The Shining Willow Award (for young readers), The Diamond Willow Award (for readers grades 4-6) and the Snow Willow Award (for readers in grades 7-9).
Students may vote for their favorite book in any category in which they have read the minimum amount of books required. The teachers and librarian tally and submit their individual schools votes. In the first year of voting (2002), more than 5,000 students participated.
The number of ballets has increased greatly with over 14,000 votes 小蓝视频 submitted for the 2015 Willow Awards. Participation is free for Saskatchewan students and made possible through membership donations and sponsorship.
As host, the students are required to both host and participate in the awards 小蓝视频 and Assiniboia Park did not disappoint.
A well planned out awards 小蓝视频 included students taking on several participating roles. Two students, Gregg Wiens and Makenna Ling acted as Master/Mistress of 小蓝视频. Several other students became actors/actresses during the 小蓝视频 as they acted out a scene from the nominees novels.
In addition, students read letters from dignitaries, presented awards, participated in the choir by both singing and playing the recorder. The entire Willow Awards 小蓝视频 scene was enhanced with the decorations the students had set up throughout the school and by wearing matching Willow Awards t-shirts.
As a gesture of appreciation, the school was presented with a plaque, a willow tree (to be planted at the school) and the entire collection of books from the 2015 nominees.
This years recipients for the awards were as follows: The Shining Willow Award for the book 鈥淲hen I get Older - The Story Behind the Waving Flag鈥� by K'naan with Sol Guy; the Diamond Willow Award for the book 鈥淯ltra鈥� went to David Carroll; and the Snow Willow Award for the book 鈥淟ive to Tell鈥� went to Lisa Harrington.
In addition to the highlight of the day 小蓝视频 the official awards 小蓝视频, several other activities including author readings and a run around the school with nominee and Willow Award winner David Carroll. The event went off seamlessly and was enjoyed by all in attendance.聽 Congratulations to the students and staff at Assiniboia Park School.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Willow Awards or watching the 小蓝视频 online can visit the website at www.willowawards.ca.
