Students at Lord Kelvin Elementary School have a cozy place to sit and read thanks to an anonymous donation to the United Way of the Lower Mainland.
The United Way has partnered with the New Westminster school district to create two reading oases at Lord Kelvin – one at the school and one in the Kelvin community hub building. The spaces feature comfortable furniture, painted walls with palm trees and blue skies and a new collection of 600 new books, including fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, First Nations stories and locally published books.
The reading oases, which opened last week, cost US$10,000 to outfit.
“The United Way reading oasis is a quiet, calm space that will give children a chance to develop their literacy and strengthen their educational potential,” said school district superintendent Pat Duncan in a press release.
The donation was part of the United Way’s community schools partnerships, which benefit schools across the Lower Mainland.
