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Authors promote importance of reading

Using the experience of successful writers from the area, the Preeceville School promoted the importance of reading andshowed the students that their voices are powerful and are waiting to be heard, whether through a children’s story, a picture book,
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Rene Jakubowski talked to Preeceville School students about how the Playhouse story by Robert Munsch came to be, how she wrote to him in Grade 2 and how he visited her farm when she was in Grade 6. The book was published when she was in Grade 8.

            Using the experience of successful writers from the area, the Preeceville School promoted the importance of reading andshowed the students that their voices are powerful and are waiting to be heard, whether through a children’s story, a picture book, poetry, or an analytical article.

            "There are many forms of writing and many ways to share your ideas," said Leslea Hanson, teacher, during the presentation held October 17.

            Kira Olson, originally from Preeceville, talked about her writing life, from high school to university to writing a research article for a medical journal on nasal clarification. Olson emphasized how high school builds the skills that students will need in post-secondary education or to use in their day-to-day careers.

            "My researched paper that I had written for a university class in February 2016 focused on nasal clarification,” Olson said. “After I wrote it, I had the opportunity to submit it for publication through the University of Saskatchewan undergrad program. It was published in January.”

            Olson is a registered nurse on the surgical and cancer ward at the University of Saskatchewan Hospital.

            The writer in residence, Sigmund Brouwer sent a video where he advocates that books are a delivery system for story, and story is the most important part of engaging people. He explained how to access the free ebooks for students on a website and played a few book trailers to promote student interest.

            Poetry written by Paige Thompson of Norquay was also shared with students.

            Rene Jakubowski of Preeceville talked about how the Playhouse story by Robert Munsch came to be, how she wrote to him in Grade 2 and explained that he had visited her farm when she was in Grade 6. The book was published when she was in Grade 8. She even brought the original letter she wrote him to share with the students.

            Roland Larsen of Preeceville spoke with students about the importance of stories and how he always shared them with his children and grandchildren. His published children's story A Pony Named Peanut was read to students.