PHOTO: Summer Literacy 2018
Astonished! Summer Literacy 7 began on July 3, 2019, and ran from 1:00 – 4:00 on consecutive Wednesday’s and Thursday’s until August 22nd. It also included optional Tuesday evenings in the community. The program was based on the strengths, dreams, and needs of participants. It included expanding reading and comprehension skills, new technology and social media, financial literacy, numeracy, and exploring literacy skills around the city.
Welcome Hailey Unrau and Bushra Burki, summer students with Astonished! Thanks Sean Davis, A! Student Researcher, for helping them feel at home on their first day, May 21, 2019.
Hailey Unrau
Hailey Unrau is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science in the faculty of Nursing at the University of Regina, where she was first introduced to Astonished! through a program placement. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Hailey has been involved with the community since she was a little girl. Always singing and dancing, her greatest joys come from making others laugh and exploring themselves to the fullest extent! You can expect to see Hailey constantly pushing everyone to get involved and have fun with her! Her favourite novels include The Book of Negroes and They Called Me Red. She is loving hanging out with all her friends this summer!
Bushra Burki
Bushra Burki is a student at the University of Regina, and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She was born in Pakistan and moved to Canada at the young age of three. As a Muslim woman, she quickly understood the value of multiculturalism and the need for inclusion. She dabbles in poetry and prose and is currently writing a novel. The only thing she likes better than writing is teaching others to write creatively. Her favourite books are The Girl Who Could Fly and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Bushra has six other sisters at home along with her parents. She is happy to be a team leader in this year‘s summer literacy, as it combines her love of teaching with her passion for writing and reading.
Thank you to the Conexus Community Investment Program for their support of the Astonished! Summer Literacy Program.
Some photos from Summer Literacy 2019
Some of the noteworthy successes of last summer included:
