Maureen Blackstock and Helen Larnach
Twenty-four school students were recognised last month in this year’s Town and Country Literacy Awards run by Altrusa International of Cambridge.
Altrusa Cambridge secretary De-ane Busby, left, with a trio of models from Annah Stretton Cambridge – Allyson Gofton, Maree Blakey and Kelly Turnock. Photo: Viv Posselt
The students – two each from 24 primary or intermediate schools – were each awarded a bookmark and a voucher. They were nominated by their schools for having demonstrated an exceptional effort to be the best reader they can be.
The club’s Town and Country Literacy Awards – so-named because they extend to cover schools outside the immediate town area – began in 1992.
They are run each year to coincide with International Literacy Day on September 8, a day declared by UNESCO in 1966 and marked for the first time in 1967 to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.
The recipient schools for the Altrusa International of Cambridge Town and Country Literacy Awards this year were Cambridge Primary, St Peter’s Catholic, Kaipaki, Goodwood, Karāpiro, Cambridge Middle, Cambridge East, Te Miro, Hautapu, Roto-o-Rangi, Leamington and Horahora schools.
A senior school-level award – the Altrusa International of Cambridge Literacy Award – will be presented to a Cambridge High School student at the end of this month.
Cambridge Altrusa’s Maureen Blackstock (chairperson of the communication/literacy committee), and Helen Larnach (co-ordinator of the annual literacy awards). Photo: supplied
