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To see a calendar of program times for Castlegar & Area, click here
The Library
- Scrabble Club
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Join Castlegar’s Scrabble Club for a fun evening of word play. All levels of
Scrabblers are welcome!
- Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes
- Improve your reading, writing and speaking skills.
- ESL Communication Class
- Join other English as a Second Language learners for a communication
class – oral, written and electronic!
Call Margaret at 365-3336 for details
The Library
- Homework Club
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Help choose books, plan and present programs, speakers … whatever. We meet on
the second Wednesday of every month for pizza and pop.
- Tween Program
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Enjoy snacks, crafts, and events - come out and bring your ideas and
suggestions for activities.
- Parent-Child Mother Goose
- Learn rhymes, songs and stories with your new baby. Meet other new
parents. Childcare and snacks are provided.
- Book Club
- Share the love of books.
Call 365-6611 for details
Family Night Out
This evening drop in program brings parents and kids together to share stories, science
activities, games and drama.
Call Alana at 365-6061 for details
Girl’s Night Out
A unique after school program for girls in grades 5-7 to enjoy being creative, meet other girls, art, music, books, journal design, crafts, cooking and fun. This program is offered in Blueberry Creek Community School and in Robson Community School.
Call Alana at 365-6061 for details
Blueberry – call Bev at 365-7201 for details
- Family Literacy and Parenting Centre
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Bring your little one out for free play, art activities, circle time, stories
and a healthy snack. The emphasis will be on fun and socialization.
- Parent-Child Mother Goose
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Learn rhymes, songs and stories with your new baby. Meet other new parents.
Snacks are provided.
Call Bev at 365-7201 for details
Books for Babies
New families receive a book bag, books and community information.
Call Alana at 365-6061 for details
One to One Volunteer Trainings
The One to One Reading program offered at elementary schools is always looking for
community volunteers to read with the kids.
Call Bev at 365-7201 for details
Robson Community School
- Kindergym
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The gym is open for fun and play for preschoolers and their parents.
- Love 2 Learn
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Come and enjoy snack, story-time, games and activities.
This free drop-in program is for preschoolers and parents.
- Senior’s Beginner & Intermediate Computer Classes
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Learn to use Windows, manage documents, use Microsoft Word
to create, edit, and format documents, and explore the internet.
Call Laurie at 365-5970 for details
Kootenay Family Place
- Beautiful Beginnings
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Is for pregnant and post-partum women and offers a nutritious lunch,
workshops with guest speakers, formal and informal sessions, free prenatal
vitamins, a weekly $10 food voucher and access to a hospital breast pump.
- Baby Steps
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Continuation of Beautiful Beginnings-Parent support and education.
- Make the Connection
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Parent/Child program based on Love, Language and Learning.
- Drop-In
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Come by for a play time and visit with other parents.
- Discovering Loss
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Are you dealing with grief from a death, move, divorce, illness?
Come with your child and deal with grief in a positive way.
- Mother Goose
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Learn rhymes, songs and stories with your new baby.
Meet other new parents. Snacks are provided.
Call Lisa-Marie at 365-3662 for more information
Castlegar Primary School
- Kindergym
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The gym is open for fun and play for preschoolers and their parents.
Call 365-5744 for details
For more information about Castlegar Adult Literacy programs contact:
A big thanks to these supporters of Community Literacy Projects
| Columbia Basin Trust |
Literacy Now |
Selkirk College |
| BC Hydro |
RDCK Area J |
Raise a Reader |
| Ministry of Advanced Education |
BC Gaming Commission |
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| Kootenay Columbia School District #20 |
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