CLARIDGE Primary School pupils received the Christmas gift of reading yesterday when the Marathon MP and Education Minister, Jerome Fitzgerald, donated books worth $15,000 and told them of his enduring love of reading.
“As Minister of Education, I realised that the best gift I could give this holiday season would be related to promoting education. Last year, I donated toys to the children, but this year, I wanted to give something more tangible something that I know could have a lasting impact and remain relevant even beyond the holiday season,” he told the students at a special assembly.
The minister challenged them to “to read at least one book a week and allow it to transform your minds and allow the knowledge to be transferred into other areas of learning” and told them how his childhood classic favourites - including Hardy Boys, Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - had fired his imagination.
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ilovemy242 9 years, 4 months ago
So no one in administration, the teachers, the principal, the minister or any of the students noticed the name of the school was spelled incorrectly?! WOW Way to go "Clarigde" Primary!
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