Letter from École Vickers’ student plants a seed with city
Students at École Vickers learned Thursday morning the pen is mightier than the sword.
As a project for Earth Day, students were encouraged to write letters to different levels of governments and organizations with their ideas on how to, “green up” the province and city.
“They were absolutely charmed when letters came back in the post addressed to them saying, ‘Wow, what you’ve said is true and we can make a difference, we can change this,’ both from the city and the school division,” Jane Sinclair, who teaches Grades 5 and 6 at École Vickers, said. “I’m fascinated by the fact that I was assuring them that they were empowered to change their world and, low and behold they had.”
Jacob Cloutier, 11, is a student of Sinclair’s. He penned a letter to the city, encouraging tree planting at the entrances of the city, as well in park spaces. Jacob’s letter ended up on the desk of Wes Hicks, Prince Albert’s Director of Public Works.