StoryFest News

Hudson, June 2008
StoryFest - Playing With Words, is a community initiative spearheaded by Hudson's Greenwood Centre for Living History. In partnership with Westwood Senior High School, students participated in numerous StoryFest activities both at Westwood and within the Hudson community at large. StoryFest 2007 authors who spoke at Westwood included Roy MacGregor, Gil Courtemanche, Noah Richler, Claire Mowat and Karen Molson. To promote StoryFest 2007 events, students set up displays, painted murals, organized contests, put up posters and gave audio-visual presentations. In conjunction with StoryFest and Canadian Children's Book Week, Westwood Senior organized Reading Week within the school. To promote and encourage the "Love of Reading" theme, many activities unfolded: "Poetry Free For All", "MatchBook" Contest, StoryFest Draw and "Look Who's Caught Reading". Students met with the authors and storytellers including Hudson's own "Trapper Rod" Hodgson.

In recognition of StoryFest - Playing With Words as a joint Greenwood & Westwood project, Westwood Senior won First Prize in the Prix de Reconnaissance of the Ministere de l'Education, du Loisir et du Sport among 294 schools in the Greater Montreal region. The Prix de Reconnaissance is awarded to projects that promote books, develop reading habits and contribute to student success.