The Rotary Club of Saskatoon has a partnership with King George Community School located in the inner-city of Saskatoon through the development of their community room, Christmas market and reading program. The school has about 150 students, with approximately 65% of aboriginal ancestry, and includes many other multi-cultural backgrounds.
Since King George has a Community School Coordinator and is a hub for educational, social, recreational and cultural activities for the King George neighbourhood, the Rotary Club of Saskatoon provided funding and hands-on support to build a community room in the school and purchase a drum and teepee for cultural activities at the school.
Since 2015 The Rotary Club of Saskatoon has also hosted an annual Christmas market in late December. We collect items for the market throughout the fall to provide the kids with an opportunity to “shop” for gifts for their families. Rotary volunteers spend the day in a morning or afternoon shift to help the kids shop and wrap gifts for their families. Improving students’ reading comprehension skills is a major focus. The club provides a one-on-one reading opportunity to Grade 1 and two students to help support the School’s goals of having the students read at their grade level. We volunteer to read one morning every two weeks for a couple of hours starting at 8:50 am. The Rotary Club of Saskatoon is happy to partner and support this inner-city school in Saskatoon.
For more information on the King George Community School Partnership, or to get involved contact us today!