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EMSB elementary school gets prestigious grant to bolster library

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Thu, Jun 22: Students and teachers at Montreal’s St. Dorothy Elementary School are holding an activity day as the school year wraps up. Global’s Billy Shields reports – Jun 22, 2017

Students at St. Dorothy Elementary in Montreal’s east end started their last day of school with a cup-stacking competition.

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Teachers pointed out that just about everyone was looking forward to summer vacation – but there was one surprise in store before that last bell.

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At the end of the cup-stacking, the school’s principal, Sandra Léveillé, revealed the Indigo Books and Music Foundation had chosen St. Dorothy Elementary to receive a $20,000 grant to upgrade its book collection.

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Currently, the school has about two books per pupil; the grant would raise that number to seven for each student.

“Right now, we only have an annual budget of about $1,700 [for books] a year,” Léveillé told Global News.

With the grant, which lasts for three years, the school plans on adding about 1,500 volumes.

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As part of the application process, the school’s students put together a video to explain why they thought they should be selected for the grant.

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“I love reading books because they teach you stuff,” one young student stated.

Across Canada, only 30 schools are chosen to receive the grant.

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