Considering returning to school? The Academic Upgrading program is free to students interested in gaining the admission requirements for college-level programs. Classes are held weekdays. Learn in an individualized learning setting. Courses include: communications, mathematics, biology and chemistry.

Contact Kim Sawyer at 705.474.7600 ext. 5469 to learn more about the Academic Upgrading program.

Chatham-Kent Hospice is launching a new grief and bereavement program thanks to a recent Trillium grant. Our first event is “Footsteps: Walking through Grief”, to provide support, hope and healing for those experiencing infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, infant and child loss. This is a free event taking place on Sunday, May 6th at the Rotary Eco-Trail (meeting at Salvation Army Church parking lot on Orangewood Boulevard in Chatham). For more information or to register please contact Caress at cleecarpenter@chathamkenthospice.com

When: Saturday, April 21 9AM-2PM
Where: The Salvation Army CK
46 Orangewood Blvd, Chatham

Yard Sale Tables & Vendor Tables available
Vendor: $25 (extra $15) Yard Sale: $20 (extra $10)
For more info:
Email Nicole_Shaw@can.salvationarmy.org
Call/Text 226-229-1046

All proceeds go to The Salvation Army CK Youth Programming

CKPL’s Reading Buddies offers free one-on-one assistance to children in grade 2 to grade 6 who would like practice reading. Reading Buddies allows children to improve their literacy skills through literacy-based games, activities, and high-interest readers. Volunteers spend 30 minutes weekly with a child for six weeks fostering a love of reading in a supportive, relaxed environment.

Reading Buddies will be offered at Wallaceburg Branch on Thursday evenings from April 5 to May 10. Appointment times are available at 6:00 pm, 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm.

To register please phone 519.627.5292. Spaces are still available. Sign up today

Lambton Kent District School Board’s Gregory Drive Public School Stages Shakespeare for Education Week.

    In the spirit of Education Week, Gregory Drive Public School is putting on a performance in honour of the literary genius William Shakespeare. In a production titled, Much Ado About Shakespeare. That’s right; students from grade 4-8 will be performing and speaking in Shakespearean language.

    In a students’ take on Shakespeare’s classics, a twist is added when more modern characters are put into the mix. The students’ interpretations on Shakespeare’s complex narratives become modified to meet present-day entertainment. Curiosity strikes when Henry V is told ‘The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow’ by Annie. Throw Dorothy from the Wizard Of Oz into a scene from Hamlet, and the result will surprise.  Come see what happens when Romeo and Juliet face off against their modern equivalent Tony and Maria from West Side Story?

    Come join the cast for an evening of parodies on Shakespeare’s tragedies, histories, and comedies on Wednesday, May 9th and Thursday, May 10th at 7pm at Gregory Drive Public School Gymnasium.  Admission is free and we only ask for monetary donations so we may continue to put on productions like this one in the future.

Please contact Brock MacKenzie or Kim Jackson (Kim.Jackson@lkdsb.net) for more information.