CALEDONIA – Rubicon Publishing visited River Heights Public School today to meet with student winners of a contest sponsored by Rubicon in October 2008.

At a Toronto Raptors event this past October, River Heights Public School was chosen from among 250 schools to receive a complete library of Rubicon books including the award-winning series BOLDPRINT, BOLDPRINT Kids, The 10 and Timeline. After using the books for four months, 11 students, ranging from grade 3 to 6, volunteered to discuss the books. 

Grade 5 student Caitlyn Carbone exclaimed, “I love these books because the writing and the pictures blend with each other and the information rocks!”

Jacqueline Baquest, a Grade 7/8 teacher at River Heights Public School had the opportunity to use The 10 series in her classroom and added, “They look like magazines. Students are learning the curriculum and they barely even know it!”.

Rubicon’s learning group has published many award-winning resources designed to improve literacy skills and engage young readers. Kid appeal is one of Rubicon’s main strengths. When Thalia Schuch, a grade 4 student, was asked whether she would like her teacher to use the books as textbooks, she enthusiastically replied, “Yes, yes, yes, yes!”