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Drs. Loekie Morales Is Rotary SunsetS 2021 Literacy Award Recipient

Cole Bay,St. MaartenMultitalented and local Caribbean Author LucreciaLoekie Morales received RotarySunsets2021Literacy Award in recognition of her valuable contribution to literacy on St. Martinand surrounding islands. The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset, as a means tohighlight the importance ofBasic Education and Literacy,made the special presentation during its general club meetingat CarlsUnique Innand Conference Facilitiesin Cole Bay on September 13th, 2021.

A very ecstatic Loekie expressed how grateful she was to receive such a prestigious award. Im so honored to be here tonight, and grateful to be the recipient of this award, Loekie mentioned. 
Loekie also shared her journey from reading books to writing books and the importance of education and literacy in our community. Known for her connection with the youth and her efforts in the literacy field, Loekie has published 15 juvenile books over the years and many short stories in several year book editions of the Bibliotheka Nashonal di Korsou Read more

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Author Morales Reads At Leonald Conner School

Author Loekie Morales (right) and teacher Sharleen Dickenson (left) with group-five pupils at Leonald Conner School.

CAY BAY--Leonald Conner School invited author Loekie Morales Read more

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Literacy Award 21 For Loekie Morales

Rotary Club of St. Maarten Sunset President Lerissa Rey and District Governor Louis Wever (right) handing the Literacy Award 2021 to author Loekie Morales (centre).

PHILIPSBURG--Youth book author Loekie Morales, who has many published books, received the Literacy Award 2021 from Rotary Club of St Read more

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Author Loekie Morales To Be Featured In Curacao Storybook

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten CuracaosBibliotekaNashonalKorsou(BNK)library has selected a story bySintMaarten-based childrens author Loekie Morales for inclusion in its new 15-story compilation for 2021.

When I learned from BNK that my work would be included in their prestigious storybook, I was super-happy, said Morales, whose Beyond KulturaFoundation launched its own anthology, Captured by Corona, In March 2021. 

The theme of this years book is What I Would Like ToBe. Authors were asked to write about a child in Curaao who is choosing a profession. 

Says Morales: My story, Wat Shisha echt wil worden(What Shisha Really Wants to Be), concerns an 11-year-old girl who learns about the limited job opportunities that her mother and grandmother endured Read more

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Fight Covid-19 Follow The 3Ws Slogan Born On Sint Maarten

CUPECOY,SintMaarten —AsBeyondKulturaEvents FoundationvisitsSintMaarten elementary and high schoolsto distribute thenew confinement-themed poetry anthology,Captured by Corona,all schools are receiving complementary Fight Covid-19 — Follow the 3Ws postersto helpstudentsremember the keysto preventingCovid-19.

While designing Captured by Corona, childrens author and BKE founder Loekie Morales wanted to make an even larger impact with a poster to underscore the books message. 

With Montessori teacher Marianne Tefft, who proofread the book, Morales mused about the notions of washing hands, wearing masks and keeping social distance. 

In a variation on the traditional classroom 3Rs of Reading, Writing and Rithmetic, Tefft spun the Covid-19 protocols into the easy-to-recall 3Ws — Wear a Mask, Wash Your Hands & Widen the Social Distance  and suggested the three-fingered W hand-sign to reinforce the message Read more

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Documentary Casa Manita Its Legacy Launched

Casa Manita, the boarding home for girls up to 15 years old, located in the American Camp, in Curaao, was founded by Aura Winkel Winkel more than 50 years ago. Nowadays boys up to 8 years old also live there. The vision and dream of the founder inspired Loekie Morales, a former pupil of Casa Manita, to develop a 40-minutes documentary of Casa Manita for its 50th anniversary, to make the boarding home life visible, in and outside our kingdom.

“A few years ago I wondered what happened to the girls who grew up with me in Casa Manita, and whom I lost sight of Read more

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Morales Hands Over 2 Copies Of The Bnk Children Year Book 2020 To Pjl

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Here it is, the2020childrens bookofSimanBanLesaofCuraao.TheBibliotekaNashonalKrsou(BNK) recently publishedthis ‘Gift book’ for the Children Bookweek 2020.

The gift book is entitled ‘Krsou, un pasado riku’/’Curacao eenrijk verleden’ and is in Papiamentu and Dutch and is illustrated by the recently late Ariadne Faries. The English title would be: Curaao a rich History’ Read more

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