Your School Library Learning Commons is hosting its 3rd Annual “International Games Day @ Your Library” on Friday, November 14th. All day long you can come down to celebrate the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games. Join with thousands of people all over the world who will gathering to game in school libraries on Friday, November 14th, and in public libraries on Saturday, November 15th. Ask your teacher if your class is coming! Stay posted for more details.
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Drop Everything and Read
The annual DEAR Challenge is coming up: Monday, October 27, 2014. The BCTLA and the BCTF challenge all British Columbians to Drop Everything and Read for 20 Minutes. Most of Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary already does this every day, so this should not be a problem!
The DEAR Challenge is just one aspect of National School Library Day, Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month.
October is ISLM: International School Library Month!
October is International School Library Month. All over the world, people are recognizing and celebrating the powerful role that school libraries play in education. Come on in to the School Library at LTS, and continue to check back online, for more on our local celebration of International School Library Month!
Welcome Back
John Sebastian said it in his theme song for the 1970’s TV Sit-Com, “Welcome Back Kotter.”
Welcome back.
SafeTeen
SafeTeen is a tremendous program that covers a variety of topics including conflict resolution, healthy relationships, bullying, sexual health and more.
Once again we are very pleased to host SafeTeen seminars in the school library. Grade 10 BOYS will be attending SafeTeen seminars on May 28 and 30. As such, the room will be closed to all drop-in and study block students, as well as to all female staff.
SafeTeen
SafeTeen is a tremendous program that covers a variety of topics including conflict resolution, healthy relationships, bullying, sexual health and more.
Once again we are very pleased to host SafeTeen seminars in the school library. Grade 8 GIRLS will be attending SafeTeen seminars on May 20 & 21.. As such, the room will be closed to all drop-in and study block students, as well as to all male staff.
SafeTeen
SafeTeen is a tremendous program that covers a variety of topics including conflict resolution, healthy relationships, bullying, sexual health and more.
Once again we are very pleased to host SafeTeen seminars in the school library. Grade 8 GIRLS will be attending SafeTeen seminars today.. As such, the room will be closed to all drop-in and study block students, as well as to all male staff.
African Drums!
Once again the School Library is alive with the sounds of African Drums!
Poetry Slam! Day Two: Seniors
The second day of the LTSS Poetry Slam! featured a dozen senior students. An even larger crowd than the previous day came to check out the proceedings. The audience was treated to many outstanding performances. Thanks to all our poets who shared, and to all the students who came out to watch and listen.
Poetry Slam!
We at the School Library Learning Commons were thrilled to host the 1st Annual Poetry Slam today at lunch. Today the Junior category took place before a small but enthusiastic crowd! The poets shared some wonderful words with us.
Tomorrow at the lunch the Senior Poetry Slam features many more poets. We are expecting that will also mean an even bigger audience. Join us tomorrow at lunch for another Poetry Slam!
World Read Aloud Day
One of the greatest gifts parents can give to their kids is reading aloud to them. When parents read aloud to their kids, they are helping them grow as literate people. Not only does it help children learn to read, more importantly it helps children learn to love reading. When Mom and Dad read aloud to them, they learn that the adults they care about value reading. This is especially important for boys to see from their Fathers.
Reading aloud shouldn’t be limited to children in the primary grades and younger. Keep reading aloud to your kids for as long as they live at home! Make it a family activity. When they are fluent enough readers, let them take turns reading aloud. High school kids, ask your parents and teachers to read aloud.
Teachers need to remember this too. Many teachers, even in high school, still take opportunities to read aloud to their students. It can be an incredibly powerful experience for people of all ages.
“World Read Aloud Day is an awareness day advocating for literacy as a right that belongs to all people, celebrated around the world annually on the first Wednesday in March. Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate. Two-thirds of them are women. LitWorld is changing that.Every year on the first Wednesday of March, World Read Aloud Day calls global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories. WRAD motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words and creates a community of readers taking action to show the world that the right to literacy belongs to all people. By raising our voices together on this day we show the world’s children that we support their future: that they have the right to read, to write, and to share their stories. Read Aloud. Change the World.” (Source: litworld.org)
Freedom to Read Week
What is the biggest threat to our “Freedom to Read?” Is it censorship? Or is it something else? Perhaps it is apathy. Do we care enough about our rights and freedoms to do enough to protect them? Or perhaps it is simply the fact that not enough of us spend enough time reading.
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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” While this quote probably didn’t originate from Mark Twain, despite popular attribution to the brilliant writer, the sentiment is still worthwhile. We can teach our kids to read, but if they choose not to read, what then? We need to protect our “Freedom to Read.” It is vital to democracy. Yet the forces that would seek to erode our freedoms need not concern themselves very greatly if we simply fail to take advantage of our freedoms.
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