Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year feast and celebration.
The Jewish Calendar is a lunar calendar, therefor the dates of Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays will vary according to the Gregorian Calendar (the standard calendar used in most of the world for politics, business and daily life.) In 2020 Rosh Hashanah begins at Sundown on September 18 and ends at nightfall of September 20.
If Buck can wear a mask, so can you. Be sure to wear your mask in the School Library, around the halls and other common spaces in the school, and whenever you are out in public. Together we will fight this pandemic.
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Surrey Teens Read again in 2020-2021! We have multiple copies of each of this year’s selections. Come down to the school library now so that you can start enjoying the ten nominated Surrey Teens Read titles. Then in May you can vote for the Book of the Year. Find out more by visiting us in real life AND visiting SurreyTeensRead.weebly.com.
Vote now for Surrey Teens Read Book of the Year.
Need help finding an eBook, digital audiobook, or other online library resources? We can help you browse, select, locate and access all sorts of online resources, including fiction and non-fiction. Read the ebook version, or listen to the digital audiobook version of novels for teens.
For help, contact Mr. Sexton, your Teacher Librarian:
Happy International Women’s Day 2020!
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International Women’s Day is March 8. Celebrate today and this month in the school library. Check out our display of books and other materials related to women, feminism, and the ongoing struggle for the equality, rights and freedoms of women in Canada, and around the World.
In celebration of Black History Month, the CBC’s Curio.ca has put together a collection of video, audio and teacher resource guides. Students and teachers in Surrey Schools, and others with Curio.ca subscriptions, can access this collection for free! Find out more: Curio.ca
Here is an example of some of the content available to you:
Black Lives Matter: The Disruptors – The Fifth Estate (CBC)
Find out more about Black History in the province of British Columbia. Visit the BC Black History Awareness Society.
Although much about the historical Saint Valentine is sketchy and obscure, it is traditionally believed that in the 3rd Century, Valentine, a Christian priest, was arrested by forces of the Roman Emperor. He was martyred for his faith and his defiance of Empire. Happy Saint Valentine’s Day.
Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
Check out this book and all 10 titles nominated for Surrey Teens Read. Come down to borrow one of our copies. You can also find out more about STR by clicking here: SurreyTeensRead.
Thanks to Surrey Libraries for sharing this video from the Mixd Project:
One of the icons of the US Civil Rights movement looked an unlikely hero but proved to be someone whose strength of character belied her appearance. Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1934. In the face of the overt racism of 1950’s America, Rosa famously refused to give up her seat on the bus, as black people were expected to do for white people. She was arrested, and the resulting Montgomery Bus Boycott proved to be one of foundational events of the Civil Rights Movement.
For more on Rosa Parks:
Come down to the School Library to check out our titles on Rosa Parks and other books for Black History Month:
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