Earl Haig SS Library

Check out our wide selection of magazines – click here.

If you have suggestions on what the library should buy, click here.

Also – check out these new graphic novels by Malaysian writer, Lat.

Fri. May 25 is the FINAL DUE DATE for ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS.    Your yearbook will be held until you return these sources and clear all fines from your account.  Get your account settled now!

.

This week the library will continue to help our English Language Learners (ELL students) find articles on Canadian Inventors and Embedded Citations.

Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access.  Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.

Monday: Period 2
Tuesday: Period 2
Wednesday: Period 3
Thursday: Period 2

The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught.  Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods:  work quietly.

Do you like working with books? Are you hard-working and responsible? Interested in being part of a dedicated team of students who help make Haig a better place?

If so, the Earl Haig Library Learning Commons is looking for you! Click here for applications.

• gain volunteer hours while working to help your school become a better learning environment!
• learn how the library works and gain research experience
• work with presentation tools (powerpoint, web-based) to help us market our services
• particpate in a leadership opportunity and gain leadership skills
• work with Teacher-Librarians in making the library a fun, dynamic place to learn

If you’re not sure, please speak to any Teacher-Librarian to clarify the application process.

Congratulations to Maggie Helwig, author of Girls Fall Down, this year’s Toronto Book Award winner.

“The novel, published in 2008 by Coach House Books and shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award, foregrounds two ex-lovers’ unexpected reunion against a backdrop of a city-wide panic.” (Coach House Press).

What are the Toronto Book Awards?

Photo Courtesy: The Buxton Historical Museum Buxton School circa 1910

February is African Heritage Month:  a time to learn about and pay tribute to the many ways Black Canadians have helped shape our society.  Learn more about what the TDSB has planned.

Black History Month is a time to honour and celebrate the achievements of Canadians of African descent and their contributions to the social, economic, cultural and political life of Canada. It also provides an opportunity to learn about and be inspired by the history, pride and strength of all Canadians who struggle to be included and make a difference.

Find out more about African Heritage from Encyclopedia Britannica (user/pass in your agenda).

“I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.” These words are written on the memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and serve to remind us all of the powerful work Dr. King bore as he and others battled in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

How much do YOU know about Black History in Canada?  Take this quiz to find out.

Between 1840 and 1860, thousands of enslaved Africans traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.  Read stories, watch film clips and learn more  at Black History Canada.

"Charles Dickens." Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Feb. 2012.

Charles (John Huffam, “Boz”) Dickens, British Novelist (1812 – 1870)

Find out more about this famed author of such classics as A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities by clicking here (use the password from your agenda).

The library will close at 12:45  on Thursday Jan. 26 and Fri. Jan 27 to accommodate  exams (1 – 3:00 p.m.). Please speak to a teacher-librarian if you need access to library resources during those times.

JANUARY 26 & 27 EXAM DAY SCHEDULE

PERIOD 1     8:50- 9:35
PERIOD 4     9:40-10:25
PERIOD 5    10:30-11:15
EXAMS IN THE AFTERNOON

Happy New Year Haigers!

Visit the library and check out some great reads.  See the top Torontonian reads of 2011.

Note that this Wednesday is a special day schedule, so the library will not open until the start of Period 1,  10:30am.

Overdue Fine notices will be rolling out soon so please pay your fines and get a fresher start in 2012.

The ◙White Pine reading club resumes on Monday January 16th at 3:30pm in the library computer lab.

Don’t forget about the ◙Write Across Ontario contest – due February 1st.

“Get your writing read by well-known authors! Chose one of the story starters and submit your work to ◙Write Across Ontario’s creative writing competition by February 1st, 2012.  Winners will be published and win a cash prize.