Mission Statement

It is the goal of the school library to provide the staff and students of Guardian Angels School with resources and services that are appropriate and meaningful to their educational growth. It is by providing opportunities through school library experiences that every student is encouraged to increase their enjoyment of literature, to become independent and confident seekers of knowledge and to be skillful and discriminate users of libraries.

When I look back, I am so impressed again

with the life-giving power of literature. 

If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of

myself in the world, I would do that again by reading,

just as I did when I was young.

~ Maya Angelou ~

News from Guardian Angels School Library

Overdue Library Books

During the month of May, overdue notices will be sent out to students. All overdue books must be returned. Lost books must be paid for. Please search for your books and return them to the school library.

Forest of Reading 2011

Voting has been completed for the Forest of Reading programs at Guardian Angels School Library. There are different categories according to the grade level from Grade 1 through Grade 8.

Winning books and participants:

Blue Spruce 2011- All students in grades 1 through 3 participate in the Blue Spruce reading program when they visit the school library for their weekly library class. The students have voted for their favourite book from the selection of ten Canadian picture books.

Results are:

Third Place: Willow's Whispers by Lana Button

Second Place: My Think-a-ma-Jink by Dave Whamond

v  First Place: Have I Got a Book for You! by Melanie Watt

Silver Birch Express 2011- This reading program is for students in grades 3 and 4 and is run as a reading club. Students must read at least five of the ten nominated books from the list of fiction and nonfiction titles.

v  First Place: Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires

The following students were eligible to vote:

Mrs. Daniel’s class: Abigail, Amanda, Joseph, Kieran and Tamara.

Mrs. Kotarska’s class: Jean, Natasha, Zuwa, Cheyenne, Serena and Rouvin.

Mrs. Gibson Power’s class: Rachel, Samantha, Leah and Valerie.

Mrs. Di Muzio’s class: Alissa, Evan, Hanna, Isabella, and Thomas.

Mr. Buzdon’s class: Brianna, Julia, Kushal, Linda, Stephanie, Noah and Nichole.

Ms. Mateljan’s class: Marcus, Emily, Ross, Alexis, Gail, Lucas, Monaye and Rachel.

Silver Birch Fiction and Nonfiction 2011- This reading program is for students in Grades 5 and 6 and is run as a reading club. Students have two categories to choose from and are eligible to vote once they have read five books in a category.

v  Silver Birch Fiction- First place: Dunces Anonymous by Kate Jaimet

v  Silver Birch Non fiction- First place: How to Build Your Own Country by Valerie Wyatt

The following students were eligible to vote for Silver Birch Fiction:

Mr. Merino’s class: Kayla, Allyssa and Grant

Mrs. MacDonald’s class: Ashley, Jana, Emily, William and Emma

Mrs. Parris’ class: Ede, Alexis, Katherine and Brianna

Mrs. Valentini’s class: Veronika, Jessica and Geshini

Mrs. Bedford’s class: Sophia, Samuel and Adam

The following students were eligible to vote for Silver Birch Non Fiction:

Mr. Merino’s class: Allyssa and Leander

Mrs. MacDonald’s class: Nicholas, Jana, Mel, Emma, Daniel and Emily

Mrs. Parris’ class: Alexis, Gilda, Ede, Julia and Katherine

Mrs. Valentini’s class: Christina

Mrs. Bedford’s class: Simon, Michael G. and Anton

Red Maple 2011- Fiction and Non Fiction- This reading program is for students in grades 7 and 8. Every second year there is two categories- Fiction and Non Fiction.

Winning books at Guardian Angels School were:

Fiction: The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

Non Fiction: No Girls Allowed by Susan Hughes

The following students were eligible to vote for Red Maple Fiction:

Vanessa, Jessica, Trisha, Kesiya, Claudia, Daniella, Stephanie, Sasha, Whitney, May and Katrina

The following students were eligible to vote for Red Maple Non Fiction: Michela, Sasha, Whitney, Daniella, Stephanie and Kesiya.

We are awaiting the Ontario wide results at the end of May!

For more information about the Forest of Reading program visit www.accessola.com.

Thank you- Mrs. McCannel, Teacher Librarian