Dear families,
Happy Fall! This coming month, we celebrate Canadian Literature and remember our fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day.
Announcements & Reminders
- On November 6th, we celebrate I Read Canadian Day!
- Check out some of our Canadian collections on Sora and our physical collection.
Parent Events & Webinars
- Big thanks to everyone who attended our “How do I use the Unit Study Kits?” Webinar on Tuesday. Here is the SOPHIE page with the recording and Rachael’s slideshare.
Student Highlights & Contests
- All HCOS+Flex students are invited to join the Secret Santa Student Card/Gift Exchange! Students who wish to participate will be given another student’s name and mailing address so they can send a card/gift. A fun way to share a spark of holiday joy in our school community.
- Sleepy Animals Storytime on October 29 at 10 am. Preschoolers are welcome. Register here.
- Book Highlights! The Fantastic Gifts Of Fall and The Wings Of Poppy Pendleton in Sora. The Librarian Of Saint-Malo is Search Portal.
Resource Updates & Tips
- There are many textbooks available in the Search Portal for extended loan periods. Saxon Advanced Mathematics, Iwrite Math, Foundations Of Mathematics 11 Workbook, and Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 are just some of the math resources available. For Language Arts, check out Essentials In Literature 10, The Power In Your Hands: Writing Nonfiction in High School, and Windows To The World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis. Two sets of Exploring Creation With Advanced Chemistry-Extended Loan, which includes the Solutions and Tests, have been added to the Search Portal.
- The Search Portal has a variety of resources for all subject areas. To make it easier to “browse the shelves,” we’ve created the Topics tab on the main menu. These lists are curated by subject and by grade. In the Topic list ADST/Hands-on Learning, you will find everything from robots to STEM kits for grades K-8. Read more here.
- Are you looking for physical Novel Studies to engage your students? Look no further than the Search Portal! Read more here.
- Talk to your support teacher to receive links to the subscription, Mystery Science (K-5), that will boost your child’s learning.
Blessings From The Learning Commons
