Making it More Interactive @ the LMC

Remember the Library & Media Centre survey many of you students took in early March? Well, we've taken a look at the results, and one of the things that you've asked for is more student input into what we do at the LMC. So here are some changes we've made:

• Like a book, but we don't have it? Let us know by jotting it down on the suggestions sheet by the sign-out book on the front counter.


• Got a great book you recommend? Fill out a student pick of the week slip, we'll display it along with the book on the front counter. Then, we'll put your name in for a draw at the end of the month for a gift certificate from Jenny's Book Garden in Winlaw.


• The LMC has a new email address: mtsentlmc@gmail.com Send us your questions, ideas, or suggestions, we'd love to hear from you!


• Bored at lunch? Come in to the LMC and play a hot round of Scrabble. We've bought the board game. Ask Mrs. Brach to sign it out.

If you're a senior student who would like a little more support with one of the following subject areas, try www.Hippocampus.org, a free learning site with excellent, interactive tutorials:

• Biology, Calculus, Algebra, Physics

We've had good reviews from the senior students who have tried it.

New Arrivals!

Mrs. Brach has been busy cataloguing some of our new arrivals (novels, that is), and they're moving off the shelves--fast. Here's a highlight of what you'll find at the LMC this week:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

"ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together."

If the novel sounds intriguing, try the real story: a robot (automaton) made in the late 1800's was discovered to be able to write its owner's name and more...here is the website: The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

These just in:

• The Snow Empress: A Thriller by Laura Joh Rowland (based on real murder mystery in Japan, 1699)


• The Secret Life of Owen Skye by Alan Cumyn (when life gets crazy, it's good to have brothers on your side...)

The Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan (part of a series: Percy Jackson has just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and return it to Mt. Olympus)

A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Asne Seierstad (journalist Asne Seierstad's insight into wartorn Baghdad after a three month stay)