Kootenay CO-Op Radio Summer Camp

Kootenay Coop Radio is offering their 3rd Annual Youth Radio Camp!

This is a wonderful opportunity for youth to learn something new, be creative and have fun!

There are four weeks (Monday – Friday) and age groups available where youth will learn a number of fun and interesting aspects to working in radio. All the skills and knowledge acquired will help each group decide what kind of radio show they will want to write, produce and broadcast live on Friday afternoon!

Weeks and Rates:
Ages 8-11: July 5-9
Ages 11-14: July 19-23
Ages 15-18: August 9-13
Ages 11-15: August 16-20

Registration is $250 for non-members and $200 for KCR Members. There are also some bursaries available.

For more information or to resister email radiocamp@kootenaycoopradio.com or call us at 250-352-9600

MtSentLMC Birth Announcement: Lucy and Kobo

We are pleased to announce the birth of a bouncing baby laptop: Lucy and her little twin brother, Kobo the E-book reader. Lucy and Kobo join baby brother Ranger, our Ipod Touch, and baby sister Apple, our iPod Nano. These tools are available to staff & students for learning!

Lucy has iTunes installed, and we hope to share many free podcasts from iTunes U with our friends and fellow staff members. Currently, we have over 154 podcasts in the following areas:

1. Brain Stuff
2. Classic French Tales
3. Digital Photography
4. Science Theater
5. Math Dude
6. EcoGeeks
7. Nutrition Diva
8. Stuff You Missed in History Class
9. TED Talks
10. How Stuff Works

There will be more to come! Ranger has several apps loaded, including these ones:

1. Dragon Dictation/Speech & other speech to text
2. Math & Science
3. French and Russian Language learning
4. Foods & Recipe management
5. Fitness
6. Literature & Grammar
7. Psychology & Philosophy
8. Art & Graphics

...and much more! Come sync your iPod with our apps library, then take it home and re-sync it again.

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)

Welcome to the Library & Media Center Blog

Hi everyone, and welcome to the new
Library & Media Center (LMC) blog.


We thought, "what better way to let staff and students at Mt. Sentinel know what's happening with the LMC than a blog?" so voila, here it is.


We'll be posting information on items of interest such as:

• cool new web 2.0 tools
• new novels
• new DVD's
• great resource links we think you might like

So, speaking of new, here are the latest DVD's in:
1. "Into the Wild." Emile Hirsch stars in this amazing film. We've got the novel, too.

2. "Life is Beautiful" (humour & tragedy during WW2)

3. "The Matrix" (fight to free humankind from AI)

4. "V for Vendetta" (from the creators of "The Matrix" comes this intense disutopian movie. We're working on getting the graphic novel, too.)

5. "Basketball Diaries." An early Leo DiCaprio movie based on the novel by Jim Carroll (autobiographical fiction)

6. "Elizabeth: The Golden Age." Cate Blanshett stars.

Mrs. Brach and I look forward to continue providing Mt. Sentinel staff and students with the best text and digital resources possible. Keep checking in to see what's new...