Students

Regular Loan Period – A maximum of five books may be borrowed at one time, with a limit of two books per subject or author. Books may be checked out for ten school days and must be renewed if the student needs them for a longer period.

Reference Books and Encyclopedia – Some of these books may be borrowed on overnight loan. They may not be renewed.

Reserve Books – When books are in demand for term projects they are sometimes placed on reserve for use in the library.

Computers – These are available for student use. Print-outs are 10¢ per page. Students must sign in with the librarian and show their agenda with the signed Acceptable Use Policy.

The maximum charge per book will not exceed its replacement cost. Fines are not charged if a student has been absent for medical reasons if the book is returned immediately after the absence and the note is shown to the librarian.

Lost Books – The charge will be the replacement value of the book.

Admission – Students using the library during class time must present their agenda with a note signed by their teacher or must be accompanied by the class teacher when group work is planned. Appropriate behaviour is always expected.

Fines - Charges on overdue books are as follows:

The maximum charge per book will not exceed the replacement cost of the book.

Fines are not charged if a student has been absent for medical reasons.

Lost Books – The fine will be the replacement value of the book.

Admission - Students using the Library during class time must present their agenda with a note signed by their teacher or must be accompanied by the class teacher when group work is planned.
 

ELIBRARY CANADA CURRICULUM EDITION

Our school subscribes to eLibrary Canada CE, the easy-to-use INTERNET-BASED reference resource for STUDENTS, AVAILABLE 24/7.

eLibrary Canada CE offers a broad range of full-text and graphical content that supports student information needs. Students can use this powerful, yet easy-to-use search tool to find the answers they need from hundreds of magazines, newspapers, books, maps, pictures, and radio and TV transcripts.

HOW WILL ELIBRARY CANADA CE HELP?
□ Work from school or home on your research assignments.
□ Improve your grades by bringing in extra credit articles on what you’re studying.
□ Find out more about your personal interests and hobbies.
□ Combine pictures, maps, and illustrations into presentations and reports.
□ Save time by getting all you need for reports from one search!

What can you do?
□ Search or browse full-text magazines
□ Focus your search on Canadian sources
□ Print, save, or email on the spot
□ Look up news articles from regional and international newspapers
□ Access pictures, maps, and illustrations to enliven assignments
□ Explore the meaning of words through the easy-to-use Look-Up feature
□ Utilize full-text reference books, including The World Almanac.

To use eLibrary Canada CE from home, go to: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/ce/canada/remote

and log in with the user name and password contained in the JRHS Agenda Book.

Recommended New Novels in the JRHS Library -

Alexie, Sherman.  The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

Junior leaves the ‘rez’ to attend an all-white school in town where the only other Indian is the school mascot. It is the story of one boy trying to rise above the life he was expected to live.

Burg, Shana.  A thousand never evers

As the civil rights movement gains momentum, the black residents of Kuckachoo, Mississippi, including seventh-grader Addie Ann Pickett, begin their own struggle for racial justice.

Collins, Suzanne.  The hunger games

In a harsh future world each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol must send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to take part in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Green, John.  Paper towns

One month before graduating from high school Quentin “Q” Jacobsen enjoys the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q’s neighbor and classmate takes him on a midnight adventure and then disappears.

Juby, Susan.  Another kind of cowboy

When horse-crazy Alex gets a chance to switch from western pleasure to dressage, he feels more comfortable with his riding. Cleo O’Shea might be the only person who understands him.

Peet, Mal.  Tamar   

In the winter of 1944 two spies parachute into Nazi-occupied Holland to support the Dutch resistance movement. Half a century later fifteen-year-old Tamar tries to uncover her grandfather’s hidden past.

Pratchett, Terry.  Nation

A tidal wave destroys Mau’s village and leaves a schooner with only one human survivor on board stranded on his island. Not knowing what to do and unable to understand each other the two teens must work together to forge a new nation.

Reeve, Philip.  Here lies Arthur

Gwyna is a girl who was forced to run when her village was attacked. She is taken under the protection of Myrddin who transforms her into the Lady of the Lake, a boy warrior, and a spy.

Schumacher, Julie.  Blackbox

Elena is quieter and steadier than her unpredictable older sister Dora but they have always been close. Elena tries to hold the family together when Dora is diagnosed with depression - even when the responsibility becomes too much to bear.