International School Library Month

October is International School Library Month!
To celebrate, West Pictou Consolidated School is hosting a Writers' Circle for middle school students in the library on Friday, Oct. 21. Middle school students are invited to bring poems, short stories, songs, or other things they've written to the library during lunch period and share their work. Mrs. MacEachern will be glad to read for anyone who is too shy to read his/her work aloud.

Remember, there are exploratories on Oct. 21 so middle school lunch will be held during 4th period.

Other ways to get involved with International School Library Month:

• Check out the library's "Food for Thought" display next to the gym
• Pick up an International School Library Month bookmark from the library
• Simply stop in and visit your library technician. She appreciates it :)

How will you celebrate your school library?

Meet the Mascots!

After a lot of difficult decision-making, the library does not have a new mascot -- it has two new mascots! The winning entries are Ollie the Owl by Alesha Dennis in Grade 6, and Dewey Dalmation by Elizabeth Sharpe, also in Grade 6. Ollie and Dewey have already found their way onto bookmarks. Keep your eyes open for them in other places as well: in the library, on posters, in the school newsletter.

Honourable mentions go to Michael Hughes in Grade 6, Taylor Dean in Grade 5, and Jacob Baillie in Grade 5.

There were so many wonderful entries that it was very tough to narrow it down. A big thank-you to all students who entered. Your creations were all impressive.