April is National Poetry month! We have already enjoyed two celebrations of poetry at Coffee House this week. Please come to the Library Learning Commons for Cafe Polyglotte at lunch on Wednesday April 17 and Thursday April 18 to share your multilingual poetry (thoughts, songs, writings, etc) with a small audience over some treats.
Gladstone now has Wireless access!
As a Gladstonian you can now log into the World Wide Web using your VSB username and password. If you have forgotten your password, see your teacher as any teacher can assist you in resetting it. If you have trouble accessing the internet this way, go to VSB Visitors and ask your teacher for the current password.
WE WON!!!
Yesterday we got the news from Aviva that Gladstone is one of the Grand Prize Winners for the Aviva Community Fund! The school received $50,000 for the Greenhouse Project.
The news made it into today’s Province as well! Many thanks to Mr. McCallion, Mr. Breslauer, Mr. Wallace, Ms. Mergens and Mrs. Solomon for putting it all together, as well as all the students, staff and others in the Gladstone Community who voted!
Check out the story in the Province: Vancouver school wins $50,000 prize to build its own greenhouse
Vancouver school wins $50,000 prize to build its own greenhouse
IAN AUSTIN THE PROVINCE iaustin@theprovince.com twitter.com/ianaustin007
The Province
30 Jan 2013
Gladstone Secondary’s simple whiteboard lesson about growing local food has landed it a cool $50,000 prize to build its own greenhouse and grow its own victuals. Students at the Vancouver school already grow food served for lunch in the cafeteria —…read more…
Welcome Back!
We would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!
Keep your eyes out for new books in the Library, as more are added weekly.
Also, if you have any suggestions of books we should consider purchasing, write them down in the binder at the Circulation Desk.
Thanks!
Ms. Parungao and Mrs. Montroy
Greenhouse voting starts today!!
Voting for the Aviva grant starts today!
Here is the link to the Gladstone Greenhouse application.
Remember to vote every day for 8 days (last day of voting is Dec. 12)
Human Library
The Human Library on October 22 was a huge success!
Many thanks to our wonderful “books” who came out and shared their stories with students at Gladstone!
There were several reporters that came by to watch the Human Library; click on the links below to see their articles:
Vancouver School Board Facebook page (scroll down to October 22nd)
National School Library Day and DEAR on October 22
October is Canadian Library Month and Monday, October 22 is National School Library Day!
On October 22, everyone will Drop Everything and Read (see the link for DEAR to the right) for 20 minutes in Block 2-4. Remember to bring something to read for pleasure for that time. We have some new books that have just arrived in the Learning Commons; come and check them out!
As well, all day on October 22 the Learning Commons will be hosting a Human Library (please see the link on the right for more information on the Human Library). If you are interested in coming, there are a few spaces available in the afternoon. Please see Ms. Parungao in the Learning Commons for more information.
Gladstone Greenhouse Proposal
Vote for the Gladstone Greenhouse!!
Go to the Aviva Community Fund website for more information about the Greenhouse Proposal.
You will need to create an account, but once you have you can vote every day! The project ideas that get the most votes go on to the next round, so be sure to vote!
New book suggestions
It’s been so great to see everyone coming into the Learning Commons to check out books and work on the computers!
Just a reminder that we are always looking for suggestions for new books. We have a binder on the circulation desk that you can write down titles/authors. It has a nice, bright, pink sign on the front, so you can’t miss it!
Thanks!
Mrs. Montroy