About

R. E. Beattie Library Learning Commons is open from 8:30 to 3:30 p.m.

We are here to help you during both breaks and over the lunch break.  The facility is also available for club meetings and more.  Please forward your request to our learning commons librarian.

Our Division subscribes to Accelerated Reader, a literacy tool that has created a reading revolution in our school. Students are tested using the STAR reading tool, which gives them a ZPD (zone of proximital development) score. Our Crusaders are then able to choose books that will give them reading practice at a level of comprehension and interest that will challenge, but not discourage reading. Once a book is read, a quiz is taken. The goal is to receive a 85% or higher on the quiz which indicates that a Crusader has successfully understood the literature and able to move higher into their zone. Parents are able to follow their child's reading progress by signing up for AR HomeConnect. Visit our parent page to join your child on his/her journey.

Our learning commons is a space that goes beyond books.  Our space accomodates approximately 60 students thus it is used for presentations such as visiting authors, post-secondary presentations, club meetings and more.  We offer our space to students throughout the school day to gather, research, complete assignments and read.
 
Our space is also mobile.  Movable shelving allows us to increase the size to accomodate our annual book fair each November.  Although our space is visually open to our hallways, with blinds we can create a more private space for presentations.