June is here, and traffic in the library has increased. Year-end projects, preparations for awards nights, last-minute research, and studying are keeping students focussed and our staff running. Yes, it's stressful, but it's also completely energizing. I am constantly amazed by the quality work put out by our students at North Battleford Comprehensive High School. And the creativity abounds. We've got students using our editing rooms and video cameras (reporters sporting burlap and boils coming to us "live" from the medieval streets of York), while others are searching infotrac and the net for information on the Korean War and H1N1. The book stacks are crawling with students writing papers on everything from the history of Op Art to a comparison of
The Great Gatsby and
The Beloved. Our craft area is kept busy with students working on visual representations of their personalities for Psych 30, and the Commercial Cooking students are putting together wonderful menus for their mock restaurants. And in the Library Science Classroom, Mr. Wyatt's History IB students are taking turns giving seminars on single-party states and modern wars.
Wow!
I am here on a temporary contract which ends June 27. My learning curve this year has been pretty much vertical, and the job has been stressful at times. But boy am I going to miss all the action, problem-solving, searching for the right information, and...above all...the contact with students whose minds are engaged. The Library is a great place to be.
