Save the Date for Booktalks in the LC

Don't miss your favorite teachers talking about the following books!!!

Ms. Murray is reading The Boundless  Presentation on Tuesday Jan. 26 

Mr. Prescott is reading Dead Man's Switch Presentation on Tuesday Feb. 10

Ms. Mastrogaicomo is reading How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Tied
 Presentation on Tuesday Feb. 24

Ms. Maclean is reading Eric Walters Rule of 3 Presentation on Tuesday Mar. 3

Ms. Phillipe is reading The Comic Book War Presentation on Tuesday Mar. 10

Mr. Lehmann is reading Zomboy Presentation on Tuesday Mar. 24

Ms. Tirabasso is reading Summer Days and Starry Nights Presentation on Tuesday Mar. 31

Ms. Sutherland is reading  The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden
Presentation on Tuesday Apr. 7

Ms.Rivard is reading Unspeakable Presentation onTuesday Apr. 14

Inviting Your Teacher to Read with Us!

Before Christmas Holidays:

• Give your assigned teacher the invitation to join the Red Maple Reading club.
• Give them a print copy of the book or show them how to get to the eBook on Overdrive.
• Take a photo of the teacher reading the book in an interesting and inspirational way!
• Send the photo to Ms. Murray to create advertising posters for the LC and the teacher's classroom door.

We have most of the titles in our eBook collection!

Simply go to this URL and 

Enter your Student # and Password

http://tinyurl.com/ovrd-ocsb

2014-2015 Red Maple Nominees are in the LC!

Please join us every other Thursday in the Learning Commons Quiet Lab!

Take out the books from the display in the LC.

Track your reading on the chart in order to qualify for an Academic Award (all 10 books!).

We will be using this blog to share our comments and to keep updated on news and events for our meetings.

Welcome to the 2013-2014 Red Maple Club

The books will be arriving in the Learning Commons shortly!
We hope to purchase both a print copy and an electronic copy of each title.

Please go to Destiny to sign out the eBooks and read them on your devices at home!
go to library.ocsb.ca and select St. Joseph High School from the drop down list.  Enter your student number and network password.

Click on the pages from the side bar to get a sneak preview of each title and author.

We will have formal meetings in February.  Until then...keep reading....

Results of the Battle of the Books!

SJH Red Maple VS Acadia Jr. High Book Battle!

Today we will battle via Skype with Acadia Jr. High in Winnipeg to determine which of the following titles is the best book ever!

St. Joseph High School Red Maple Club members have nominated the following titles:

1.  The Vampire Stalker by Allision Van Diepen  presented by Lena Morin
2.  The Vindico by Wesley King presented by Darien Reichel
3.  End of Days by Eric Walters presented by Aedyn Ladd

Acadia Jr. High has voted for the following titles:

1.  The Bedmas Conspiracy by Deborah Sherman
2.  Fly Boy by Eric Walters
3.  The Undergrounders by David Skuy

May the odds be ever in our favour and the best book win!

To vote please click on this link and select which argument was the best pitch made by students in today's Battle:

Vote for Best Argument HERE