One of my grade 12s spent last block today getting crafty with recycled boxes and paper. So seasonal!

Overheard in the library: "Dude! Put some pants on!"
Theatre kid was wearing a pair of Daisy Dukes over a mesh onsie with his body painted up with cracks underneath said onesie *shakes head & sighs*

The rock duck is all ready for Halloween.

#DearSchoolLibrary
It's Canadian School Library Day and with the help of the Classic Fiction Book Club I made a thing!

Overheard in the library today: One young man says to his friend, "What do you do? Wash your face in chicken grease? Talk about connect the dots!" The response was, "At least my elbows aren't as ashy as yours Grandma!" Couldn't even call out the bullying. The insults were too good. lol

After the Classic Fiction Book Club finished watching "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (having finished reading the story), they actually clapped! Cuties! And they knew Angela Lansbury not just as Mrs. Potts but as Jessica Fletcher!

Overheard in the library:
One student says to another: "Please do not back flip in the library". I seconded that and said, "At least not in the Fiction section, move to Reference". Bad influence librarian. >:)

One of last year's graduates popped in for a visit & told me that she started reading for fun last summer & made a conscious effort to continue to do so this past school year. We had a delightful conversation about all the fabulous titles we've read since she graduated. Love when this happens.

Overheard in the library: Gr. 11 boy challenges his girlfriend to read "Finnegans Wake" and understand it. *snort*

A student just told me he looked "prestiege" in his new glasses. I guess so.

One of my students told me that when he was a boy in Cuba the rum truck would follow the ice cream truck around. Ice cream for the kids and a little something for their folks. lol

Commander in Chief, Sadie Victoria keeping an eye on Dad's WWII Canadian Army diarama.

Love this! Little self descibed nerds have begun interacting with my white board quotes. This week's was of course the one about the extinction of the dinosaurs being linked to their lack of literacy skills.

Wow! Just had a grade 11 student ask to borrow a copy of "Terry and the Shrew". Not even an EAL(English as an Additional Language) student. Just wow!

Not only has the Dollar Store calla lily I bulbs I bought a couple of years ago come back to life (I was only watering it because of the bit of spider plant that had rooted) but it's got a bloom! The students were laughing at me because I was so excited.

Grrrr! One of the grade 12s just sang The Smith's at me "And Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now". The good news is he was looking for a job and he found a job. :)

Overheard in the library: "If Sophie gets it wrong then you don't feel so bad if you got it wrong". Apparently Sophie's a smarty-pants.

Overheard in the librarY: "I didn't know you were a 40 year old Black woman wearing that leopard print bonnet". Says one ANS boy to another.

One of the Korean exchange students just gave me a "penny for my idea". 1st: this time of day not sure that the thoughts are worth that much 2nd: where'd he get a penny? They haven't been distributed since 2013?

8:01 this morning I checked out a copy of 1984 to a grade 11 boy. Who then wanted to talk about it. The library doesn't officially open until 8:30 and I hadn't had second coffee yet. These kids are keen!

There's a student sitting outside the library door singing his little heart out. Unfortunately he's wearing headphones and sings about as well as I do.

Grade 12 student just commented on the weather being so lovely: "Not optimal for studying, but optimal for the soul". She's not at all wrong.

Love the fancy house hippos!

The white board being put to good use by the student led Spanish Club.

3. The song by Duran Duran

These IB students are so well organized!

Two of the grade 12 boys made this for me in Tech. ❤️

Even high schoolers enjoy storytime! They especially enjoyed "Shark Girl" by @katebeaton.bsky.social

Ahhh, *gasp!* it must be officially spring. The library floor's dusty with tracked in mud and the air redolent with the smell of onions and gravy BO.

Overheard in the library: One grade 12 boy says to another, "My cat can beat up your cat". Weirdo.