Grade 7 Students at Gore Hill working with

SATL Kelly Moore creating avatars to showcase their writing.

Gore Hill Grade 7 students working with TL Margaret Snow and SATL Liz Golden at the Smart Board computer.

TL Margaret Snow and a Grade 7 Gore Hill student creating a book trailer voice track using Audacity software.

Blue Spruce lesson ideas generated by an enthusiastic group of teachers and teacher librarians (Derek Kennedy, Kelly Moore, Dani Hayes, Diane Picard, Cheryl Delbrocco, Karen Rosati, Liz Golden, Debbie Demers-Hewitt, Johanna Lawler, Charlotte Cornel, Nadia Barzotto).

Sharing "Blue Spruce" ideas during a PLC held  at Benson - Derek Kennedy (Benson TL), Charlotte Cornel (Eastwood TL), Nadia Bartozzi (Prince Edward TL). 

Sharing "Blue Spruce" ideas during a PLC held at Benson- Karen Rosati (Malden TL), Danie Hayes (Victoria TL), Debbie Demers-Hewitt (Teacher, Victoria).

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TL, Nancy Duym shows off a successful "weeding"

at King Edward.  Notice the books on the shelf beside Nancy and the piles on the floor.  

Check out the title of this "weeded" book.....

"My Life in the Asian U.S.S.R"!

Breaking the Guinness Book of World Records at

Queen Elizabeth Public School, January 2009!

Teacher-Librarian, Adrienne Taylor introduces students to categories in the Northwood library.

SATL, Johanna Lawler and her group of Grade 7/8 girls at the Women in Technology Session held in Roseville Library, February 2009.

SATL, Kelly Moore and her group of Gr. 7/8 girls participate in a Women in Technology session at Roseville School LIbrary, February 2009..

Shelf Markers at Essex PS...  simply a great idea!

The "Red Carpet" Blue Spruce Forest of Reading Program....  Bienvenue!

SMARTer Library Program at Southwood...

SMARTer Library at Essex P.S.

Discarded books after a successful weed at Forest Glade....

SATL, Kelly Moore prepares for the Book Display...

SATL, Martha Martin prepares for the March 2nd Book Display....

Book Display set up on March 1st.. 

GECDSB Book Display

Sharon gives the instructions before the shopping can begin....

Instruction time.....

Charlotte Cornell takes a load off to add up her totals....

Liz Geier and Carol Edmondson 

Sharon and Nadia get ready to check out at the Accounting Table!

Diane Picard arrives at the Book Display ready to shop!

Team A.V. Graham is all smiles!

Belle River's TL, Jukie Faust, does some heavy lifting!

The SATLs organize the "Essential Boxes" for our schools. 

Behind the scenes in the basement of the Board Office....

Each school's boxes.... 

SATL, Martha Martin continues sort and organize.

Notice the blue signs posted on the wall indicating each school.

Christmas came early for our libraries....

Here is the hallway leading to the Program Department!  Boxes, boxes, and more boxes!!!

Queen Victoria celebrates the Ministry Initiative with a "Sneak Peak" Reception for the staff. 

Books, books, and more books... 

The Library at Queen Victoria. 

VP and TL, Ron Brown peruses the new library books with teacher, Cory Carter.   

Teachers discuss all of the great library books and which ones they plan on using first! 

SATLs, Liz Golden and Kelly Moore check out the great reads!

A pair of Queen Victoria teachers enjoy the latest additions to the library. 

 Happy faces everywhere!

The Library at J.E. Benson.

Benson Teachers perusing the new library books at a reception to celebrate the Library Resource Initiative purchases.

A pair of Junior teachers looking over the Social Justice books.

J.E. Benson Principal, Fran Pohanka enjoys one of the great non-fiction selections.

Guiness World Record books were a hit with the boys!

A book written by famous rap singer, Queen Latifah, catches the eye of these Primary students.

A giggling Benson student enjoying a joke book.

Noses buried in a Barack biography!!

A pair of Benson students thrilled with the Twilight series.

Eliot Jones has a starring role in McGregor School's Blue Spruce Idol presentation!

The winners of Blue Spruce Idol at McGregor School.

A beautifully decorated Book Fair set up by Lori Hugli (TL and VP) at Amherstburg Public School

What an eye-catching display!

New book display at Mount Carmel Blytheswood.

Staff perusing the great books selected by teacher librarian, Sopan Tan.