Library

St. John’s Library holds a collection of over 18,000 items for both student and staff use.  The circulation of materials is automated and students may search for a book at any computer in the library.  We subscribe to 30 magazines and 3 newspapers plus we have access to the Winnipeg Free Press Online Edition and the World Book Encyclopedia Online.

Our library is open at 8:30 each morning for students to use before class.  We close at lunch for half an hour and then stay open until 4:00 most afternoons.

Teachers may schedule classes into the library on a regular basis or intermittently whenever students need resources for a project.  Small groups of students or individuals may also be sent to the Library to exchange books, do research, or to study.  Senior 3 and 4 students use the Library during their unscheduled periods.

Our Library has 20 computers, all with Internet access plus Word.  We have a printer available for student use.  We sell computer disks ($1) so students can save their work.

Students may borrow up to 3 books at a time, and may keep them out for 2 school day cycles.

Reference books must be used in the library.

The Teacher-Librarian provides instruction in the use of resources, research assignments, individual interests, creating Bibliographies and reading for leisure.

Our library also holds the St. John’s High School Yearbooks and Archives.

Visitors  are  always  welcome.

 

HOT NEW  BOOKS  in  OUR  LIBRARY

Drug  Education  Library  Series
The newest information about the street drugs Ecstasy, Inhalants, LSD, Opium and PCP are found in this brand new series.              

Graphic Novels

• The Fruits Basket Series?  Books 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Bone?   A total of 6 Shakespearean plays?   Five collections of Short Stories?  Three biographies? One 'memoir'?   Plastic Man on the Lam!  All these and more add up to over 100 BRAND NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS for our library collection!   

• Remember:  In order to find these novels - open the Internet on any computer. Under Favorites, go to Book Search and type in Graphic Novels.  Then click on "Subject" and you will get a list of them all...ENJOY! 

Ghost Stories
Fireside, Romantic, of the Sea, of the Old West - lots and lots of new GHOST STORIES!

Lemony  Snicket  Series
We have all 13 of these wonderful adventure books by Lemony Snicket.  Everyone loves to follow the story of the Baudelaire orphans and their 'kindly' guardian, Count Olaf....
 

 

Helpful Links

Citation  Machine

World  Book 
       ID:   wsdschools    
       Password:   student 

Winnipeg  Public  Library

Winnipeg  Free  Press  Online  Edition     
        Username: stjohnnie@wsd1.org
          Password: freepress

 

 

Magazines and Newspaper Subscriptions

Our Library currently subscribes to the following newspapers and magazines :

 

 

 

MANITOBA YOUNG READERS CHOICE AWARD BOOK CLUB

St. John’s High School Library is home to our Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award Book Club.  This Manitoba award is presented each autumn to the author of the most popular novel, chosen by Manitoba students, from a list of Canadian books published the previous year.  This year's winner is We All Fall Down by Eric Walters. It is a fictionalized account of the tragic events of  9/11.  The two Runners-Up are The Devil, the Banshee and Me by L. M Falcone and Gemini Summer by Iain Lawrence.

Our Book Club meets once a month from November to May, over a lunch hour.  Members come from all grades and each student must read at least three of the nominated novels.  Just after Spring Break, students cast their ballot to vote for their favourite novel.  The 18 novels nominated for the M.Y.R.C.A. this year are: 

Baboon by David Jones	Chocolate River Rescue by Jennifer McGrath Kent
Darkwing   by Kenneth Oppel	Dear Jo: the Story of Losing Leah by Christina Kilbourne
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis	The End of the World as We Know It by Lesley Choyce
Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock	The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden
How It Happened in Peach Hill by Marthe Jocelyn	Out of the Cold by Norah McClintock
A Perfect Gentle Knight by Kit Pearson	Schooled by Gordon Korman
Sketches by Eric Walters	Soames on the Range by Nancy Belgue
Vendetta by Christopher Humphreys	Visions by Carol Matas
When the Bough Breaks by Irene N. Watts	When the Curtain Rises by Rachel Dunstan

Questions or Comments Welcome:  wwinslow@wsd1.org