Library Learning Commons Information and News! 

****FEBRUARY FEATURES: BLACK HISTORY MONTH, GROUNDHOG DAY, VALENTINES DAY, BC HERITAGE WEEK, LUNAR NEW YEAR, RAMADAN, RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK, THE OLYMPICS, FREEDOM TO READ WEEK, PINK SHIRT DAY, AND MORE ****

Kindness Olympics Challenge - Pick up forms from the library and turn them back in by February 20th to enter into a draw. 

1. Choose 2 or more challenges, each from a different category.  

2. Check off the challenges you completed and tell about a category 2 or 3 challenge on the other side of the bookmark. Primary – a grown up can print for you if needed.  

3. Drop this off in the library by February 20th to be in a draw for some great prizes.  

Category 1: Read with Kindness 

  • Read and tell someone/write/sketch about a book where kindness changes the story 

  • Read and tell someone about/write/sketch a scene where a character is kind 

  • Read and tell someone about/write/sketch a picture about a Valentine’s book. 

Research with solid fillCategory 2: Mystery Act of Kindness 

  • Leave a positive / kind note or Valentine for someone without signing your name. 

  • Do something kind / helpful without anyone else knowing. 

  • Write a short kind anonymous thank-you or appreciation note to someone (school, home, neighbour) and leave it where it will be found or have someone else give it to them. 

🤝 Category 3: Random Acts of Kindness

Compliment someone sincerely 

  • Hold the door without being asked  

  • Donate a book or recommend one you love 

  • Thank a librarian, teacher, or helper 

  • Share books, toys, or supplies 

  • Donate something you no longer need 

  • Do a chore without being asked  

  • Make someone a card or bookmark 

  • Help cook/bake for family, a neighbour, or elder 

  • Invite someone to play who is alone 

  • Chalk happy messages on a sidewalk 

  • Pick up litter (safely – never pick up something sharp or unknown) 

  • Read a book to a younger person or an elder 

  • Phone someone in your family who might be lonely or miss you 

  • Have a no complaining day 

  • Other act of kindness not on this list 

 Kindness counts—big or small. 💖 

Library Hours most days 7:40 - 2:15

Teacher-Librarian Contact Info: 

The best way to reach the teacher-librarian is by email: rtcs-library@sd33.bc.ca.

Explore our online library catalogue at Destiny Discover

Access the LIBRARY CATALOG to explore books we have in our library here. 

Students will use their student's SD33 login (a number they have been assigned) and their password. They can browse our book collection, find out what they have signed out and when it is due, and put books on hold. 

SORA has instructions in various languages for families who are newer to Canada, as well as some titles in other languages - Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more! 

Reading Link Challenge for Grades 4 and 5

Amazing Book Race Grades 6 - 8

Title options include five novels, one novel-in-verse, two graphic novels, and one non-fiction book. Thank you to our RTCS Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) for supporting this and many other initiatives in our school. 

Kiwanis Super Readers

Kiwanis Super Reader Program

District Databases - Online Library Resources 

  • For use at home, some require a username and password that the teacher or teacher-librarian can provide. 

Chilliwack Databases

Storyline Online: Books read aloud.

More eBooks

More Student Resources

Éy swáyel The RTCS library learning commons and those of us in the Chilliwack School District are grateful to live, work, play, and read on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Stó:lō territory of the Pilalt, Ts’elxwéyeqw, and the Sema:th.