Great Reading Opportunities for the 2023-24 School Year - Young Reader Choice Awards

Canadian Young Reader Choice Awards, 2023-2024

What should I read next?  Hopefully Bastion students say this a lot.  Below are some great options.

These reading programs have adults nominating books, but kids and young adults reading them and choosing the winners - how exciting.  There are both French and English options.  BC's Red Cedar program (grade 4 & 5 [it's a grd 4-7 program]) I offer each year at Bastion due to our Parent Advisory Council's (PAC's) generous support.

- Forest of Reading, Ontario Library Association: a reading program intended for all Canadians (French component as well)

- Hackmatack (Atlantic Canada), French nominees as well

- Red Cedar (BC) 

- Chocolate Lily (BC)

- AB Rocky Mtn (Alta)

- MYRCA (Manitoba) 

- PNLA run by the Pacific Northwest Library Association, a US/Canada joint venture

- SK Willow (Sask)

Also, check out our Bastion library collection at: https://baslib.sd83.bc.ca

Warm wishes, Ms ou Mme M (aka Ms. Shannon Murrells-Allaway).

Head Lice: What are They and Ways to Prevent Them.

A nit (egg) and a louse (known as lice where there are more than 1)

Bastion Bobcats we tend to have lice finding their way onto Bastion Bobcat heads each fall.  Let's see if this year we can prevent the spread at our school.  See below to learn about lice, & strategies to keep them away and how to rid them if you do get them.

Mia learns about head lice with KidsCan (2:52)

Head Lice - Identification by Univ of Florida (3:11)

Promoting Health of Children & Youth | Infant & Youth Health | IH (interiorhealth.ca)

Canadian Paediatric Society: "Head Lice - Caring for Kids"  

Bastion library books about lice

Okanagan Regional Library books about lice