As the days get longer, so to do the number of hours students are spending in the Librar y. Per formance and

Culminating Activi ty seasons are both upon us. With these added activi ties, student str ess levels are visibly increasing. Remind the student in your house that r eading is a proven str ess r el iever. Some research suggests that r eading for pleasure for as l i ttle as 6 minutes at a time can signi f icantly r educe overal l levels of str ess by as much as two-thir ds. I f you can aim for 30 minutes of uninter r upted r eading time, you w i l l r eap the benefi ts to both your psychological and physical health.

The ESA Librar y has many recent acquisi tions on display on the upper level. Drop by, browse for a bi t, and take home something to r ead for a break from the str esses of your ever yday l i fe. Check out the latest ar r ivals in the postings on the ESA Librar y Pinterest webpage before you come to the Librar y.

Spr ing 2015

Great Soup, our tastiest event of the year, is back on Monday Apr i l 27th. Members of the ESA Community cook and bake - mostly vegan and vegeter ian fare - and ser ve up a ver i table feast in the Librar y at lunch.

Join us for this al l you can eat food fest. $6 per per son, $5 w ith a donation to our Spr ing Food Dr ive. Preferably br ing your ow n bow l and a spoon, out supplies are l imited.

Fill out this Google Form i f you can contr ibute food to the meal.

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GREAT SOUP RETURNS APRIL 27TH

You can cut al l t he f l ower s but you cannot keep spr ing f r om coming - pabl o ner uda

I 'd l ike to take this oppor tuni ty to give a big shout out to al l of our wonder ful Librar y volunteers. Without them we would not be able to keep the Librar y open al l of the hours we do each day. Nor would we be able to accomplish as much as we do on a day to day basis. The ESA Librar y volunteers have been hard at work helping to weed and

refr esh the col lection since September 2013. We have made great progress this year and expect to have al l but the Visual Ar ts section completed by the end of the school year. Once that section is f inished we'l l be doing an inventor y of the enti r e Librar y col lection.

With these jobs complete, we'r e going to star t in on a var iety of new ini tiatives in the Librar y next year. These w i l l include: launching an ESA Book Club; r unning Monday Movies on the f i r st Monday of ever y month; br inging back "Miscellaneous" as "Final Fr iday Fun Days" on the last Fr iday of ever y month; and hosting r egular ly scheduled "Lunch 'n Learn" sessions.

If you are interested in helping w ith any of these, please see Ms. Wray, so you can be par t of our planning this spr ing.

Poet ry in Voice

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Thur s Apr il 30t hSongs for Alexis

Transgendered teen musician navigating love, and the wor ld.

The Crash Reel

Championship snow boarder left f ighting for l i fe after crash.

MugShot

How mugshots have been re-purposed as ar t.

Herman's House

Herman imagines a house after 30 years in sol i tar y.

LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS

This year we have 20 Grade 9 and 10 students heading dow n to Harbour front on Tuesday May 12th for the Ontar io Librar y Association's Festival of Trees... the culmination of this year 's White Pine Reading Programme.

FESTIVAL OF TREES @ HARBOURFRONT

act as if what you do makes a dif f er ence. It does.

- Wil l iam James

IFOA Weekly Event s

Congratulations to Sauvanne Jul ien and Jacelyn Hanson, this year 's ESA Champions in our thir d annual Poetr y Recitation Competition. Congratulations also to al l of our competi tor s. The competi tion was tr emendous.

A reminder to al l that the festivi ties and oppor tuni ties presented each fal l at the International Festival of Authors continue year round w ith Weekly Events.