Library
For the Middle Years students, the library at LCS continues to provide quality resources and creative programming, encouraging students to read for enjoyment and enrichment. In the ever-changing world of technology we live in, the library plays a central role in the students’ education. The library staff collaborates with classroom teachers to instruct students in literacy skills where they learn to find, evaluate, and ethically and creatively use information.
Our collection is developed to support the curriculum with an emphasis on a biblical world view.
Our library is a loving, respectful, and ordered environment at the heart of LCS, where all staff and students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 are supported in the academic and spiritual goals of Linden Christian School.
Technology
Our purpose for the use of technology in Middle Years is to teach students to use up-to-date tools, while working towards the fulfilment of the LCS vision. To do this, we follow Manitoba guidelines laid out in a program called Literacy with Information Communication Technology (LwICT), while also teaching students to use ICT responsibly and ethically, to support critical and creative thinking about information, and to think about communication as citizens of the global community.
At each grade level key technology concepts are built upon, driven by the core curriculum in subject areas including Science, Math and E.L.A. ICT concepts are learned, and immediately used practically in each curriculum area. For example, in the later Middle Years grades students use ICT tools to do such things as “mining” real world data.
We currently have many ICT tools ranging from simple digital cameras to entire sets of laptops that are brought to the classroom. We are constantly evaluating the use of tools and software to see how they can be used to enhance a student's connection to the curriculum material, and ultimately help them reach a Biblical and practical understanding of their world.
