Another group comes in doing a Social Studies project in Grade 11. I recommend trying the Dick Hill Northern Collection at the Inuvik Centennial Library for books for a project on Inuvialuit and Gwich'in self-government. I give three students permission to go across the street to look and make a call to one of the librarians to let them know the students are on their way. It is wonderful to have access to another library and to the whole collection of the Northwest Territories Library Service. At the end of the school day, the library begins to fill with kids in the Homework Club, students who want to use the Internet, and teachers once again booking time, asking for resources, or just stopping in to say goodbye.
Several tutors are available to help students.
Two grade seven girls are putting books away for me. Cheryl drops by to pick up the reviews of the novels I mentioned this morning. I glance out the window. It is dark again. Girls run past in shorts and t-shirts.