Pine Grove
St. Catharines, Ontario 107 / 365 Books Given
Principal Brad Digweed Pine Grove promotes reading starting in Kindergarten. At Pine Grove, beginning in JK students are taught sounds and letters and participate in a voluntary take home reading program whereby books are sent home from the school for parents to read with their children, or be read to by their children on a nightly basis. Beginning in Grade 1, students are encouraged to read both at school and up to 10 minutes a night for "homework" with their families. Grades 3 - 8 partake in age appropriate novel studies. We are in our fifth year of being a JK to Grade 8 school and are still in the process of updating our library with books for both our youngest readers and our oldest! We are always in need for books for both the school library and classroom libraries! This year our library team is continuing work on a "makerspace" where students can create, invent and learn! Our school population is continuing to grow and this year's graduating class is the largest one yet!
Favourite books
Thea Stilton
Geronimo Stilton
Bones
Rainbow Magic Fairy Books
YA Sci-Fi
Robert Munsch
Coding (non-fiction)
Space (non-fiction)
Dinosaurs (non-fiction)
Recent Updates
Our Dream Library
– October 01, 2018We asked the students at Pine Grove what their dream library might look like. Many blew us away with their ideas including reading nooks in solariums, tech cafe’s, lots of greenery, comfortable seating areas and of course lots and lots of books!
Maker’s Space
– September 19, 2018Over the last year Pine Grove Public School has been excitedly working towards incorporating a Makerspace into the Learning Commons. Our Makerspace is a collaborative space that is designed for technological experimentation, planning and designing based on the curriculum and the students&rs...
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Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
When I was 10 years old and looking kill some time on those long Summer days, my sister and I would take our bikes over to the Niagara Falls Public Library in the Stamford Plaza. There they had all kind of incentive programs to get kids reading so we signed up for everything! I set a goal to ...
Why is reading important to you?
From my point of view, books are very important because they show pathways in life . Books teach people about society. Learning to read is important; it helped to develop the mind before computers were around many many decades ago.
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
The children's book series that had the biggest impact on my life was the Encyclopedia Brown book series. The reason it was so impactful was because it is what fostered my love of reading. The stories were great because they kept me engaged, as I tried to solve the mysteries that Encyclopedia ...
What are the three books every school library should ...
In our Grade Two class we thought every library should have: 1) Chester book: so you know how to be an author and how to be funny. 2) Oh the Places you will go: to know all the cool places we can go, and to make Miss Q cry a little bit 3) Any shark book: so you can learn about them and how ...
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
The book that had the biggest impact on me is "A Fish Out of Water" by Helen Palmer. It was a book I looked forward to hearing throughout my childhood and it is a book that made me want to learn how to read so I could read it myself. It had a similar impact on my nephew as I shared my love of ...
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
The children's book "When I Grow Up:Taylor Swift" by Lexi Ryals has had an amazing impact on my life. I got it for my daughter Kayleigh at the Scholastic book fair 2 years ago when she was 6. My daughter was so inspired by the story of Taylor Swift that she wanted to learn the ukulele, then the ...
Why is reading important to you?
Reading is important to me because it gives me a chance to relax and enter another world.
Why is reading important to you?
Reading is the one constant in our lives. No matter how busy, chaotic and exhausting our days can get sometimes, our time at the end of each day when we read together, snuggled up in bed, sets everything right.
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
I remember listening to the story Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss, in school. The line in the book "a person is a person, no matter how small" had an enormous impact on how I treat myself and others. It was profound to me at the time, to imagine that I had a voice at such a young age. I also ...
Yay for books!
Why is reading important to you?
I want to read because it's fun to do on a rainy day or on a sunny day if you want to stay inside. It is also fun to read because it takes you on an adventure in your head and you can read different types like graphic novels and chapter books. My favourite type of chapter book is mythical ...
Why is reading important to you?
My favorite place to read is in my bedroom because I can escape my brother and all the noises that are happening outside. Also my favorite book to read when I'm in my bedroom is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by; Roald Dahl because he is always funny and creative with his ideas. My ...
Why is reading important to you?
I love to read because it opens up my imagination and it entertains me. My favourite books to read are books with pictures because I can imagine it better in my mind. I also like funny books because they make me laugh. Joke books are a good example of books I love to read. I often read in my ...
Why is reading important to you?
My favorite place to read is in my bedroom. I also love reading in my basement because that is where I can get my time to myself. I love reading Big Nate because he is was always positive. Reading is important because it opens your mind! This story was written by Caroline MacCrimmon and ...
Why is reading important to you?
I love to read because you learn new things.you can learn new things like about animals. My favourite book is Amulet. The of this book is Kazu Kibuishi and I would like to read more books by this author. We have some incomplete series and I would like it if we were able to purchase the books ...
Why is reading important to you?
I love reading because it is like you’re in a new world. I love all kids of different books: new books, or old books, funny books, fiction and non-fiction. I like to read a lot of books, like chapter books and books with real animals facts. I like to read with mom and dad and read in bed. ...
Why is reading important to you?
Reading is like a portal to me, it allows me to travel through time, and all different places. As a writer I think when you are reading you are learning more about the world, and at the same time about the author’s mind. Reading gives you the opportunity of viewing the world differently, in ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
Reading books before bed was a nightly routine that I always enjoyed. When I was old enough to read on my own I would often turn my bedside lamp again after my parents had said goodnight and read joyfully. It was easy to get lost in the stories, relate to the characters, and picture myself ...
Why are you supporting this school?
Our school is full of amazing, talented, creative children who are encouraged and inspired daily by their incredible teachers to explore the world of books, reading and writing. As our school population grows, so does our need to fill our shelves with new, exciting literature for these little ...
Why are you supporting this school?
I am supporting this school because I am the Teacher/Librarian at Pine Grove and I am absolutely inspired by the thirst for reading from our students. Every time I see a class I have line-ups of students excited, waiting and ready with their book selections. They know the ins and outs of the ...
Why is reading important to you?
Dr Seuss said it best... Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Books allow the readers to be taken to times, places and experiences they might not otherwise be able to visit. The ability for a book to open our eyes and our hearts to how other people live, feel and experience life allows us to make deeper ...
Why are you supporting this school?
Books are the gift that keep on giving! Already read it? Recommend it to someone else! Can’t remember how it ended? Read it again. What better way to engage a child’s imagination then to put a book in their hand?
Why are you supporting this school?
My oldest son graduated from Pine Grove last year. He loves graphic novels and figures he read every graphic novel the school library had. And so I support this school so that the school library can increase its inventory. That way, no child will run out of books to read that interest them.
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
My grade three teacher, Mrs. Zizian helped me fall in love with reading! She ran a contest in her class, for whoever could read the most pages in the class. I was very competitive, and a perfectionist at the time, who also could speed read I learned. I knew I could win. Pretty soon, I was ...
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