During their library time on Monday May 21st, Lore Fredette’s preschool class connected via Skype with students from the Pueri Regnum preschool in Sao Paulo, Brazil (see the video). Both classes exchanged classic children’s songs and dances in both English and Portuguese. The children also discussed each other’s country flags and the Portuguese students were able to point out the colors of the flags in English. SMES students mastered a few Portuguese words as well. “This was such a great experience for all the children” says library . . .

Some are asking the United Nations to step in and get world-wide consensus on how to free-up while also monitoring what’s on the web. Their belief is that access to information is a fundamental human right.

In an effort to better serve our students, we have expanded our online resource collection by purchasing several electronic reference books.  These eBooks are fully searchable online versions of authoritative reference titles, some of which we still have available in print in our library.  Click on the widget and check it out the new collection.  Leave a comment and let us know what you think.  And remember to search the e-book collection for your next research project!