Jaya Van Praagh is our Junior School Librarian.
Jaya Van Praagh is a Teacher Librarian working with the Junior School students. She organizes library lessons as well as Approaches to Learning (ATL) classes with a focus on research skills with all the K-5 students on a weekly basis. She also teaches Grade 7 English in the MYP. She is responsible for maintaining the K- 5 library collection as well as adding to our PYP collection through multicultural literature, and global resources. Jaya strives to integrate educational technology into the curriculum and helps teachers and students develop ways of using technology for learning.
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Pam McMartin is our Senior School Librarian.
Pam McMartin is a Teacher Librarian working with the Senior School students. She also teaches Honours English 11 and English 12 in the Senior School. Pam is responsible for the delivery of the library programs, the curating the physical and digital library collection for the Grades 6-12 students and works with teachers to develop lessons for their classes. She is also responsible for supporting literacy and digital literacy in the Senior School.
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Carolyn Parker is our Library Technician.
She supports the teacher librarians and teaching staff any way that she can. Carolyn is also responsible for the cataloguing and classification of new books, circulation of books, and the general upkeep of the library. She enjoys working one on one with the students by helping them in their search for the perfect book to read or the right book for a research project. Carolyn’s vision for the Southpointe library is to make it as user friendly as possible.
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Jaya Van Praagh is a Teacher Librarian working with the Junior School students. She organizes library lessons as well as Approaches to Learning (ATL) classes with a focus on research skills with all the K-5 students on a weekly basis. She also teaches Grade 7 English in the MYP. She is responsible for maintaining the K- 5 library collection as well as adding to our PYP collection through multicultural literature, and global resources. Jaya strives to integrate educational technology into the curriculum and helps teachers and students develop ways of using technology for learning.
Contact Jaya
View Jaya's Schedule
Pam McMartin is our Senior School Librarian.
Pam McMartin is a Teacher Librarian working with the Senior School students. She also teaches Honours English 11 and English 12 in the Senior School. Pam is responsible for the delivery of the library programs, the curating the physical and digital library collection for the Grades 6-12 students and works with teachers to develop lessons for their classes. She is also responsible for supporting literacy and digital literacy in the Senior School.
Contact Pam
View Pam's Schedule
Carolyn Parker is our Library Technician.
She supports the teacher librarians and teaching staff any way that she can. Carolyn is also responsible for the cataloguing and classification of new books, circulation of books, and the general upkeep of the library. She enjoys working one on one with the students by helping them in their search for the perfect book to read or the right book for a research project. Carolyn’s vision for the Southpointe library is to make it as user friendly as possible.
Contact Carolyn