Livonia is the host of this years regional Media Festival! Viewing of students work will take place on Saturday, May 16, with a concurrent simulcast from Pembroke. All students, grades k-12, are invited to submit entries. If you have created any fabulous projects this year, be sure to contact Mrs. Duggan-Lay and she will help you with your entry. There are categories for Video, Animation, Digital Photography, Graphics, Publications, Podcasts and Web Design. Remember, all graphics and information used in your production must be credited and use of works by another artist must fall under fair use guidelines. Criteria for judging includes: effective and creative visual and aural communication,and the technical quality of the final product. The last date to submit entries is Tuesday, April 7.

Seventh and eighth grade Home and Careers students have been exploring the Career Cruising database. After completeing a matchmaker survey that matches up student interests with employment opportunities, students choose a career they would like to research thoroughly. The Career Cruising site details different occupations: job responsibilities, salaries, working conditions, and educational requirements. It also provides real life interviews with people in each profession. Pictures of different jobs are included. After their research, 7th grade students created informational brochures or power point presentations about their careers which they then presented to their classes. Eighth grade students did more in depth research, then created a music video of their findings.

Our library is one of 3,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to received free hardcover editions of 21 classic books, including Spanish translations of four of the titles, from the first We the People Bookshelf. The theme of this year's bookshelf is "Created Equal."