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This site is a work in progress to provide access to resources to support our Cougar Canyon learning community.

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It's September....Welcome Back!

If you found any CC library books at home over the summer, please send them in. Thank you.

All books were due back in the library for inventory at the end of June. Inventory was completed on June 27 and way to go Cougars, we reached 99.85%!

Thanks for everyone's help getting books returned to our library. :)

Did your child participate in the local library’s Summer Reading Club? If they have completed their 49 days of reading, they can bring in their booklet and/or medal to choose a prize from the bins and be entered in the Grand Prize Draw to take place Tuesday, September 16. Prizes are shown below.

Parents are also welcome to email proof of completion to me (lhignell@deltaschools.ca) and I’ll call the students to the library to choose their prize.

Thanks for your encouragement to help our students reach their reading goals.

Image created using Photoshop by David Hignell.

Welcome Back to school and to the CC Library.

I hope you all had a wonderful summer break and that you found some great books to read! If you completed your 49 days of reading for the Summer Reading Club, please come collect your prizes (details above).

In September, there are three boxes full of new books to go on the hold shelves. We will also be sharing a new book about Terry Fox and preparing for our first Scholastic Book Fair in early October. And last but not least, we are enjoying our two new reading sofas that arrived over the summer.

If you have any questions about the library, the website or if you just want to say, "Hi', please email me at lhignell@deltaschools.ca.

Have a great start up to our new school year.

Take care and keep on reading,

Mrs. Hignell

June 2025 Book Swap

On Wednesday, June 18 the students participating in the swap came down and ‘bought’ their new and 'new to them' books for the summer. We had 25 students from Grades 1 to 7 participating.

It was an exciting event - especially for the YP group. Looks like these students have some great summer reading ahead of them!

Some of the remaining books will show up in classroom book bins or the curbside book swap. Many of them will be heading to Africa to help fill the shelves of a new school library. Way to go Cougars for helping such a worthy cause!

Happy Summer Reading Everyone!

What happens to donated books at Cougar Canyon?

We often get donations from current and former students and their families at Cougar Canyon Elementary. You might wonder what happens to them? If the books are in good condition but too mature just yet for our students, they are sent to Seaquam to use in their library and classroom libraries. If they are 'just right' for our students, a check is done to see if we already have them. If not and we'd like them, they are added to our collection. If we already have a copy, our copy is pulled to check its condition. Ones that have been 'well loved' will be swapped out for a newer/better condition copy for our library. Teachers are given the chance to look through the books to add to their classroom libraries, some books will find their way into our June Swap and some will be placed in our curbside library. Then what becomes of all the remaining books? They are boxed up and taken to the Delta home of a volunteer for Afretech where they are labelled and sent to help fill libraries being built in Africa. In the last four years, thanks to your donations, we have been able to donate over 100 boxes of books that helped fill many new libraries to share the love of reading and make a lot of children very happy. As always, thank you for your support.

Reading Day on Friday, May 2 was a great success!

Thank you to all our readers who came out to share the love of reading with our students.

Book Winners

One student per class won a brand new book to start off their Reading Day adventure.

Delta Maintenance Workers joined us!

Several classes were read to by our Delta School District Maintenance workers who came to share equipment and their love of reading. So much fun!

Scholastic Book Fair!

We held our Spring Scholastic Book Fair from Monday, April 14 till Friday, April 25.

Thank you so much for your support during our recent book fair. We sold just over $4400 of product; watch for many new books to be added to our collection in the coming weeks.

Thank you to all the Grade 6 and 7 student volunteers who helped out during the fair. It would not have been possible without them.

Out of stock items should be arriving by May 2 and will be sent down to the students' classrooms as soon as possible.

We had some very excited prize winners. Congratulations to:

Emmet - Guinness World Records book

Payton - Manga Art book

Kyle - Epic Skills Journal

Ethan P. - Magic Cube

Aarit - Sharks book and tooth

Riya - Minecraft Megabuilds book

Asher - Dive: Book 1 by Gordon Korman

Ishaan - rainbow eraser and jelly pen

Jazleen - rainbow eraser and holographic pompom pen

Neal - 4 shark pens

Gigi, Sareena, Ya-ti, Rubaani, Greg, Evan H., Bella, Henry, Odyn and Sebby - posters

Eliana, Evan C. and Divit tied for Guess How Many Pages (it was 360) and each won book sets

Jaina - praying mantis stuffie

Salina and her teacher - $25 each to spend at the fair

November 2024 to April 2025

Way to go to all the teams for a great in school competition on Wednesday, April 9.

Congratulations to 'The Reading Warriors' - our school's winning team this year. They will be representing Cougar Canyon at the Delta Challenge at Ladner Elementary on Tuesday, April 15.

Millin, Jai, Evan C., Blake, Armaan and Agan did a great job representing our school at the Delta Reading Link Challenge. They had a lot of fun and showed great team spirit. Way to go!

Below are a list of the 2024/25 titles. For more details about the programme, please click on the Reading Link logo above.

Come check out the new library tables and say, "Hi" during Student Led Coference in March.

Polar Expressions held their 19th Annual Student Writing Contest.

Good luck to our students who entered!

Rumour has it we have at least one winner this year again.....

No Overdue Challenge

From Monday, January 6 to Friday, January 17, there was another no overdue challenge. Each week during book check out, the students had a chance to enter their name in a draw if they had no overdue books. Prices are in the image to the left.

Congratulations to our winners: Yuna X, Kalia, Raaghav, Rohaan, Riley, Clement, Cameron, Mannat G., Armaan and Ustat.

Please remember to keep returning your books; you never know when the next No Overdue Challenge will begin...

Please remember to return your library books promptly...

Email reminders will be going out soon about books that are due back at the library. Please return all books as soon as possible. Thanks!

No Overdue Challenge

From Monday, October 21 until Friday, November 1, we had our no overdue challenge. Each week during book check out, students had a chance to enter their name in a draw if they had no overdue books.

Congratulations to our winner - Julia. Happy Reading!

Have you noticed our new and improved curbside book exchange?

Feel free to put in gently used books and see what you can find for your next great read! Please remember that this is NOT a book return for our school library.

October's Scholastic Book Fair is over.....

Our Scholastic Book Fair was held from

Monday, October 7 through Friday, October 18.

Well, it's a wrap!

Thank you to all the Grade 6/7 volunteers who helped run the book fair and keep it organised. Please remember to come to the library Monday, October 21 at recess for a 'thank you' meeting. Also many thanks to Mr. Sam's class for helping during the younger students' visits.

Thanks everyone for all your support and purchases. Final totals will be released soon and the students can look forward to new books on the hold shelf and other items to help our library.

If you purchased a book in the Hockey Super Six series by Kevin Sylvester, your autographed book plates will be brought down to your class in about two weeks.

Book Fair Prize Draws

To the left is a carousel of photos of this fair's prize draws.

Congratulations to our winners:

Manga Art Class – Ishan

Classic Spooky Stories – Karmin

Little Critters Story Book Collection – Yuna

Butterfly Journal – Abby G.

Binny’s Diwali – Hinaya

Who Would Win Fiercest Feuds – Kenryk

The Crayons’ Christmas – Sophia L.

Minecraft Mega Builds – Alejandro

The Christmas Pig – Verdhaan

Keep Out Journal – Sahiba

Christmas Puppy Stuffie – Zariah

Posters –

Surveen , Ray W., Connor, Isabelle, Keeona, Hazel B., Blake, Winston, Mugil, Tejas S.

Guess How Many Pages (404)– closest guess at 403 was Niall

$25/$25 Scholastic door prize - Ronav and Ms. Fleury

Next draw will be our 'No Overdue Challenge' starting on Monday!

Did you know that last year at our library.....???

Mr. Maerov and his truck to the rescue!

In August, Mr. Maerov helped deliver 32 big boxes of books to help fill a library in Nairobi. Way to go!

June 2024 Book Swap

What a huge selection of great books to choose from!

Our curbside library was water damaged.

It is being rebuilt; hope to see it soon.

A few of the 42 boxes of books heading to Africa.

Reading Link Challenge 2023/24

What a great turn out for Reading Link Challenge this year! We had seven teams that practiced and learned so much about the six books selected this year. In March, our school competition was held to see which team would be representing our school at the Delta wide challenge on April 10 at Annieville Elementary. Our top four teams were just THREE points apart - what a close race!

Congratulations to 'Unknown's' team members Eliana, Emma, Madeline, Sabthanaa and Sonam who represented us at the Delta Reading Link Challenge. They did a great job and made us proud with their great team work and sportsmanship. After too many tie breaker questions to keep track of, they placed second. What a great performance - they did us proud!

Reading Link Challenge Teams for 2023/2024

Way to go to all of our hardworking Grade 4 and 5 students who participated in the Reading Link Challenge this year - there were A LOT of you! Our participants this year were:

Team 1/Reading Readers - Alysha, Ameera, Annabella, Chloe C., Jazleen and Surveen

Team 2/Dream Team - Daniel, Fateh and Mehar

Team 3/Kepay - Anshu, Ethan P., Kaiden, Nealdeep and Sanjay

Team 4/The Wish Fish Fish - Chloe W., Hanna, Isabelle, Renee, Syah, Veera

Team 5/Unknown - Eliana, Emma K., Madeline, Sabthanaa and Sonam

Team 6/The Unstoppables - Aryan, Bisam, Ethan K., Gauri, Sahiba and Yarina

Team 7/Reading Warriors - Agan, Blake, Evan, Jai, Millin, Raaghav

Remember this contest?

Congratulations to Regina and Millin who are two of the winners! Regina's poem and Millin's short story have been published in their books now available in our library June 2024.

Scholastic Book Fair - April 2024

Thank you for another successful Scholastic Book Fair which was held in April. We sold just over $4500 and have lots of great new books and activities being introduced during our library classes. Don't forget to put your favourite new books on hold!

Prizes given out during our April 2024 Book Fair:
Posters: Sophia B., Lakhen, Bailey, Julianne, Amelie, Jaina, Zach, Quinton, Joseph and JakeBooks: Big Tree - Chloe Shopkins - Acacia Pop up dinosaurs - Wesley Who Would Win Fiercest Feuds - Arhaan Minecraft Mega Builds - Ethan P. and Blake Mighty Machines - Evan C. Marvel Encyclopedia - Vishnu Usborne Experiments - Yi-Yang Cool Builds - Jasleen Manga Art Class - Elaina and KaramSquishmallow stuffy - TheoDoor grand prize ($25 for student/$25 for their teacher to spend at the book fair) - Saanjh

Congratulations to all our winners!Thanks again for all your support in our library and for helping foster a love of books in your child.

Prizes given out during our October 2023 Book Fair:
Posters - Surya, Taya, Veera, Conrad, Edward, Kaiden, Riley, Belle, Sofie, AaravHelicopter woodcraft kit - Aishleen and SehraanSnake woodcraft kit - Kaan and TroyTeam Bunny Journal - RylanDino stencil fun - DivitCandy Art - SamairePippa the Pumpkin Fairy - ReginaLook Inside Science - HanyaWhy? book - LukasHow? book - AzizLift the Flap Q & A about Science - SehejScience! book - HenryPenguin stuffy - RaunykGuess the pages (360) - LeahDoor grand prize ($25 for student/$25 for their teacher to spend at the book fair) - Murphy
Congratulations to all our winners!

SUMMER READING CLUB 2023

Congratulations to all our summer readers - there were 45 of you who came to see me to each choose your prize and a book. They were Agan, Aisha, Alaiyna, Auritri, Charvi, Claire, Clement, Daniel Z., Divit, Diya, Edward, Ethan K., Ethan P., Evan, Ganeev K., Ganeev P., Harnoor, Hazuri, Henry, Ibhya, Isabelle, Jaap, Jasleen K., Jasleen L., Khivi, Liam K., Mari, Mehar, Naomi, Neal, Nimrat, Owen W., Raaghav, Renee, Saanjh, Sabthanaa, Sahaara, Sahiba, Samuel Z., Sanjay, Sienna, Sophie, Stella M., Stephanie and Yarina.

Also a big congratulations to our Grand Prize Winners - Jasleen K., Khivi, Daniel Z., Ibhya, Auritri, Ethan K and P, Saanjh and Liam K.

Way to go to all of our Cougar Canyon students who love to read!

No Overdue Challenge - May 2023

In the month of May when students checked out their books, we looked to see if they had any overdue ones. If not, they were entered into the 'No Overdue' entry bin. Thanks for all the students who brought in all their books and PLEASE KEEP GETTING YOUR BOOKS TURNED IN!

Our winners were: Arianna, Anoushka, Jolie, Japneet, Grace Y., Alaiyna, Quinton, Abel, Emmanuel, Emma K., Brianna D., Kaycee, Hazel B., Shu, Hazel S., Zoravar, Navreen, Shrihan, Raymond, Riyan and Manraz.

Cougar Canyon's April 2023 Scholastic Book Fair is a wrap! Thank you to everyone for making it such a fun event.

We sold just over of $5200 - way to go! Keep an eye out for new resources and put a hold on your favourites!

Prizes given out during the Book Fair:
Posters - Quinn, Tavleen, Sophia (times 2), Julianne, Manraj, Owen, Ava, Suzie, Regina, Connor, Tej, Scott, Lynette, Hanya, ArmaanEsme the Emerald Fairy - SaanjhAlex Rider in Russian Roulette - HaileyPaper Airplanes - NaomiThe Proudest Blue- AfnanDuck stuffie - Kowen25 Science Experiments - EmilySophie Mouse - AddiJunior Maker - MadelineUnicorn stuffie - LioCocoa's Sweet Shop - ElainaDC Super Hero Lego - Karam
Guess the pages (407) Box sets of The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter - Ravleen and BaileyDoor grand prize ($25 for student/$25 for their teacher to spend at the book fair) - Asher
Congratulations to all our winners!

Reading Link Challenge 2022/23

Way to go to all of our hardworking Grade 4 and 5 students who participated in the Reading Link Challenge this year - there were A LOT of you! Our participants this year were:

Team 1 - Amaani, Anaya, Aneet, Lynette, Mari and Sareena

Team 2/Squishy Grapes - Acacia, Divit, Erik, Fateh and Mehar

Team 3/Nameless - Arshia, Eliana, Emma K., Madeline, Sienna and Sonam

Team 4/The Universe Readers - Alaiyna, Emma Z., Harleen, Jaap, Kaylee and Sophie

Team 5/Dominators - Cindy, Diya, Michael, Samuel, Verdhaan and Yarina

Team 6/The Tigers - Anshu, Arvin, Bisam, Karan, Neal and Sanjay

Team 7/The Shooting Stars - Annabella, Gauri, Imaan, Reyna and Sahiba

Team 8/The Bookworms - Adam, Aryan, Ethan K., Ethan P., Jesse and Mairaa

Team 9 - Aisha, Bob, Elton, Harnoor, Ishan, Megan and Theo

Congratulations go to our winning team, THE DOMINATORS, who represented us proudly at the Delta school challenge . They did a great job and just missed out on winning - what a great team effort!

For more information about the Fraser Valley Regional Library's Reading Link Challenge, click on the image above. Below are the six books for this year:

History Anyone?

During the last week of September and the first week of October 2022, library classes were looking at various artifacts sent to us from the History Museum in Quebec. Some of our items differed slightly from these images, but I am using them as we were asked not to photograph the real artifacts.

It was amazing to be able to pass around the items and learn a little about the past through them.

We had over 50 students complete their Summer Reading Club 2022 and bring it in to the library to show that they completed their 49 days of reading. Way to go to all of you and hope you're enjoying what you chose from the rewards trays and your book prize. Congratulations go to Leah who was the Grand Prize winner. I'm so proud to see so many summer readers at Cougar Canyon.

Cougar Canyon's June 2022 Book Swap was a great success!

Thank you to all the students who brought in gently used books to include them in our June Book Swap. The swap was held on Thursday, June 23, when the students were invited to come down to the library and 'buy' their new books to enjoy during the summer. Happy Reading!

Reading Day

was Friday, May 6, 2022.

What a reading filled day with many guest presenters and readers. Thank you to all our guests and our featured authors (left - Erin Alladin).

No Overdue books?

For the last two weeks in April 2022, students had a chance to enter in a contest if they did not have any overdue books as well as choose a sheet of stickers.

Friday, April 22, 2022 winners:

Div. 6 - Afnan, Aliyah

Div. 7 - Savy

Div. 8 - Samuel

Div. 9 - Julia, Nikoletta, Billy , Diya

Div. 10 - Harnoor

Div. 11 - Aisha

Div. 12 - Ethan, Alejandro

Div. 13 - Theo

Div. 14 - Hannah T.

Div. 15 - Auritri

Div. 16 - Tej

Div. 17 - Jasleen

Div. 18 - Kimmy, Rohin, Guo

Div. 19 - Sofie, Charvi

Div. 20 - Ibhya, Bella

Div. 21 - Paia, Keegan, Caris

There's a contest to enter for that!

For the last two Fridays in April 2022, winners have come down to collect their prizes. Watch for another chance in June.

Friday, April 29, 2022 winners:

Div. 1 - Albert, Kiki

Div. 3 - Samuel, Hannah

Div. 4 - Evan, Emma

Div. 5 - Sarina

Div. 6 - Kyra, Aliyah

Div. 7 - Julianne, Ganeev, Regina, Mackenzie

Div. 8 - Harleen, Derek, Simrit

Div. 9 - Megan

Div. 10 - Quinton

Div. 11 - Jack, Finley

Div. 12 - Olivia, Madeline

Div. 13 - Imaan, Chloe W.

Div. 14 - Rowan

Div. 15 - Asher, Arlyn, Menara

Div. 16 - Ruheen

Div. 17 - Niko, Edward

Div. 18 - Sucan

Div. 19 - Cassidy

Div. 20 - Cameron, Yuvraj

Div. 21 - Anika, Shrihan, Bailey, Kouzen

Reading Link Challenge 2021/22

Our NINE TEAMS of students from Div. 6 to 10 competed in our school challenge on Thursday, April 7. What a close competition...our top six teams were four points apart! Congratulations to our winning team - The Galaxy Readers from Div. 8!

The Galaxy Readers (Cristina, Emma, Harleen, Jaap, Jasleen and Kaylee) represented Cougar Canyon in the District Reading Link Challenge held virtually on Thursday, April 14. They worked well together and knew so much about all the books they had read. They made Cougar Canyon proud! Congratulations go to the Reading Rockets from Southpointe Academy, who will go on to represent Delta in the next challenge.

Congratulation to all the teams - they put a lot of work into reading the books and practicing over the lunch hours from November to March! In November, all classes had a chance to look at many of the previous books chosen for this programme as well as a closer look at this year's selections. These books are still available for check out in a new section for Reading Link Challenge books.

This year's teams were:

Book Hunters Aneet, Cindy, Elton, Harnoor, Kenryk and Owen

Funky Monkeys Arya, Emma, Grace, Harry, Kyra and Owen

Slimey Sharks Danica, Devien, Diya, Hailey, Julia and Sophie

Smarties David, Elaina, Hailey, Regina and Suzie

The Dragons Bob, Ian, Ishan, Jian, Kingsley and Samuel

The Fat Rats Addison, Amelie, Bailey, Ilya, Kinley and Rebecca

The Galaxy Readers Cristina, Emma, Harleen, Jaap, Jasleen and Kaylee

Velvet Puppies Alaiyna, Anaya, Megan and Qiana

Zee Warrior Cheecans Afnan, Grace, Kelvin, Leah and Naomi

One of this year's selections is by an author who came here two years ago and shared the very book chosen....can you guess who?

Click on the image below of the six books chosen for this year's Reading Link Challenge to see more about them.

Click on the Reading Link Challenge banner above to learn more about the program offered by the Fraser Valley Regional Libraries and supported by our local branch, the George Mackie Library.

Congratulations to the participants in the Summer Reading Club 2021

Over 40 students came into the library to show their booklets or medals from the Summer Reading Club. Way to go, Cougars!

Each of these students, who completed the 49 days of reading, collected a prize and a book of their choice for their efforts.

Thanks so much for your help in promoting summer reading!

Summer 2021

There were over 1000 new or swapped out books added to our collection during the summer of 2021. Many of our other books found new 'homes' and it has been interesting watching the students trying to find their favourites! If you find any of the new books on our catalogue and you would like to take advantage of placing the book(s) on hold, do so quickly. Many of our new books will have LONG waitlists once they are displayed in September and October. Once all the waiting students have borrowed our new books, they will appear on the shelves in their regular spots.

Reading Day 2021

May 4th, 2021 was this year's Reading Day at Cougar Canyon. Not only was it Reading Day, but also PJ Day and Star Wars Day. We had many people join us virtually to share their love of reading and our special guest was author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester. It was truly a memorable day and 'May the fourth' was with us!

Kevin Sylvester 'zoomed' into the primary and intermediate classrooms.

He shared so much about being an author and illustrator.

He helped us learned to 'curve the line' of our stick figures, add movement

and use 'mistakes' to add detail and flair to our drawings.

Mr. Matt Jamiesen, former teacher and administrator in Delta, joined multiple classes in three separate fun filled and informative 'zooms.'

Cougar Canyon students

enjoyed a chance to

drop everything and read.

What a great way to spend a day!

Thank you to all our presenters for helping us enjoy a 'unique' Reading Day this year.

Reading Link Challenge 2020/2021

This year we had five teams from five different classes reading up to six books to prepare for our Cougar Canyon Reading Link Challenge. Our participants this year were:

Div. 6 - Radhika, Ojasvi, Hussain and Angelina

Div. 7 - Ravleen, Nemendi, Hayley, Charlotte, Angad and Amanat

Div. 8 - Rachel, Preet, Manraj, and Anna

Div. 9 - Rebecca, Owen, Kinley, Ilya, Harry, Arya and Addison

Div. 10 Sehraan, Regina, Naomi, Kyra and Elsa

Can't wait to see what books are chosen for next year!

Div. 9 was our 2021 CC winner!

After thirty questions and ten tie breaker questions, Division 9 became the winner for our school this year. On April 21, they competed via zoom to represent us in the Delta Challenge.

The team had a great time! Congratulations go to South Park's team; they will continue on to represent Delta at the next challenge.

Congratulations to all our participants - you worked hard and made us proud. Way to go, Cougars!

Do you remember the car parade?

Check out the seven photos to the left and look carefully for the hidden books.

What a fun way to show off some of the new books that were added to our library in the spring of 2020.

Can you find any books that I have read to your class?

Can you find books that you have already read or you want to read?

If you find any books that you want to read, send me a note or email so I can put you on the hold list.

Click on the image to the right to access our Cougar Canyon Library Catalogue on Destiny.

Many thanks to Mrs. Fiona Fraser for graciously allowing use of her website ideas and supporting the learning for this website to be created.

We acknowledge that we are grateful to live, learn, and share stories on the traditional territories of the Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations and all Hul'qumi'num speaking people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial.

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