Learning Commons at the CBE
Today’s learners cannot imagine life without the internet and supporting technology. The concept of the traditional library is changing to include technology, online tools and spaces for collaboration and exploration.
School Literary Materials Selection
Related to Ministerial Order (#034/2025), Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials, CBE has published an administrative regulation AR3051: School Literary Materials Selection. Families and community members can request a review or reconsideration of a literary resource in a school's learning commons by completing the School Library Materials Reconsideration Challenge Request through their local school.
CBE also has an eLibrary online tool available to families, students and staff, which is an online catalogue for all CBE school libraries with detailed information on books, DVD’s and other resources that are available to borrow.
Additionally, parents and legal guardians are welcome to review classroom library collections by contacting your child's school.
At Peter Lougheed, our Learning Commons is open to students before and after school. We believe that students need to have access to rich resources and beautiful spaces whether they are working on their homework, following their curiosities and/or uncovering new ideas and thinking so they can better understand themselves and the world around them. Students are welcome to use our Learning Commons before and after school each day, and as well, during our lunch hour. Students are expected to use this space to work on their studies (homework) or quietly enjoy one of our many excellent books.