LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE (LRC)

Our Learning Resources Centre is a dual-use room containing library and computer areas.

Students are encouraged to sign out their favourite library books by way of our L4U automated library program. We do carry a full collection of Fiction and Non-Fiction books, along with numerous reference manuals. The SAC has recently approved $ 8000 for Library books and $ 5000 for Accelerated Reader books.

The LRC is also fitted with 33 Pentium IV student workstations (with LCD monitors). An education server gives the student the ability to save their work to the server, avoiding the use of diskettes. These workstations are equipped with Encarta Reference Suite, containing the Complete Canadian Encyclopaedia. As well as CD Rom and text information, students have access to the Internet through a High Speed connection.

In total St. Mark has two computer labs in operation, with 64 networked computers available for student use. In addition, numerous classrooms also have pods of student workstations. All computers are equipped with the complete Office 2003, Encarta, All The Right Type, Accelerated Reader, and The Learning Equation (Math). Students may also take tests from various online providers.

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