Oh, the Places You’ll Go: March Break 2010

Lisa Laughy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:09:31 +0000

March break brings a variety of travel opportunities to members of the SPS community. Here are some of the travel plans for student groups this year:

Baseball Team – traveling to Florida for spring training and early games
The Dominican Republic Volunteers – traveling to the Dominican Republic to teach English to children
St. Timothy’s Appalachian Mission – traveling to Kentucky for service learning
Habitat for Humanity – traveling to Mississippi
Greece Classical honors students – traveling to Greece for cultural excursion
French students – traveling to Paris to study at Ecole Alsacienne
England Cultural Exchange students – traveling to London to study at Eton College and St. Paul’s Girls School
Also good luck to students heading out to term exchange: Seikei, Ecole Alsacienne and British Royal School

We wish everyone, whether traveling near or far, a safe and enjoyable journey!

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The Library hours for March break are as follows:

Sunday, March 7th: Library closed

Monday, March 8th – Friday, March 12th: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Saturday, March 13th – Saturday, March 27th: Library closed

Sunday, March 28th: 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Monday, March 29th: Regular Library hours resume

Click HERE for the complete calendar.

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:00:48 +0000

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature by James Wyatt Cook, Facts on File, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 820.9 C77A

This volume focuses on the standard ancient texts and their authors from ancient Greece, Rome, China, Japan, South America and India.

Examples include: Mahabharata, Lady Kasa, Gilgamesh, and Augustus Caesar.

For the incoming IIIrd Form: Take a look at this text for some background information on Homer and The Odyssey.

Helpful for: Humanities III, Literature, Summer Reading Assignment