西达豪西学校的一年级和二年级学生非常激动地回馈他们的社区。通过他们一年级和二年级的研究项目“我们如何知道我们的联系”，学生们了解了过去的社区以及他们与社区的联系。

学生们被要求考虑他们对社区的贡献可以是什么。在一起合作后，年龄介于6至8岁的孩子们一致同意，西达豪西的居民应该有机会获取书籍，并有机会彼此分享他们最喜欢的书籍。四个一年级和二年级的班级同意设计、建造并安装四个新的“小免费图书馆”，并得到了他们的九年级阅读伙伴来自H.D. 卡特赖特学校的帮助。

新的小免费图书馆在6月15日在Dalhousie的西北社区揭幕，与6月16日的卡尔加里邻里日同时进行。

 

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学生们通过举办旧书义卖筹集资金，用于注册和支付图书馆的建筑材料，设计了计划，然后与H.D. 卡特赖特学校的九年级阅读伙伴和他们的木工老师合作，建造了这些小图书馆。

学生们希望这些小免费图书馆能成为他们在社区的遗产，一本书一次地回馈社区的礼物。

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​Grade 1 and 2 students at West Dalhousie School are thrilled to be giving back to their community. Through their year-long inquiry of How We Know Our Connections, the Grade 1 and 2 students have been learning about their community in the past and how they are connected to it today.

Students were asked to consider what their contributions to the community could be. Working together, children between the ages of 6-8 agreed that the residents of West Dalhousie should have access to books and an opportunity to share their favourite books with one another. The four Grade 1 and 2 classes agreed to design, build and install four new ‘Little Free Libraries’ in the community, with the help of their Grade 9 reading buddies at H.D. Cartwright School.

The new Little Free Libraries were unveiled in the northwest community of Dalhousie on June 15, coinciding with Calgary Neighbour Day on June 16.

 

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Students raised money by holding a gently used book sale to raise funds to register and pay for the building materials of the libraries, designed the plans and then joined forces with their Grade 9 Reading Buddies from H.D. Cartwright School and their shop teacher to build the Little Libraries.

It is the student's hope that the Little Free Libraries will be their legacy in the community, a gift of literacy that will give back one book at a time.