The kids have been out of school since mid-March, but summer vacation hasn't actually officially kicked off yet.

The last day of "school" for the kids is June 24th, with Grad planned for June 27th.

One thing we normally see around this time of year are preparations for the Summer Reading Club hosted at the library. This year it's still a go, it will just look a little different.

"So the TD Summer Reading Club is a huge bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages," said Morgan Jones, Community Services Manager for Southeast Regional Library. "It happens across Canada every year and we usually have programs in our library branches but unfortunately due to the situation with Covid-19, we can't host in-person programs this year so the entire program has been moved online. Typically, in-person, kids would get a notebook and they can keep track of their reading and their fun activities. That's all going to be online this year. So if kids head to https://www.tdsummerreadingclub.ca/ registration started on Monday so they can head over there whenever they like. You can get a web access code it'll generate one for you, you'll log into your home library to register and then you get a digital notebook you can keep track of books you read, you can submit jokes and stories, do trivia, there's a ton of fun things to do on the website."

Parents don't need to worry if they haven't signed their kids up yet as there isn't actually a registration deadline this year. 

"It's open all summer long," said Morgan. "Usually summer reading club kind of runs up until the very end of August and then that's kind of it's for that but I think you're able to access your notebook into September as well."

It's also super cost-efficient! 

"Everything on that website is free," noted Morgan. "You've got access to free e-books, there are author-illustrator events, everything's free online. If you want to access more kids' resources as well if you go to southeastlibrary.ca, we've got a kids page where you can access even more e-books and activities as well."

She also noted that there isn't any personal information collected or distributed, so parents can feel safe letting their kids enjoy this year's Summer Reading Club.