Library

The school’s main objective and goal is to have a fully maintained library. In the younger classes, storytelling plays an important role in the library curriculum. As the students get older, they begin to use the library as a focal point for their class work. Professional librarians will be available to assist students with circulation, research, and photocopying. In the Kindergarten Division, children will visit the library once a week during a designated library time.

The library will serve as an important hub of school life and will be open whenever school is in session. Children in Kindergarten through grade two will be able to borrow books and audio books for one week; older children will borrow books for a two-week period. Books may be reserved, and reimbursement will be required for lost items. Payments will be refunded if books are found and returned.

The primary purpose of Library’s collections, which serve students, will provide a broad range of materials to enrich and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students. Foremost will be the resources that support the school’s curriculum. We will do our best to acquire the resources needed for specific research assignments. Much of the video and DVD collection will have a curricular connection.

In addition, the Library will have a variety of fiction and graphic novel collection, designed to support student interests, encouraged by book discussion groups.

The Library staff will provide students and teachers with a wide range of materials of diverse appeal. Materials will be available in a variety of formats representing varying levels of difficulty and varying points of view.

Periodicals and newspapers will be available in hard copies and online through the library’s database portal. The library’s hours will be 8:30am to 3.30pm on Monday through Thursday and 8:30am to 2.00 pm on Friday.

Current issues of magazines and journals will remain in the library. The library will provide at least one copy of textbooks used in classes. Students may use these texts in the library, but textbooks may not be checked out.

Please note that use of cell phones will be out of bounds in the library. Students who disrupt this atmosphere will be asked to leave. Continued disruptions will result in suspension from the library for a period of time. Group study will be having designated areas, to provide students with a place where they can study together. Although students may talk here, it is important to note that excessive loudness may result in expulsion from the library. All other rules for library behavior must be observed.

The library welcomes donations but reserves the right either to accept gifts for the collection or to
donate the school.