The library aims to
provide a school framework within which the individual child
may procure the guidance, climate and find purpose and joy
in learning. Opportunities are provided for the individual's
learning needs and for creating and developing their
interests. The library endeavors to aid the teachers with
reference materials and visual aids to support the
curriculum. It also supplies the children with recreational
reading and helps them to improve their library skills. We
endeavor to help children and teachers to become skillful
and discriminating users of the library and its printed and
non-printed materials.
Our
school library is available daily, with supervision, to
children wishing to use its materials including the
internet. Classes are scheduled once a week for each grade K
through 8. the library is staffed with a qualified librarian
and volunteers and is available to students for research and
study. The library has become a reality here at SMS
because of a deep concern of parents and faculty to
encourage the pupils to broaden their learning horizons and
become incredibly more responsible for their learning
decisions.
Thanks
largely to the generosity of our PTA, we have a growing
audio-visual resource center which contains learning
materials and equipment to enhance the quality of
instruction.
All
of our books are bar-coded for ease of checkout in our
automated database.
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