The vision of the University Park library is to allow free and fair access to academic and cultural information so that all children can reach their intellectual and emotional potential.  All who enter our little library seek to become lifelong readers, critical consumers of electronic and print communication, responsible & creative users of technology and informed & ethical reviewers of data for the purpose of gaining knowledge in a twenty-first century world while demonstrating the highest level of integrity and modeling the tenets of the University Park touchstone.

Featured Author of the Month

  • Gary Paulsen For our final featured author of the school year, Gary Paulsen, renown as a writer did not come easy.  Although he's authored nearly 400 books, short stories, and articles ...
    Posted May 1, 2012 6:17 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
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Word of the Week

  • bromide \BROH-myd\ bromide \BROH-myd\, noun: 1. A compound of bromine and another element or a positive organic radical. 2. A dose of potassium bromide taken as a sedative. 3. A dull ...
    Posted May 28, 2012 10:56 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
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Make a Note

  • Check out our little library Antonio Nicotera, help desk manager with the department of Educational Technology & Library Services, recently shared some exciting information with me regarding our little library.  I'm very excited to pass ...
    Posted May 17, 2012 8:08 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Free First Saturdays Please add the below dates to your family calendar.  Target and the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District are sponsoring free admission to the Denver Art Museum through the summer months.June ...
    Posted May 16, 2012 7:13 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Dream Big READ! Andrew Wickliffe and Marilu Ortega, reference librarians from the Denver Public Library's Ross-University Hills branch, visited our school on Monday, May 14 to promote the DPL's Summer ...
    Posted May 15, 2012 9:15 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • This is the end... As of Friday evening, May 11, any items still checked out to students and staff have been marked as overdue and all items checked out from our little library after ...
    Posted May 13, 2012 7:37 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • A dino-mite end to Tales@Twilight Please join me in welcoming noted dinosaur artist and enthusiast Dennis J. Wilson to University Park on Thursday, May 10 from 6 PM to 7 PM in the UPark auditorium ...
    Posted Apr 30, 2012 1:13 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
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New parent news

  • Summer of Reading Parents, mark your calendars now.  Andrew Wickliffe and Marilu Ortega, reference librarians at the Denver Public Library's Ross-University Hills branch, will be coming to our school on Monday ...
    Posted May 5, 2012 7:49 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Erik's Cause: Stop this NOW! Tonight's Nightline highlighted a rise in an alarming practice among youth throughout the U.S.A., affecting children of all demographics.  Please visit the ABC News Nightline site and ...
    Posted Apr 9, 2012 10:35 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Apple Campaign Contributors... Over many years University Park's library collection has become aged and worn.  Your ongoing support will help us change the quality and quantity of our holdings.  Many of you ...
    Posted Apr 1, 2012 6:25 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
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What's happening in the library?

  • Week beginning May 29th School may be out for the summer but learning never stops.  Pledge to read every day and always keep a book with you wherever you go so that you can ...
    Posted May 28, 2012 11:17 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Week beginning May 21st We close the 2011-2012 school year with not a book but a program inspired by the words and works of many authors, musicians and visual artists.  In 1972, Marlo ...
    Posted May 21, 2012 10:19 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Week beginning May 14th As we enter the penultimate week of the 2011-2012 school year, the library will be shuttered while I take some time away from University Park to attend to some ...
    Posted May 14, 2012 4:20 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Week beginning May 7th Our final story of the year, Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs, is a somber tale by Tomie dePaola.  The deeply personal nature of the story sets it apart from other books ...
    Posted May 8, 2012 3:09 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Week beginning April 30th University Park is certainly a fine, fine school and we celebrate UPark this week by reading A Fine, Fine School by award-winning author, Sharon Creech, with illustrations by internationally ...
    Posted Apr 30, 2012 7:21 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
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Thanks!

  • Mrs. Williams...leader extraordinaire Thanks to the University Park community for its support throughout the 2011-2012 school year!  And special thanks to principal Dana Williams without whom nothing I've done at UPark ...
    Posted May 28, 2012 11:32 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Keurig is coming... Keurig is coming!  Thanks to the generous donation of Jim Connors, we're getting a Keurig B150 Office Brewing System.  This is something I've been hoping to add to ...
    Posted May 17, 2012 2:58 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Thank You...Gracias...Merci...Arigato... Thanks to all the UPark families who contributed to our Books & Breakfast and Tales@Twilight events this year!  I greeted many new participants at our last assembly in the library ...
    Posted May 1, 2012 11:06 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • Thanks a bunch! Once more, UPark families came through with a wonderful breakfast for our March Books & Breakfast.  Thanks to all the moms & dads who contributed to the meal portion of our event ...
    Posted Apr 1, 2012 8:41 PM by metimoteo@gmail.com
  • You rock! I want to offer my sincere thanks to all the families who provided food for our most recent Tales@Twilight.  I was (very) worried we wouldn't have enough food ...
    Posted Feb 25, 2012 5:17 AM by metimoteo@gmail.com
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"Bene legere saecla vincere"—To read well is to master the ages. (Latin motto inscribed over the north door of Loan Hall, Doe Library, University of California; from Emeritus Professor Isaac Flagg)