Students must have the Knight's Nook Hall Pass and access the library through the Knight's Nook door.  Students who want to make a purchase from the Knight's Shoppe should use the Knight's Shoppe pass and enter at the coffee shoppe doors. Coffee Shoppe Workers will check passes at both doors.  No pass means no entry.  Only one student per class is allowed to visit the library or shoppe at a time unless the teacher calls or emails.

The Knight's Nook Library is the learning hub of our school.  It is used for Dual Enrollment, Online Niswonger Classes, Credit Recovery, Research and Projects, Educational Games / Teacher Rewards, Book Checkout, and so much more!  Our Press Room for our Black Knights Print Media Team and our College Access Counselor are also located inside the Knight's Nook Library. 

• Circulation procedures were explained to all students during the second week of school.  English teachers brought each of their classes to the library, and we taught library and coffee shop expectations and procedures to all students. 

• Most of our community resources are not allowed to be checked out.  Many of them are available in the reference section for students to read in the library.  We also retain many of our artifacts like the Accolade Yearbooks in our archive cabinets, accessible by request only.

Students are allowed to have food and drink inside the library as long as they throw their trash away and clean up their mess.  If the librarians have to ask students to keep their area clean more than once, then students can lose food and drink privileges.  We encourage students to buy their food and drink from the Knight's Shoppe.

Students and faculty are invited to make book suggestions via email to Ms. P or Mrs. Teresa, or you may come to the library and talk to us in person.

Along with reorganizing all the resources, our library has new designated areas for specific activities to maximize the learning experience:  the resource collection, online learning, dual enrollment, circulation desk, credit recovery, and the coffee shop (Knight’s Shoppe) area.  The most important thing we did was to open up the rotunda area, which has now become our classroom space for literacy lessons and other special events.

• In addition to local Greene County protocols, we use the Tennessee School Board Association Policy for challenged materials:  https://tsba.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-Explanation-of-Challenged-Materials-1.pdf .  

• At the beginning of the semester, we had all students with a class in the library sign a behavior contract after we outlined our expectations.  Parents also signed the contract.  It also establishes how we handle discipline issues in the library:

Library Behavior Contract

Library Equipment Contract