Mission Statement
The Northridge Middle School Library strives:
to support students as they engage in personal and academic explorations by offering a diverse collection of multimedia that supplements curriculum, includes topics of interest, are culturally relevant, and span appropriate lexile levels.
to support the development of informational and digital literacy, inquiry and research, communication, collaboration and critical thinking and creativity by working collaboratively with teachers to teach lessons utilizing multimedia and technology based on the CA Model Library Standards.
to foster self-sufficiency in students to determine information needed; access information; assess the credibility, relevancy, accuracy of information; synthesize information from a variety of sources; create products, solve a problem or use information effectively and purposefully.
to foster a love of reading and exposure to different genres through displays, book talks, read aloud presentations, and book club membership.
to support the development of stronger reading skills through collaboration with teachers in reading progress monitoring, modeling reading strategies and continual reading opportunities.