About the Media Center

Mission Statement: Cabin Branch Elementary School will engage students, families, staff, and community by:

• Cultivating an inclusive student-centered environment focused on opportunity and achievement, 

• Exemplifying a diverse and anti-bias/anti-racist community, and

• Building and maintaining a positive culture and climate focused on well-being 

In order to build college, career, and community readiness for all students.

Library Mission Statement: We will build positive relationships with students that encourages them to read and become critical, compassionate, and creative thinkers.

Library Vision: The library is central to learning in our information-based society because it provides access to that information through print, non-print, and electronic resources. This access occurs in school, at home, and through mobile devices. The resources in the library will be used to teach respect for all students and appreciation for our diversity. Information literacy curriculum will be integrated into subjects in the classroom and teach students about critical thinking, digital citizenship, and literature appreciation. 

Library Philosophy: 

• Information is a powerful tool in our society. Access to unbiased information is a hallmark of our democracy and essential for responsible citizenship. 

• Access includes more than just visually seeing the words or data, but includes the skills to find, understand, analyze, and synthesize different resources. 

• All students must be trained in inquiry: to ask questions, seek out good sources, analyze those sources for the answers they provide, organize the information, and responsibly give credit to the author of the idea or artifact. Presenting the information to others in a variety of ways allows students to be contributing members of our interactive and connected society and have their voice heard on topics that matter to them. 

• Reading is essential to learning. Reading for pleasure allows students to explore ideas and learn about people and topics that are interesting to them.