The Learning Commons

About The Learning Commons

The Learning Commons, home to the librarian and the tech integrator, is a welcoming and peaceful environment for students and teachers to work independently or collaborate in small groups on projects and activities. With a space that is three classrooms long, a collection of over fourteen thousand titles, and access to technology, our media center is a very busy place. Classes visit each week for stories, activities, instruction, and book browsing. Also, our doors are always open to individual students any time they have an information need or are ready for a new book to read. We offer a wide variety of fiction, nonfiction, picture books, biographies, and audio books. Our goal is for students to become independent learners so instruction focuses on making good book choices, research skills such as being able to use the library catalog or an encyclopedia, and computer skills such as logging on to the school network or gathering information from an approved online site. We also make sure we take time to work on math and language skills with the use of technology, and just enjoy many of the great stories and great illustrations that are available in our collection.