Philosophy

The LHS School Library Media Center is a dynamic, stimulating, safe and student-centered environment. Students, teachers, administrators gather to collaborate in a life-long quest to inquire, think critically and gain knowledge to understand and meet our constantly changing information needs.

Mission

The mission of the LHS Library Program is to support the District’s educational goals, to foster a love of reading among our students, establish an environment for students to pursue personal and ethical growth, and to ensure that students and teachers become life-long learners by becoming effective users of ideas, information and technology.

Program

The LHS Library provides access to and instruction in the use of a variety of information sources, as information literacy, technology, research, digital citizenship and literature appreciation are integrated with curricular objectives from various disciplines.  The teaching of these information and technology objectives is the joint responsibility of the teacher-librarian and the subject area teachers, who plan together to develop and deliver lessons. As students participate in these learning activities, they discover the wide applicability of information literacy and technology skills to all areas of study and develop the independent skills necessary to function successfully in today’s information-rich world.  

Program Goals

• provide equitable and intellectual access to information and ideas

• provide access to information in a variety of formats

• create a space for individual and collaborative inquiry

• promote ethical behavior

• maintain an attractive, intellectual and stimulating library atmosphere

• provide literature that reflects the interests of our school community

Students have frequent opportunities to use the library to pursue individual academic needs and personal interests. The Library is open before and after school. The LHS library is staffed by a full-time certified librarian as well as a library assistant. 

Checkout Policies

Overdue notices will be distributed quarterly via email. All subject to exceptions based on patron need.

• Print Books ... 21 days

• Digital Books & Audiobooks (Sora Overdrive) ... 14 or 21 days (self-select)

• Print Magazines ... 7 days

• Kindles ... 21 days

• DVDs ... 7 Days

• Chromebooks ... Day use only (see Technology Department for long-term loaner)

• Chargers .... Day use only

• Studio 88 Equipment ... 7 days

• Podcast Studio Equipment ... 7 days