Library Mission and Vision
The school library provides information and ideas that are fundamental
to functioning successfully in today’s information and knowledge-based society.
The school library equips students with life-long learning skills and develops the imagination,
enabling them to live as responsible citizens.
The Library Media Specialist not only encourages reading
by providing access to a variety of material, but promotes and teaches information literacy skills.
With the integration of technology, these skills lead to students becoming
effective users and creators of information;
skills that are necessary for life-long learning to occur.
The library is a place of intellectual freedom and
freedom of choice in book selection, regardless of reading level.
We do not level books in the library.
There are no general restrictions on the type of
selection or amount of books checked out by a student,
unless deemed unreasonable by the library media specialist.
While the library media specialist encourages students to browse
in certain areas of the library, based on age and interest,
no area is restricted.
Parents are encouraged to talk to their child about library visits
if they prefer specific types of books to come home.
Books must be returned or renewed each library visit.
If your child does not bring back library books, they will be
limited to checking out only one book until the others are returned.
The librarian has the right to deny checkout if a student
has not returned any books over a long period of time.
Recent Texas laws (House Bill 900 and Senate Bill 13) affect how school libraries choose and manage books. We want to make sure families clearly understand what this means and how you can be involved.
What you need to know:
Parental Choice: Parents may place restrictions on what their own child can check out from the school library.
Transparency: All new or donated library books must be shared publicly for review before being added to the library collection.
School Board Role: The school board must approve new materials after a 30-day public comment period.
Feedback Opportunities: Parents and community members will have the opportunity to review book lists and provide input.
How to stay involved:
The Parent Library Access Page will provide:
Lists of books being considered for the library (Acquisition Lists).
A form for submitting questions and concerns prior to board approval.
Updates on the process and how your feedback will be used.
A link and directions for placing restrictions on your child's Destiny library account.
We encourage all families to stay engaged and use these tools to help ensure our libraries remain safe, supportive, and enriching places for students.
Under the requirements in Senate Bill 13, parents now have the option to limit the types of library books their child can check out.
To do this, please click here. You will be prompted to enter your email address that is associated with your child's Skyward account.
If you wish to restrict your child from accessing the SORA eBook and audiobook collection, please fill out and submit this form.
“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange.
These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination
to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author.
When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror.
Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us,
and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of a larger human experience.
Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation,
and readers often seek their mirrors in books.”
― Rudine Sims Bishop