Clay Harmony Leland Elementary

Learning Commons

Welcome to the Clay Harmony Leland Elementary School Learning Commons

(formally known as the Library Media Center)

Today’s Learning Commons is designed to serve all members of the CHLES community and is very different than the library you or I may have experienced. Students still visit the Learning Commons to gather reading and research materials, however, the environment and way our students use the library has changed in many ways.

What is a Learning Commons?

The Learning Commons is a space for information technology, online education, tutoring, collaboration, content creation, meetings, socialization, playing games and studying.


Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_commons

Mission and Vision

The Clay Harmony Leland Elementary School Learning Commons

  • Seeks to bolster a culture of literacy and learning to enhance achievement

  • Foster independent readers, self-directed learners, and responsible digital citizens

  • Promote the development of independent reading habits and information literacy skills

  • Nurtures critical readers who acquire, evaluate, and ethically use information

  • Provides available, flexible, and inviting learning spaces

  • Provides access to updated digital and print resources that represent diversity

Adapted from Hedge Elementary School, Plymouth, MA