Library Policies, Philosophy, and Procedures

• Students visit the library with their homeroom class each week for a scheduled check-out period.
• In addition to regularly scheduled check-out, students may check-out books during early morning check-out or at other times during the school day.
  
• Kindergarten will begin check-out after the first 6 weeks.  
• Kindergarten students may check-out 1 book.  Students in grades 1 - 5 check-out 2 books.
• Grades 4 and 5 may check-out periodicals in addition to their library books - if they have no overdue materials
• Extra books may be checked-out for projects
  
• Books may be checked out for one week
• Books may be renewed for an additional week
• Overdue notices will be sent home with  report cards
• Students who have overdue materials will not be allowed to check-out additional materials.
• Students who damage books or fail to return books on a regular basis will be denied library privledges.
  
• No food and drink allowed in the library

Spotswood Elementary School Library is a central part of the school's learning environment, providing many of the resources to help students develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills needed to manage information in this century.  The library staff promotes the use of library resources and integration of  learning activities across the school curriculum by providing:

• a collection designed to complement and enrich classroom instruction
• resources in varying formats to meet different  individual interests, maturity levels, and cognitive abilities of our students
• a school-wide program of instruction in research and information skills to prepare pupils for independent use of learning resources
• guidance for students as they access and use resources to meet their individual needs