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"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
                               --Sir Richard Steele, 1711.
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SMS first had a school library in the 1960s.  It was located in what is now the Teachers' Lounge.
The most recent library was built in 1995, using a grant from a school family.  The parish will re-use this (the former church) as an enlarged parish center.
Now we have a super-size library media center with new furniture and a growing collection. 
 Click here to see the new library
What does my child do in Library class?
Age-appropriate lessons and activities, plus browsing time.
PK and K children hear books read, interact with puppets, manipulatives, and humans, and learn book skills.  Readers learn parts of books, authors, keywords.  Older readers develop literature and research skills (grades are given).
How many books may my child or I check out?
PK-2, one; 3-8, two; parents, five.
Preschoolers keep books in the classroom.  Kindergartners may do puzzles or color if they have not returned their book.  First graders are urged to choose Easy Readers monthly. Students may go "over limit" with reports, etc.  Overdue notices come out approximately quarterly.
Are there non-book materials to borrow?
Only magazines at this time.
However, with more space in the coming media center, we hope to offer the loan of books-on-tape or -CD.  Our video/DVD collection is reserved for the teachers' use.
What are the Library's hours?
Basically 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Library doors open at 8 a.m.  Mrs. Z. has a hallway duty until approx. 8:15, then she goes around to collect book returns from scheduled classes.  In the afternoon she has bus duty from 3:07-3:20.  Book Fairs usually run 8 am to 4 pm also.

Do you have another question?  See the Librarian button above.


I love the look of words
Maya Angelou

Popcorn leaps, popping from the floor 
of a hot black skillet
and into my mouth. 
Black words leap,
snapping from the white 
page.  Rushing into my eyes.  Sliding
into my brain which gobbles them 
the way my tongue and teeth 
chomp the buttered popcorn. 

When I have stopped reading, 
ideas from the words stay stuck 
in my mind, like the sweet 
smell of butter perfuming my 
fingers long after the popcorn 
is finished. 

I love the book and the look of words 
the weight of ideas that popped into my mind 
I love the tracks 
of new thinking in my mind.