The Lower School Library is available as a resource for
students, faculty, and staff each day of the school year from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The Junior Kindergarten visits the library four times a
week, the Kindergarten three times a week, and First through Fourth
Grades once a week. Teachers may always arrange for additional whole
class or small group visits as needed or desired.
There are over 10,000 items in the Lower School Library which
support curriculum at all grade levels and opportunities to explore
individual interests in both fiction and non-fiction. In addition,
there are eight computers. The students learn to use the library
catalog and are initiated into the mysteries of library
organization. Stone Ridge subscribes to many databases, some of
which are of particular interest to Lower School students,
especially third and fourth graders as they research and write short
reports. One of the databases is Grolier, which includes The New Book of
Knowledge, Lands and People, and America the Beautiful.
Stories chosen for Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten library
visits reflect the seasons, saints’ days, holidays, and the monthly
themes chosen by the teachers. The aim of the library program for
First through Fourth Grades is twofold: to supplement ongoing
literature study in the classrooms, and offer instruction and
encouragement in the independent use of the collection for class
assignments and the pursuit of personal interests.
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The immediate Stone Ridge Community can access these
electronic databases through the school's Intranet. |
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