Pacific Christian Elementary School
Primary Campus Library


Library hours
8:00 - 3:30
                                          

     
  Besides their weekly class visits to the library, students who
 wish to return/check out books or work on school assignments
 before and after school may come in

                                from 8:00 - 8:25
                                  or  2:55 - 3:30

  We also have four intermediate lunch blocks open to
   students:

  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 12:05 - 12:35
 		                        
             


Philosophy and Purpose
 

  
   The Pacific Christian Elementary school library exists as an integral part of
   the educational program and as an extension of the classroom

        to enrich student understanding of God's creation and all areas of
              life by providing resources that foster learning
        to provide a collection of works used to foster the appreciation and
              understanding of literature as a God-given activity
        to provide the means and methods by which students can become
              life-long discerning learners.

      


Aims
 

  
   
    Provide opportunity for students:

        to become thoughtful users of information
        to provide sequential, developmental instruction of
               information-finding skills
        to stimulate a love of reading.
 
    Actively involve students in:

        a wide variety of learning activities using learning resources of
             different media formats and appropriate levels of difficulty
        opportunities for decision-making in selecting resources and ways of
             reporting on their research
        moving from dependence on the teacher or library personnel to
             independent and interdependent learning.

    Stimulate collaboration between teachers and library staff through:

        cooperatively planned and taught units of study
        teachers sharing their year and unit plans with library staff
        library staff finding and providing the resources students may need
        library personnel assisting teachers in curriculum planning.