Mrs. Smith's Library Classroom

Welcome to our St. Joan of Arc School Library! I have been the St. Joan of Arc School Librarian for 19 years - a position which brings me much happiness. My hope is to give our students a lifelong love of reading by ensuring our library is an inviting, enjoyable, and non-threatening environment.

All students grades K- 8 visit our library weekly and have the opportunity to check out a book of their choosing. Within our library the books are categorized into age appropriate sections. Our "easy reading" books for the younger students are divided into sections: kindergarten, first grade non-fiction and fiction, and second grade non-fiction and fiction. Grades three to eight make their selection from the remaining non-fiction area and fiction area, which includes a young adult fiction section for 7th and 8th grade students.

Our collection has over 10,000 volumes providing students with those books necessary for school projects as well as personal enjoyment reading. The library has been automated using the Follett system, allowing our students to utilize a computer to locate and check out their books. Our kindergarten and first grade students have storytime weekly. Beginning in first grade our students are taught the Dewey Decimal system in order to provide them with the necessary skills to locate books.