250 Hight Street | Mount Holly, NJ 08060
Phone: 609.267.1728 | Fax 609.267.7644
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Welcome to the Sacred Heart School Library!
Are you ready for Summer?
It has been a great year of reading in the Sacred Heart School Library! We are finishing our novels, reading fun stories about the ocean, the beach, and summer vacation, and polishing those research skills for the end-of-year projects. Last week was the last week that students could check out books - please remind them to return their books this week!
Don't forget to keep your child reading through the summer! There are classroom Summer Reading Lists on the school website, and many public libraries and bookstores have exciting programs to engage kids in reading fun. The Burlington County Library's theme this year is "A Universe of Stories" https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/summerreading Remember, reading can take you anywhere! Happy reading adventures!Scholastic Go! remains available all summer for students who would like to explore this resource. To give it a try, select Scholastic Go! from the Library menu and click on the link. Passwords were sent home with students in grades 3-8 this year. If your student has lost the password, send an e-mail to library@sacred-heart-school.org, and I will be happy to send it to you.
About the Library Program
The Sacred Heart School Library serves as a resource and a place for learning and fun for students and faculty alike. It is my goal to foster a love of reading in every student. Students in PreK and Kindergarten enjoy a story time each week. Stories are chosen to fit the season, classroom subjects, and even just for fun!
In addition to reading stories or novels and library skills lessons, students in grades 1-8 have the opportunity each week to select a book to take home. All books are due back the following Library class, and may be renewed. Library skills for grades 1-5 are focused on learning more about how a Library is organized, searching a Library catalog, and the Dewey Decimal System. Grades 6-8 are honing their research skills and exploring different literary genres.Open Library Time is available for Middle School Students on Wednesdays during recess. As the students in grades 6-8 only have Library as a special for a Trimester, the Open Library Time gives them the opportunity to access the Library all year for research, study, or simply to check out books.
Remember that our online reference tool Scholastic Go! is always available for students who would like to explore it. Thanks to your generous support of our Scholastic book fairs, we were able to add the Scholastic Go! package of online databases to our library research tools. To try this resource, select Scholastic Go! from the Library menu and click on the link. Passwords will be sent home with students when they have been shown the resource during their library class, or send me an e-mail if your student has lost their password, and I will be happy to send it to you.
If you have any questions or concerns about our library program at Sacred Heart, feel free to contact me at library@sacred-heart-school.org
Happy Reading!
-Mrs. Asch