- Mrs. Kelly has been the
School Librarian since the fall of 1998.
- She has many years of
experience in the library field.
- Mrs. Kelly is also
currently working at the Grant County Public
Library in Milbank.
- "Working with the
students and teaching them library skills and
the love for books is what gives me the greatest
satisfaction." -Mrs. Kelly
Links:
Web-Search Library Catalogue
Accelerated
Reader Book List
"Picturing America"
Dr. Suess Day
Factmonster
"We the
People" Bookshelf
Library Links
State Library Links
GENERAL INFORMATION :
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The Big Stone School Library is open all school
hours, where students and staff can check out their own materials. The Librarian
is available for help on Wednesdays only, between the hours of 8:30 and 3:30.
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Each teacher schedules their class to come into
the library for ½ hour every other week. This schedule is open to change as
various activities may be happening during the week that interfere with the
normal schedule. During their library class, students will receive a brief
lesson on library skills or be involved in some other activity to help them
become more familiar with books & authors.
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Students in grades K-3 are allowed to check out
3-5 books each time. Students in grades 4-8 are not limited to the number of
books they check out, but it is their responsibility to get them returned on
time. All books and magazines are checked out for a four-week period with
renewable privileges allowed unless there is a waiting list for that title.
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Books that are lost or damaged will need to be
paid for by the end of the school year.
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Reference books can be checked out to the
classroom only and must be left in the school building overnight.
News: New bookshelves put up in the
BSCS Library!
The fall of
2008 brought with it brand new shelving to the BSCS
library. The new shelving is now up in the library.
Library Mission Statement
The aim of the Big Stone School 25-1
library is to service all students, fulfilling their educational, informational,
and recreational library needs. More specifically, it helps students and
teachers to keep current with change and new ideas, educate themselves
continually, become better members of their families and community, become
socially and politically aware, be more capable students, develop their creative
abilities, broaden their interest, appreciate and enjoy literature, contribute
to all overall expanse of knowledge, and stimulate their own personal, and
social well-being. This philosophy supports and enhances the school’s philosophy
of preparing children for life-long learning.
- In order to successfully accomplish this,
the school library strives to:
- Provide something of interest for each
student.
- Motivate students to read.
- Maintain a current and appealing
collection.
- Provide reference help.
- Expose students to a variety of books.
- Teach library skills to all age levels.
- Maintain and organized a well label
collection.
- Be supportive of the curriculum (Ex: AR
books)
