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Welcome to the Santa Rita Library!
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Thursday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Open for all recesses and lunch breaks, except lunch on Thursday.
What's the purpose of our school libraries?
School libraries have great books, just like public libraries, but school libraries also teach information literacy skills and library skills that are part of the curriculum in California. At Santa Rita, students visit the library every week with their classes. Younger students listen to a story while upper grade library lessons are tied to the curriculum, library skills, and literacy enrichment. The library also partners with local bookstores to bring authors and illustrators to campus to share their craft with students.
What types of resources are available from LASD libraries?
Our libraries provide multiple resources for students in grades Preschool through 8 with the goal of providing every student with options for becoming strong information users and lifelong readers. We offer print books and magazines, both fiction and nonfiction, for reading for pleasure and to support schoolwork and personal information interests. We also offer high quality electronic information resources for student research and reading development that are available both at school and home. Our goal is to offer choices to students in order to meet each student's research and reading needs.
Online Summer Resources:
Keep your student’s virtual life engaging, entertaining and educational this summer with this curated list of free family e-resources!
Search for a Book at our School
HELPFUL LINKS FOR STUDENTS
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Santa Clara County Online Library for Students |
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Encyclopedia Britannica https://school.eb.com/levels |
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Spanish version |
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Offers more than 2,000 full-text sources, with improved functionality, and a fun and easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
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Links students to country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture. In-depth reports covering 200+ countries, the United States, and Canada.
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General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.
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SIRS Issues Researcher Grades 6+ Delivers the pros and cons on today’s complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. Go in depth into any one of 345+ critical, current, and enduring social issues.
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ProQuest Research Companion Age 13+ An intuitive, and self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction occurring in today's libraries, classrooms, and online learning environments.
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Access to more than a million ebooks, with 100,000 new titles added each year! Students can read books online or download either a book or selected chapters.
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VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
Our library needs you!
The Santa Rita Library welcomes parent and grandparent support in the library. If you would like to volunteer during your child’s class library time or help with shelving, contact mwilliams@lasdk8.org for more information. No prior experience is necessary and training will be provided.
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
If you would like to help build our library collection, please consider donating a book to the library in your child’s name. Our Birthday Book Club makes it possible for our collection to include new nonfiction aligned with the Common Core as well as engaging new fiction titles for our eager readers. Please go to the online store to sign up. Thank you!
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