LIBRARY
Building a Love of Reading
The mission of St. John’s Lutheran School Library Media Center is to support literacy, develop and sustain the love of reading, and to foster life-long learning.
The library is open every
school day from 7:30am-3:30pm
The Library Program
The library program at St. John’s actively reaches out to the student population and seeks to provide services relevant to current learning. Students are encouraged to read for pleasure and to utilize the library resources in conjunction with their classroom learning. Classes have regularly scheduled visits, and students have the opportunity to visit the library individually, after receiving their teacher's Permission. Basic library skills such as using the online database to search for books and locating books within the various sections of the library are taught at all grade levels. The Accelerated Reading Program is utilized in grades 1-5, Kindergarteners can participate in the Caldecott Club. First graders can participate in the ARCH Books Club. In addition, an extracurricular program, Battle of the Books, is available for students who are interested.
Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program that has been used in school nationwide for more than 70 years. St. John’s hosts a Battle of the Books competition for private elementary schools in Orange County. Throughout the year, students in 4th and 5th grade read and study from a list of 20 books selected by the librarian or teacher representative from each school. St. John’s teams will compete in February, while the final two teams will move on to compete in the final battle in March.
Author Visits
In order to create a rich, powerful connection between students and reading, Auxiliary sponsors author and illustrator visits. Besides being a fun break from the classroom routine, an author or illustrator visit introduces St. John’s students to the processes of writing, developing characters, and expressing one’s creativity; it gets readers excited about books; and it provides an opportunity to encourage young writers.
