Welcome to St. Dominic's Library Home Page!
Mission Statement
The St. Dominic School Library Media Center is a community center that encourages the love of learning and reading by maintaining valuable resources, providing instruction for such resources, and maintaining an overall feeling of welcomeness and enthusiasm for learning.
Rules of the Library
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Every student and staff member is given a library number for which they use to check out materials that they are responsible for.
- Items are due one week from date checked out.
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Kindergartners are allowed to have 1 book checked out to them at any given time.
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1st and 2nd Graders are allowed to have 2 books checked out.
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Grades 3-8 are allowed to have up to 3 books out at any time.
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Teachers may check out as many books as they would like, and collections are encouraged! The due date for all books under teacher accounts is May 30, 2008.
Accelerated Reader Program
The Accelerated Reader (A.R.) Program is a great way to entice students to read!
First, students select a book to read that St. Dominic owns a quiz to, read the book, then take an A.R. test at school to test their comprehension of the book. If they pass the quiz, the student is awarded points. These points go into a "bank."
Introducing the SHARP STUDENT PROGRAM :
Students with High Accelerated Reader Points
Here's how it works:
In order to be considered a SHARP student, you have to have be a
Student with High Accelerated Reader Points.
Below is the number of points you need to be considered a SHARP STUDENT:
K = 1/2 point
1 = 1 point
2 = 2 points
3 = 3 points
4 = 4 points
5 = 5 points
6 = 6 points
7 = 7 points
8 = 8 points
Once you have reached your point goal, you will sign your name on the Sharp Student Sign, and receive a small prize.¼/SPAN>
At the END OF THE QUARTER,
one SHARP Student’s name from each grade level will be pulled from a hat to receive their choice from a selection of books
(and maybe other prizes!)
Each week when you come to LIBRARY, the new SHARP students from your class will be announced, and they will be given time to pick their prize. These names will also be announced on the news!)
At the END OF THE QUARTER, the SHARP students’ whose names are drawn for the prize will be announced on the news.
We will start fresh EACH QUARTER, so you can continue to earn prizes!!!!
For a list of quizzes that St. Dominic owns, please follow this link:
Accelerated Reader Quizzes (Updated May 2008)
Interested in volunteering at the library?
We are always looking for energetic parents and grandparents to help out in the library. There are tons of fun things to do--help with displays, check books in & out, shelve, get new books ready to circulate, participate in storytimes, and so much more! You can sign up to come just once or once a month. Please know that your time is greatly appreciated by both the students and the library staff. Give Mrs. Almer a ring at (513) 251-1276 ext. 450 if you would like to sign up. Thanks!