library

A WELCOMING
ENVIRONMENT!

The library provides a safe and welcoming environment for every member of our community. During any given school day, you might find students playing chess, readers stretched out with their books, colleagues planning an inquiry lesson, students looking for self selected reading material, or our fabulous PTA deep in a planning session You might see bulldogs assembling one of our community puzzles, someone listening to their jam via headphones while taking a break, foreign hire teachers receiving Spanish lessons, older students tutoring younger students, educators engaged in professional development, or students working on a group project or homework task. Visit us on Instagram at @EISLibrary to see for yourself! Our library director uses the knowledge and expertise of her master of library and information science degree to regularly evaluate library and school resources to ensure that they continue to meet the school's learning, recreational, research, and informational needs. Older, outdated, and obsolete materials are deselected regularly, and new books and resources are added annually to keep the collection fresh. The acquisitions are chosen using suggestions, requests, and recommendations from the school community, as well as international “best of” lists and award winners, and through identifying the curriculum needs. A library committee composed of EIS parents, board members, faculty, and staff reviews the proposed list of materials and provides input before it is purchased. Teachers from all grades are encouraged to bring their students to the library for a myriad of opportunities including extended learning, a change of scenery, researching and investigating, independent or group work, reader’s advisory, and silent reading. Teachers should use this reservation calendar to reserve the Collab Lab or space on the second floor and this reservation calendar to reserve space on the 1st floor.