DAVIS CONNECT LIBRARY
Mission
At Davis Connect, we encourage students to be engaged in a path of lifelong learning! Our goal in library is to motivate students to pursue literature that inspires them in their educational learning as well as instills within them a love for reading. We seek to provide quality resources to all students that they may have access to a variety of learning tools. In our library, we strive to create an environment where all students feel welcome, involved, and motivated to learn!
Purpose
The school library media centers of the Davis School District exist to provide informational resources for students and teachers, assist students in developing research skills, and provide recreational reading opportunities for students. Davis Connect Library is part of the Davis School District’s school library system and is governed by the school board. The library collection for Davis Connect is through Sora, a digital library used by the district.
Scheduling
Each class will be assigned a fixed time in the library media center for instruction and guidance on book checkout through Sora. First through sixth grade students receive 30 minutes of library media instruction per week and kindergarten students receive 15 minutes per week. Periodically online library times will be missed due to holidays and early dismissal. The students are always able to access both the Library Canvas site and Sora at any time as these are online resources the students can use.
Behavior
While students are participating in our live online library lessons they are expected to follow the rules of our library:
[a] be respectful
[b] be kind
[c] be ready to learn
Checkout
As an online school, we will be using the website and app called Sora. Students will use this resource for the checkout of books, just as they would in a brick-and-mortar school. Students can checkout a total of three materials at a time. Materials include eBooks, audio books, and read-a-longs. They can have these materials checked out for a maximum of 14 days with an option to renew at the end of those 14 days.
Book Battles
Book Battle is a fun reading program for students in 3rd-6th grade. This program allows students the opportunity to compete with other classes in the school! Students will read specific books from a list chosen by the district. They will receive a pin with a picture of the book cover every time they finish one of the books. These book lists and further information about Book Battles is available on the library Canvas page under the Book Battles icon. Students have the choice of just earning pins or joining a Book Battle team. Also as a new note this year, 2nd grade can now participate, but they will only be earning pins not joining a battle team.
Parent Information:
Parental Restriction of Individual Student Access
The librarian and the School Committee strive to have a library collection that all students and parents consider appropriate. Nevertheless, the District recognizes the right of parents under state law and District Policy 11IR-107 Recognizing Constitutional Freedoms in Public Schools, to restrict their child’s access to materials the parent deems inappropriate. However, parents do not have the right to make that determination on behalf of other parents and students.
A parent desiring to restrict their own child’s access to specific library materials shall submit the request in writing (or via email) to the Librarian at the school their child is currently attending. If the material is a required part of classroom curriculum activities, the parent must follow the procedures for waiver contained in 11IR-107 Section 14. 4I-202 School Library Media Centers (Section 3.2)
