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LRC Philosophy

The Naperville District #203 K-12 Library Media Program is an integral part of the education process. Our mission is to provide excellent resources, programs and services to our educational community in order to graduate students who are effective users of ideas and information in their pursuit of lifelong learning.

Some of the goals included within this mission statement are:

The LRC will be integrated into the curriculum and central to the teaching process.The LRC will provide a comfortable, inviting, and efficient facility that serves as the current information center for integrated, interdisciplinary, intra-grade and school wide activities. The LRC will promote literacy and the enjoyment of reading, viewing and listening by providing resources and experiences that contribute to lifelong learning.

Math Stations

Math stations, which are tailored to each class's needs, provide an opportunity for teachers, parents, and students to explore further applications of math. Within a half hour time frame classes are split into small groups (usually 5-6 students) and work with manipulatives, games, computers, etc. to expand their understanding of math concepts being taught in class. Since each class has approximately five or six different activities going on simultaneously, the teacher rotates the students through the stations until all activities have been completed by each student (this is usually a three to five week process). Parent volunteers, especially in grades one and two, has proven essential to the success of this program. Adults aid in giving directions, monitoring the activities, and serving as a sounding board for questions and problems that students may encounter while doing an activity.

Volunteers

Volunteers are the backbone of the LRC. It is because of all the wonderful parent volunteers that we are able to run math stations, computer stations and group checkout. When parents volunteer they may find themselves working with children during activity times or performing LRC tasks such as checking in books or shelving them. Every year in September, all the parents are invited to attend a tea in the LRC where they learn what it means to be a LRC volunteer. There is a Home and School committee assigned just to serve as a liaison between parent volunteers and the LRC staff.

Computers

Our LRC contains a lab of 30 IBM compatible HP Personal Computers. Each computer is networked. The lab computers are part of a LAN (local area network) as well as a WAN (wide area network). Classes have a regular scheduled time each week to come down and work in the lab. With the help of LRC Staff, Classroom Teachers, and Parent Volunteers, the students work on word processing, math and reading games, research work on the Internet. Only curriculum-related material can be accessed through the Internet. All of this is also accessible from classroom computers, as well as the minilab located in the library. In each grade level area there are seven additional computers for students to work on throughout the day. These computers in the pod areas were purchased by our Home and School.