Welcome to the IB PYP Library Learning Commons (LLC)

Each classroom has a dedicated library time of 50 minutes where students are able to exchange books, borrow a diverse and inclusive collection of over 9,000 titles and learn with Mr. Nearing, our Librarian.

The SHG LLC is a very popular space in our school and is a place for creativity and collaboration while also preserving a physical space for quiet reading and study. 

Our collection holds popular fiction including manga, graphic novels, a dedicated intermediate teen read section, popular non-fiction, as well as curriculum resources, multilingual titles and an interactive whiteboard for instruction.

Media Literacy Instruction and Library Citizenship is Taught from Grade 1-8 and Includes the Following:

  • making connections through story
  • literacy
  • evaluating websites
  • research, keyword searching
  • citation and bibliographies
  • novel studies
  • book clubs