Welcome to all St. Matthew students and families as we begin the new school year.  The schedule for classroom library times is posted below. 

Library books at our school number over 10,000 volumes, including fiction, non-fiction, and general reference materials. Students in grades one through five have a regularly scheduled weekly library period. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students have access to the library at any time during regular school hours, at their teachers' discretion. Kindergarten students come to the school library once a week for story time.
   Students may check out two books a week. Lost or damaged books must be replaced, and no books may be checked out by a student with overdue or lost books until the materials have been returned or replaced. Incentives are given to students in grades one through four to encourage them to return books on time.
   Students are invited to donate new books to the library or to classrooms through the school's Birthday Book Program.

   Parents, as the school year gets underway, remind your children that thousands of books are available in the school library to use for research projects and book reports, as well as for reading for pleasure.  The library shelves are filled with mysteries, sports stories, award winners, biographies, lives of the saints, and many of the titles that are on classroom reading lists. A visit to the St. Matthew School library provides students with the perfect opportunity to choose books based on their reading level and interest, and just might save you a last-minute dash to borrow or buy a book elsewhere!

LINKS
Champaign Public Library - http://www.champaign.org

* WebSites to Check Out

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - http://www.carolhurst.com/

Children's Book Council - http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Awards - http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/

Newbery Medal Home Page! - http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Caldecott Medal Home Page! - http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

CLASSROOM LIBRARY SCHEDULE FOR 2011-2012

Students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade may use the library at any time
during the school day, with their teacher’s permission. 
Kindergarten students come to the library once a week for storytime.