Library/Media

Welcome to the Library!!!

The Douglass Library strives to ensure all students gain a love of reading.

We adhere to the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.  Learners use skills, resources, and tools to:

1. Inquire, think critically and gain knowledge.
2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
3. Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
4. Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.

Thank you so much Douglass community for making the Fall Book Fair a success!  We raised over $2,000 in profit that will be used to buy more books.  I am particularly grateful to Christine Zandstra and Karen Bennett for chairing this year's fair, and to all the volunteers who helped make this fair run smoothly.  You all are wonderful! 

Douglass Library is pleased to announce the addition of online Picture books to our library catalog! Students, staff, and parents may access these online books 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Users need to have Internet access and the Flash program needs to be installed on the computer in order to view all content.  Click on the link below to start reading. Enjoy!

It is four o’clock in the afternoon: Even if you hear your youngster in the next room listening to music and clicking away on the computer, do you really know where your child is?  The Internet is a wonderful, powerful device.  But like most powerful tools, users need to heed caution.  While it is all too easy to think “not my child,” the trappings of the Internet are real.  Remember:

• Monitor your child's Internet use.
• Talk with your child.  Ask questions and ask often.
• Keep your computer in an open, visiable place like the family room.
• Be wary of cyber-bully, child-predator, and identity theft situations.  Report them appropriately.
• Never share private information like your name, address, phone number or school on social sites.
• Keep your spyware and anti-virus software up to date.
• If you would not let your child say it or do it in real life, don't let them say it or do it online.

For more information, visit the sites below:

1. Netsmartz  www.netsmartz.org
2. iSafe Incorprated www.isafe.org
3. Web Wise Kids www.webwisekids.org
4. iKeep Safe www.ikeepsafe.org