The Fairview High School Library plays a unique and important role in the education of students. The Fairview library is a dynamic center for teaching and learning and provides an environment to stimulate intellectual growth through:

• Imparting to students research skills necessary and suitable for an information age.
• Developing consistent and purposeful research methods throughout the entire school.
• Providing up-to-date technology for efficient research. Arranging for a wide variety of culturally and intellectually diverse materials and activities.
• Encouraging life-long learning and pleasurable reading.

For information about Carolyn V. Brandon, for whom the library is named, click here.

The Mission of the Fairview High School Library Media Program is to support the curriculum of the school, and as part of that mission provide access to current, adequate, and appropriate information resources, and to ensure that all students, teachers, and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

"How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards-the Second Colorado Study" from the Library Research Service of the Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education, demonstrates that student scores on standardized tests are ten to eighteen percent higher at schools with outstanding library media programs and staff.

The study found that CSAP reading scores are higher in schools whose library media programs are better staffed, stocked, and funded, and where library media specialists play a leadership role in their schools, collaborate with classroom teachers in the design and delivery of instruction, and utilize computer networks to extend the reach of the library media center throughout the school.

• Colorado Information Literacy Standards
• National Guidelines and Standards

Fairview High School
1515 Greenbriar Boulevard
Boulder, CO 80305
Email: bvsd.fah@bvsd.org
(303)499.7600