K-5 students spend dedicated time in the library each week or stop in for media resources to augment learning. Our librarian creates independent lessons during take-out time and collaborates with other teachers to craft units in the library that complement class work.
Allan's book-based investigations follow the students' direction, focusing on anything from inventions and historical topics to familiy studies and individuals who made a difference in the world but are little known.
Meet Stanley's Librarian
Our Teacher-Librarian Allan Cutler, works daily with students for lessons, browsing and borrowing books. He also organizes a huge book-raiser for the school, the Scholastic Book Fair. Before coming to Stanley, Allan had been a K-5 classroom teacher, technology teacher and librarian in public and private school classrooms in San Francisco and Denver. He's a musician and actor, and loves helping kids find good reads -- holding regular book swaps in the Hambidge Commons to facilitate sharing among the school, families and friends.
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Check-out and Check-in
Students learn to be assistant librarians (ALs) to help each other borrow/return books and to be increasingly independent library patrons.
Browse a robust collection of picture books and chapter books at all levels and genres
Don't forget nonfiction covering a very wide array of topics
Stanley students can check out books each week
The exact number grows as the year goes on and typically tops out at five books
Books are due back in two weeks and can be renewed and kept longer as needed
To get new books, students simply exchange recent reads for new ones