Spring Book Fair!
The Spring Book Fair is coming up May 9 - May 15 in the Library. Don’t miss this chance to stock up on summer reading as this season’s book fair promises to be bigger and better than ever! Daily hours are 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. with extended hours on May 13 from 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted! 

Library Media Center Hours: 

Monday - Friday

7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.     

The mission of the St. Martin’s School Library Media Center is to foster a love of reading and learning.

As reading is the foundation of literacy and the springboard for intellectual and educational development, our goal is to provide a nurturing place within the school that inspires learning, models thinking, and supports teaching.

Beginning with the basics, class visits to the library media center include media lessons that build upon skills ranging from how to use the parts of a book, to using the Dewey Decimal Classification System, reference materials, technology , research tools, and information seeking strategies.

Early Childhood and Elementary School students visit the Library Media Center weekly at regularly scheduled times. In addition, students in these grades pop in to use the library resources throughout the day with teacher permission.

Middle School students visit as a class, individually, or in small groups throughout the school day, for reading, homework, group studying/projects, research, book check out, or computer use.

All students are welcome to use the library media center before school, during Middle School lunch/study hall, and during after school study hall. Students coming to the library media center after school are required to bring a note from home.

Checking Out Books:

What You Need to Know

Picture books, nonfiction books, and I Can Read Books are checked out for one week periods and can be renewed. Novels, Biographies, and Early Chapter Books are checked out for two week periods and also can be renewed.

Students in the following grades may check out the following number of books: Grades PreK-2: 1 book; Grades 3-5: 2 books; Grades 6-8: 3 books.

Reference books are overnight checkout only. These materials must be back in the library by noon the following school day. All magazines can be checked out for one week.

Students are reminded to return your library book on time so others may check them out.

There is a 5¢ per school day fine for all overdue books. Overdue notices are sent to homeroom teachers at the end of each month. A student who is repeatedly delinquent in returning library books and/or paying fines will receive a demerit.

Lost or damaged books must be paid for so they can be replaced. Replacement costs for severely damaged or lost books are $20 per book. Final grades, transcripts, and yearbooks will not be issued until all library obligations are met.