Ravenna School District Library Media Services

 
 
Mission

The mission of the school library program is to ensure that all students and staff are effective users of information and ideas by:

  • Collaborating with teachers and staff to create curriculum-based learning experiences that further student achievement
  • Providing and maintaining strong collections of learning materials matching district curricular needs
  • Teaching students and staff information literacy skills needed to achieve in school and in daily life
 
 
Building Libraries

The collections in our school libraries reflect the curricular needs of our students and staff. Our collections are indexed in an online catalog, which you can access from the Library Menu for each school on this web site. In addition, we have the State of Ohio provided online databases (INFOhio). Our libraries are staffed by library educational assistants, and one professional Library Media Specialist who is a teacher with teaching certification and a masters degree in library and informational science. The educational assistant is responsible for maintaining the library collection and circulating materials to students and staff. The Library Media Specialist selects materials for the middle school and high school and works with the elementary staffs in choosing quality literature. The Library Media Specialist works with students and staff in teaching and learning informational literacy skills.

Using Our Libraries

Our libraries are open during the school day for the use of students and staff.

Grades K – 2:  Willyard Elementary
Grades 3-4:  West Main Elementary

In the elementary grades, classes visit the library on a specific day each week.  Students may check out one book.  To develop responsible use, we limit the number of books checked out to one book per student. We do this to help students track what they have borrowed and to know when to return what they have borrowed.
 

Grades 5-8: Brown Middle School

There is currently no library.

Grades 9-12: High School

There is currently no library.