Latest developments...walking into the library

Since the end of August, much has been happening in the library space. Those of you who have been around for a few years will remember that the current library space consists of half the old library and the entire HS art room. As you pass the library door and walk into the elementary room of the library, you immediately face sturdy wooden shelves that rise to the ceiling bearing Christian literature and missionary biographies. The shelving units are stacked two high, and books reside on the lower of the two units only as the upper shelves are too high for our elementary patrons. The 5x8' green rug that met the door is still there, but another rug matches up to its edge to expand the carpeted area to 5 x 16' and allows students a place to sit. In lieu of the tables that are temporarily in storage because of our reduced space, it is this area that is now used as a learning area. Looking left, and behind the door, one finds a black teacher chair and newly assembled teaching easel (one of Library Assistant Mrs. Nunez' and my greatest challenges and most significant accomplishments of this day), shelves with some teaching materials on them, a guitar, and portable airconditioner.

As one looks to the right, it is apparent that some furniture has been removed...a desk, typewriter, and bookshelf no longer reside in the corner. Instead, some more space has been opened up for our students to sit. One computer with an adult sized chair still sits on/near the cart the typewriter was on, and is awaiting a new home in another part of the room.

The shelves that are immediately to the left of the computer hold fiction books, and are topped by our Terrific Token jars (more about these later). The wall that the door is on also has a new addition: The "Books We Recommend" bulletin board.

It is this area that immediately greets the visitor to the SCS Library. What comes next? That will be the subject of our next post.