Library
The AIAN Library houses over 20,000 titles available to AIAN students, families, and staff. The library offers an extensive collection of fiction, non-fiction, reference books, eBooks, DVDs, and more. Students, families and staff can also access on-line resources that are appropriate for elementary age students on this website.
Library Mission Statement
The Access International Academy's library exists to provide both the atmosphere and a diversity of high quality materials that will foster in each child a lifelong love of learning. The library curriculum promotes inquiry through information literacy instruction that enhances and reinforces classroom content. In order to accomplish this, the librarian will:
- Encourage and foster a love of reading
- Continue to update and expand print, non-print, on-line resources, and technology
- Introduce and integrate emerging technological advancements into the curriculum
- Teach 21st Century literacy skills using a developmentally appropriate inquiry-based model
- Collaborate with staff members to design a library curriculum and purchase resources that support the learning of native English speakers and ELL students
- Maintain a welcoming and productive atmosphere in the library
