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Library Policies

Library Policies –Spanish

Salt Lake City School District Library Mission Statement

The mission of the Library Learning Center is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. A strong Library Learning Center program, administered by a certified Library Technology Teacher, positively impacts student achievement. The Library Technology Teacher is a certified teacher, instructional partner, information specialist and program coordinator.

Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026  

  1. Dogtown (Dogtown, Book 1) by Katherine Applegate 
  2. The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 
  3. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol 
  4. Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle 
  5. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko 
  6. Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas 
  7. Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing 
  8. And Then, Boom! By Lisa Fipps 
  9. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise, Book 2) by Dan, Gemeinhart 
  10. Max in the House of Spies (Operation Kinderspion, Book 1) by Adam Gidwitz 
  11. Blue Stars. Mission 1, The Vice Principal Problem (Blue Stars) by Kekla Magoon 
  12. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller 
  13. Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills 
  14. The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy 
  15. Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park 
  16. Wild Wave: A Novel (Wild Series) Rodman Philbrick 
  17. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, Book 1) by Katherine Rundell 
  18. It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell 
  19. Dona Quixote. Rise of the Knight (Dona Quixote Duology, Book 1) by Ray Terciero 
  20. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga 

We are excited to announce the 2024-2025 Beehive Award Winners!

Book covers of various children's books are displayed with gold confetti.

The 2025-2026 Nominees coming soon.

Students who read a Beehive Award Nominee can fill out the voting form to share their opinion. Utah students get to pick the winners!

  • Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026  

    1. Dogtown (Dogtown, Book 1) by Katherine Applegate 
    2. The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 
    3. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol 
    4. Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle 
    5. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko 
    6. Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas 
    7. Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing 
    8. And Then, Boom! By Lisa Fipps 
    9. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise, Book 2) by Dan, Gemeinhart 
    10. Max in the House of Spies (Operation Kinderspion, Book 1) by Adam Gidwitz 
    11. Blue Stars. Mission 1, The Vice Principal Problem (Blue Stars) by Kekla Magoon 
    12. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller 
    13. Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills 
    14. The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy 
    15. Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park 
    16. Wild Wave: A Novel (Wild Series) Rodman Philbrick 
    17. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, Book 1) by Katherine Rundell 
    18. It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell 
    19. Dona Quixote. Rise of the Knight (Dona Quixote Duology, Book 1) by Ray Terciero 
    20. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga 
  • We are excited to announce the 2024-2025 Beehive Award Winners!

    Book covers of various children's books are displayed with gold confetti.

    The 2025-2026 Nominees coming soon.

    Students who read a Beehive Award Nominee can fill out the voting form to share their opinion. Utah students get to pick the winners!

Beehive Book Awards

  • Students have access to several resources for them to read books online.  Students can log in to SORA using the SORA app, the SORA link above or log in using Clever.  When using SORA, the username is the student's email address and their password is the same as their regular school password.  Epic Books is also available to students.  They can use my class code of LHP4045 to access the site.  For  students who want to watch videos of celebrities reading picture books, they can use Storyline Online.  Links to all these sites are under the resource section to the right of this page.  There are also links to other great learning resources as well.

  • Students will need their email addresses to access Microsoft Applications. See the example below to know student email addresses.

    First Name:  Ronald 

    Last Name: Weasley 

    Student Number: 123456 

    Email address: ronald.w456@slcstudents.org 

    Passwords will be the student’s regular password

  • Students who lose a book can pay for the book or read down the fine.  Click the link below for the form to read down the fine, or come see Miss Pipkin in the library for a copy.

    Read Down the Fine Agreement

  • These videos come from the Canvas website, and while the narration is in English, we have been able to translate the subtitles/closed captions into Spanish.