Rules+&+Procedures

= Rules & Procedures =

=Hours= 8:45 AM – 4:15 PM Monday-Friday = = =Pre-K and Kindergarten Check-Out= Parents of pre-K and K students are welcome to check out up to two books at a time on **Thursdays** from 8:30-9:00 AM or 3:40-4:00 PM or by special arrangement with school librarian Fran Feeley. fafeeley@cps.edu = = =Check-Out Policy=
 * Grade || Number of Books || Check-out period ||
 * 1st || 1 || 1 week ||
 * 2nd || 1 || 1 week ||
 * 3rd || 1 || 2 weeks ||
 * 4th || 1 (2 starting in October) || 2 weeks ||
 * 5th || 2 || 2 weeks ||
 * 6th || 2 || 2 weeks ||
 * 7th || 3 || 2 weeks ||
 * 8th || 3 || 2 weeks ||
 * Extra books are permitted to support specific school projects.
 * Extra books are permitted to support specific school projects.

There are no late fees for overdue books, but students may not check out a new book until overdue books are returned. Students are responsible for paying for lost or damaged books.

All books must be returned or paid for by the last week of school for your child to receive his or her final report card in June.

Please share library books with your child and support your child in returning books to the school library on time.

Please support your children in taking good care of school library books. Books should be transported between home and school in book bags only. Please help your child identify a safe place to store library books at home where they will be safe from water, pets, or very young children. Please remind them that library books represent a valuable community resource to be shared by all.

=**Rules for Library Computer Usage:**=
 * 1) Please log in using username **school** and password **Student!** (this computer).
 * 2) Please do not change settings of any kind.
 * 3) The library computers are set to print to the library laser printer only. If a document fails to print the first time, seek help. Please do not send your job to the printer more than once.
 * 4) When printing PowerPoint slides, please print **handouts** (**six per page**). Please do not ever print out full-sized slides (one per page).
 * 5) Please do not throw away unneeded pages of your print jobs. Leave any unneeded pages in the recycle trays on Tables A and B in the computer lab (one for pages with print on one side and one for pages with print on both sides).
 * 6) Please leave computers unplugged most of the time. Plug them in only when the “Power Meter” indicates that the battery is low.
 * 7) No food or beverages of any kind are allowed in any part of the library at any time.

=** Rules for Library Computer Lab Outside of Regularly Scheduled Library Classes: **=
 * 1) The library computer lab use is reserved for work on current school projects.
 * 2) Obtain a standard Hallway Pass from the teacher whose project you wish to work on in the lab. If you require a pass from the librarian, please request the pass during your library class time . Please do not interrupt library instruction at any other time.
 * 3) When working in the library computer lab outside of regular class time, please quietly enter the library through the computer lab door (Room 309).
 * 4) Please clearly write the date, the time, your first and last name, your computer number, and the name of the teacher who provided you the pass. Leave the pass on the inside pocket of the sign-in binder.
 * 5) Please keep the noise level down, //especially when other classes are visiting the library//. Talk only with quiet voices.
 * 6) Please do not play music or any other sound files without headphones.
 * 7) No food or beverages of any kind are allowed in any part of the library at any time.

//** Violations of any of the above will result in the following: **//

 * 1) immediate removal from the library
 * 2) a one-week suspension of library computer lab privileges
 * 3) one day of recess detention in the library for each violation