Library & Research
Library Updates from Ms. Heather
- Welcome back! We are so excited to see you in the library!
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If you have any questions about any of this, please feel free to reach out to Heather.Walter@jeffco.k12.co.us
About MPA's Library
The library and computer lab are managed by Heather Walter, our Librarian and Tech Teacher, and Melissa Stauch, our library assistant, along with a wonderful group of student librarians and some very helpful parent volunteers.
Kindergarten and elementary students visit the library with their classes weekly. Parents and their preschoolers are welcome to stop in most weeks on Thursday mornings between 11:00-11:30 or Thursday afternoons between 3:00-3:30. Parents and preschoolers are welcome to stop in on Thursday mornings 11:00 - 11:30 or Thursday afternoons 3:00 - 3:30 beginning the first week of September.
The MPA Library has a wide assortment of books for kids, including non-fiction, award-winning fiction, colorful picture books, and current reference materials.
Students learn how to maneuver around the library, utilize library resources, and locate books for free-reading, research, and writing resources. Students also learn behavioral expectations for all types of libraries around the world, such as quiet voices and calm bodies, and are encouraged to practice those in our own school library. We also talk about how fortunate we are to have libraries for everyone to use and what life would be like without books.
Elementary students take part in tech lessons using Chromebooks to learn keyboarding, online safety and courtesy, how to navigate the web to find safe, reliable sources of information, and tools to present their information in creative, informative ways.
Our goal is to help the students feel totally at home in a library, finding information, and seeking out the peace and contentment found in burying themselves in a good book, learning to make books part of their every day lives.
Checking Out Library Books
Remember, in our library:
- Students may only have one of each of the following items at a time. They may also have no more than one of these on hold at any time.
- Graphic Novels
- Lego Books
- Weird But True
- Audiobooks
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Kindergartners may have 1 book out at a time.
- LE (1st-2nd-3rd) may have 3 books at a time. (plus up to 1 more for classroom assignments)
- UE (4th-5th-6th) may have 5 books at a time. (plus up to 3 more for classroom assignments)
Calendar
November 2025
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sat/Sun
Tuesday,
October
28
Wednesday,
October
29
Thursday,
October
30
Friday,
October
31
Saturday,
November
1
Sunday,
November
2
Tuesday,
November
4
Wednesday,
November
5
Thursday,
November
6
Friday,
November
7
Saturday,
November
8
Sunday,
November
9
Monday,
November
10
Tuesday,
November
11
Wednesday,
November
12
Thursday,
November
13
Friday,
November
14
Saturday,
November
15
Sunday,
November
16
Monday,
November
17
Tuesday,
November
18
Wednesday,
November
19
Thursday,
November
20
Friday,
November
21
Saturday,
November
22
Sunday,
November
23
Monday,
November
24
Tuesday,
November
25
Wednesday,
November
26
Thursday,
November
27
Friday,
November
28
Saturday,
November
29
Sunday,
November
30
Contact Us
Librarian and Tech Teachers
Phone: 303-972-2627 x 103
Heather Walter
Heather.Walter@jeffco.k12.co.us