Fort Worth Christian School

Each of the three schools on campus has a Library Media Center, housing age-appropriate literature collections, reference, and current periodicals. A fiction collection in each center promotes reading and literature appreciation. The elementary school library provides more fiction and picture books as teaching and promoting reading is a major curriculum goal at that level. The high school collection is largely non-fiction works designed to support the curriculum. In keeping with the spiritual goals of this institution, the library system maintains a collection of works of a religious nature such as reference materials to be used as study aids and works of fiction marketed by Christian publishing companies. Each Center complements and supports the FWC faculty and their varied curricula.

 

Employing the latest technology including wireless networking, laptops, desktop computers, and an electronic catalog of 28,000 items, the Library Media Center seeks to ensure that our students acquire the necessary information literacy skills they will need to become productive learners with skills and knowledge necessary to lead successful, meaningful lives in the 21st century. With access to cutting-edge technology, the Library Media Center provides an environment for internet research, essay writing, and project development for each student while also focusing on the legal and ethical use of written material. This institute recognizes the essential role of the school library program in the educational process as students reach their full potential.

 

Through the library homepage, www.fwclibrary.org, students have access, from school and home, to online-subscription databases which provide students with a rich web of informationin an easy to navigate and authoritative format.  Each school librarian can provide the user names and passwords necessary for home use. In addition, the middle and elementary school libraries use Accelerated Reader, an electronic reading management program to access student comprehension of literature.

 

The elementary school librarians host the Quest for Crown© competition in the spring of each school year. Students in grades 3 -5 are eligible to try out for one of the four teams who engage in a competiton to answer questions covering a pre-selected list of books. To prepare to compete, the students should read as many of the twenty new Children’s Crown nominees as possible by the end of February of each school year. Pick up a bookmark listing the nominees at the library desk or click on the link for Children’s Crown Nominees at www.fwclibrary.org.