How Can We Help You?

With information and literacy skills…

• Book Match personalized booklists
• Reading Patch Club
       This reading incentive program runs throughout the school year and encourages reading by awarding
       colorful patches when reading goals are met.
• Battle of the Books
       Teams of 4th and 5th grade students from the 8 schools in Park Ridge compete against one another to
       answer questions about 60 books.
• Book Madness
       4th and 5th graders vote for their favorite books in this March Madness style tournament of books.
• Summer Reading Club 
• Winter Reading Club 

With homework assignments…

• Assignment Alerts
       Assignment Alerts give your students another place to look for information. Let us collect some quality
       online resources to help your students further their research.
• Homework resources for your students
  • Tutor.com
  • Databases
    • Children
    • Adults
• School loans to supplement your classroom
• Class Sets of up to 12 copies of one title (Max 3 requests per teacher per year.)

With materials to support your curriculum...

• Extended loan periods for Park Ridge teachers
• Educator Magazines
• Common Core Theme Kits
• Music Kits
• Storytime Kits  
• Large graphic novel collection

We can educate, inform and entertain with…

• Classroom visits and field trips to the Library
• Teacher Programs
• Set up a Library display at a school function  (Open House, Book Fair, PTO program, etc.)