Grimes teaches them how to find the information - and also how to analyze it. She'll often follow up with classroom visits, emphasizing writing skills. Grimes said the library's success happens, in part, because the school administration is behind it. TUSD pays for a library aide for two days a week, but Principal Jane Klipp secured a grant to pay for the other three days. The library is the curricular hub of the building.
Kids visit the library before, during and after school.
Students volunteer in the library during the day and on their own time, checking in books, helping kids on computers and answering questions. I come in every morning before school to turn all the computers on. Fourth-graders Soar Dabdoub and Stacy Hadlock both volunteer in the library. The Corbett library checks out an average of 200 books a day, said Grimes. Parents and grandparents can also check out books, she said.