Students are given the opportunity to experience an atmosphere that requires discipline in a loosely structured environment. This balance proves a very beneficial learning experience for our special student population. They experience music, movement, and the use of musical instruments during these classes. The library at Hill School is a center of activity. The students come in for scheduled periods on or two times each week.
Teachers also bring their students into the library to select special topic books or to do research.
We have approximately 5,000 books for our 200 students. The students read independently, learn library skills, do research with books or the computer, or listen to stories. We recently began a new reading incentive program with Accelerated Reader. They select a book from A.R. selections, read it, then go to the computer and take a test. A total of approximately 403 points, representing about 800 books read were earned.