Students love to come to the fair and find their favorite books. It is a great place to get special gifts for the upcoming holidays. During the 1998 -1999 school year, students and faculty checked out over 39,000 books and materials. The library has more that 18,000 items available for checkout. Through the use of computers in the school, students have greater access to information resources for research.
Students use CD-ROMs and the internet in the classroom and computer lab.
Each classroom has from three to six computers for student use and twenty-six MAC computers in the lab. Every class except kindergarten has time allocated each week in the computer lab for group work and individual time in the classroom. Keyboarding is taught in the fourth grade and there is an emphasis on word processing in fifth grade. Fourth and fifth grade classrooms are equipped with AlphaSmarts, which are keyboards designed to hold text. The Fireside library plays a unique role in promoting academic achievement.