200 Willow, Harrisburg, SD 57032 High School Library Sue Evenson , District Librarian Middle School Library Marie Hoff , Library Assistant Elementary Library Sandy Pohlman , Library Assistant Our goals are to promote reading, provide resources both within and beyond the library walls that enhance the curriculum, and teach students to access useful information and manage it wisely. They also may borrow books from university and public libraries throughout the state through PALS interlibrary loan system.
Students also use the library to produce their projects and papers.
The ten NTWorkstations in the High School Library's mini-lab provide students with access to Microsoft Office applications including Power Point for audiovisual presentations and PageMaker for desktop publishing. In the Middle School Library readers participate in the Accelerated Reader program to enhance their reading skills. The five computer workstations provide students with access to AR Quizzes, Athena, the Electric Library , online encyclopedias and Microsoft Office applications for desktop publishing and Power Point for audiovisual presentations Students in the Elementary Library enjoy story time, and students in Third and Fourth Grades participate in Accelerated Reader as well. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth graders participate in the state-wide Prairie Pasque Reading program. Each year students vote for their favorite book as a candidate for the Prairie Pasque award.