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he ULS Middle and High School Library is a collaborative learning center in which students use print and electronic resources to meet and build upon curriculum needs in all subject areas and to develop lifelong reading habits. Maintaining a high-quality collection with newly published materials that meets the needs of the ULS population is essential to the school’s overall mission. Thanks to the generosity of Annual Appeal donors, the ULS Foundation has been able to provide $15,000 for this year’s library book budget. “Our school library program seeks to foster a strong community of enthusiastic readers and to prepare students to be lifelong learners and effective information-seekers. These funds will enable us to continue the regular addition of exemplary new works of young adult fiction and nonfiction and allow us to meet faculty and student requests and provide nonfiction books needed for research and curricular needs across subject areas,” said Librarian Dr. Charity Cantey. Middle school students and avid readers Kathy Hu and Madison Rumfellow are among those who are appreciative of the ULS library collection. “The diversity of the reading materials that the library contains allows every student to find a book to their individual liking,” notes Hu. Rumfellow adds, “I love the wide variety of genres our library has to offer. It has everything from encyclopedias for projects to thrilling mysteries for pleasure.” Cantey selects books for purchase by keeping up with book reviews, American Library Association awards lists, student and teacher requests and publisher and professional library organization recommendations.
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