Our Mission
The
mission of the Paul Cuffe MST Academy Library Media Center is to create
a safe, nurturing environment in which students and staff can
successfully seek information and ideas for their educational,
informational, instructional, personal and recreational needs.
Paul
Cuffe MST Academy Library Media Center promotes an appreciation of
diverse literature as students become lifelong readers and learners. We
are dedicated to effectively educating students to succeed in the
information age, the 21st century and beyond.
Our Vision
Our Library
Media Center serves as a integral part of Cuffe Academy's educational
program and is the information hub of our school. A school library
media specialist administers the library program and provides
Information Literacy education through collaboration with classroom
teachers. Library services promote a love of reading, support and
enrich the curriculum and encourage life-long learning.
Our Goals
The Cuffe Academy Library Media Center will:
:: Provide an inviting environment that supports the curriculum and facilitates learning.
:: Provide scheduling that best meets student and faculty needs.
:: Provide an organized, up to date collection, and technologies that support the curriculum.
:: Provide materials that reflect the interests of its patrons and encourage multiculturalism.
:: Provide activities that expose students to a variety of genres, authors, and illustrators.
:: Provide opportunities for collaboration with classroom teachers to integrate information literacy
skills and technologies with the curriculum.
:: Provide activities that promote leisure reading.
:: Provide information literacy and technology training to students, faculty, and parents.
:: Provide a learning environment that develops effective and efficient users of ideas and information.