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Library

Sacred Heart Schools is the home of two libraries serving students, faculty and staff from preschool to twelfth grade. The library staff seek to promote a life long love of learning and reading through a variety of diverse resources which help to deepen a respect for intellectual values, and to stimulate social awareness and personal growth. Beginning with basic information literacy instruction, the library staff encourage intellectual curiosity and critical thinking which enhance the array of complex skills our students need to live, learn, and work successfully in a global community.

Katherine M. Donohoe Library

The Katharine M. Donohoe Library, commonly known as the Learning Center, for preschool through fifth grade, is located in the 100 building of the St. Joseph's campus. It is often a lively place with weekly scheduled classes for read-aloud /storytelling sessions, lessons in library and research skills, and the selection of books. The staff works with faculty to complement classroom activities and studies in order to enhance the academic and intellectual opportunities offered to each student. The Learning Center  is open to all students for study, research, homework and pleasure reading before school, during school under teacher direction and staff availability, and after school.

Lucas Family Library

The Lucas Family Library offers a program of instruction in academic research and information skills that is well integrated into the curriculum for grades 6-12 and is open before and after school. Most of the online services are accessible from home using a password.  The program emphasizes the development of higher-order thinking skills that aid the process of locating, evaluating, and using information in an academic context. Library staff members work closely with teachers to insure that the program is cohesive and consistent, gradually introducing students to resources and skills in a step-by-step process.  The broad goals of the program are to foster life-long learning and to prepare the student for the use of a college or university research library. These goals break down into the following more specific objectives for each student:

• Awareness of the depth and breadth of information available in library resources (print, non-print, and electronic in all fields.
• Development of media literacy: a critical approach to what one sees, reads, and hears
• Competence in the research process: how to define a topic; gather, organize, and synthesize information; how to evaluate sources for authority and usefulness; and how to cite sources in an established academic style
• Ability to integrate different types of information (e.g. opinion, statistics, eye-witness accounts) and different kinds of sources (e.g. online databases, books, interviews) into a single project
• Reading for recreation and enjoyment
• Use of the school and public library
• Ability to make use of the services of a professional reference librarian

Library Contacts
Joan Eagleson Manager, Katherine M. Donohoe Library 650.473.4098 ext 5359   Bette Bohler Director, The Lucas Family Library 650.473.4019

Additional Information

The Lucas Family Library has a collection of over 20,000 books accessible via an online catalog, over 20 subscription databases and 30 computers for student use.