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Larson Library
The Larson Library at Washington Academy is committed to ensuring that all students are effective users of ideas and information. The Larson Library strives to provide the school community with a wide range of materials on appropriate levels of difficulty that will encourage growth in knowledge, establish a life-long love of reading, create responsible digital citizens, and foster information literacy
Hours of Operation
The Larson Library operates on a flexible schedule. The library is open to students during all periods of the day and locker break. Students may visit the library during their study hall periods or during class with teacher permission. Students may visit the library to check out books, perform research for projects or papers, to get help with database access, to have a quiet space to study individually, or to work collaboratively on group assigned projects. Students may also visit the school library as part of their classroom instruction. In order to ensure that all students become effective users of information, all freshmen receive a library orientation and information literacy training via New Student Seminar. Follow-up instruction for all sophomores is provided through the history, English, and Science classes, as requested by classroom teachers.
The WA Larson Library Resource Page serves as a centralized hub for students and teachers at Washington Academy. The website provides a one-stop resource designed to support research, reading, writing, and classroom success as well as encouraging student reading of the extensive collection of physical books housed in the Larson Library.
Special highlights of WA's offerings for research and academic support include the JSTOR research database and writing and citation support through Purdue OWL Writing Lab. These resources ensure our students are using high-caliber resources standard in the higher education learning they will pursue after WA.
When it comes to pursuing interests in personal reading, the site also connects students to the school library catalog, eBook collections through CloudLibrary, and the Digital Maine Library, all free for WA students. The catalog shows students where in the collection a book can be found and then checked out in person, just like a local community library.
In addition to promoting reading and library use, the site is designed to encourage curiosity, academic independence, responsible research practices, and engagement with both print and digital literacy resources. Finally, there is a digital help desk where students can contact the library educational technician via email or sign up for an appointment in person.