• The SMS Library is busy this school year with some of the activities listed below:
• Book Check-Out
• Broadcasting the school announcements in the morning in collaboration with Mr. Budaj and student council
  
• Library Orientation
• Research in all subject areas using the Big 6
  
• Addition of over 250 NEW books and materials to the library collection
• Banned Books Week 2007 was September 29 to Oct. 6
• TEEN READ WEEK (TRW)-October
• This years theme was LOL @ your library.
  
• It was a great success with approximately 50 students and staff members participating.
• Click here to view images of the TRW Celebrartion.
  
• The Winner of the 2008 Nutmeg Award in both the teen and intermediate categories is The Lightning Thief.  Over 75 students in the district voted.
• eSchool- Long Distance Learning
•  Book Awards 2008 (click here)
  
• The library celebrated February, Black History Month by having a Black History Month Display and Question of the Day pertaining to Black History
• During the month of March the library is celebrating Women in American History by displaying books on famous women, announcing each day an important contribution of a famous woman, and "Question of the Day" pertaining to famous women in American History.
• We celebrated Read Across America on March 5 by having all staff and students reading during D Block, "SSR"(Seuss Says Read).
• Question of the Day
• National Poetry Month in April
• Book Talks in collaboration with the Stafford Library for all grades
• First booktalk was Nov. 19th from 1:50 to 3:00 for eighth graders, book In Darkness, Death by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler---It was a great success!

• 2 Books in the Spring Heat and The Schwa Was Here
• Seventh Grade- Public Library Tours
• Children's Book Week moves to May! Book Week May 12-18
  
• Copyright, Website Evaluation, Internet Searching and MLA presentations/lessons
• Book Talks
• Big 6 Lessons.

• The library is opened Monday through Thursday until 3 PM.
• Donate a book to the SMS Library -Click Here For More Information
• The library has multiple copies of The Parent's Homework Dictionary by Dan J. McLaughlin.  The books are available for parents to check out.  Please email  Linda Callahan, callahanl@stafford.ctschool.net , to make arrangements. 
• The Readers'Advisory book is available in the library.  The entries in the book are in the form of reviews, summaries, and story boards written by students from the SMS.  Students may refer to the Readers' Advisory for book suggestions.  In addition, students may submit book  reviews on books that are in the library's collection.  Also, storyboards on books from the media center were created by Miss Langevin's classes and are on display on a READING WALL in the library.
  
• Our books are all in our online public access catalog (OPAC).  Please CHECK IT OUT!!
  
• The school district has available Grolier Online. Please check out the link to Grolier .