About the Library
HOURS The Upper School Library is staffed from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. daily
Librarian Jane Riches 620-8323
Library Assistant Peggy Topel 620-8824
Circulation:
- Books check out for 2 weeks; videos and DVD’s for one week.
- Reference materials do not check out.
- The cost of lost or damaged items, plus a processing fee, may be billed to the student’s school account.
Computers:
- The library has 13 computer stations to be used for academic purposes only during school hours.
- Chats, online shopping and games are not considered to be academic and are not allowed.
- These stations are connected to the Internet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Students can access the school’s subscription databases from the library homepage. For off-campus use, passwords are available on the Library site in Tarrierapps. (Log-in is required.)
The Library currently includes print subscriptions to:
- American Heritage
- Backpacker
- Current History
- E-the environmental magazine
- Jet
- Mad Magazine
- MacWorld
- Mental Floss (pending)
- Mother Jones
- Newsweek
- The New York Review of Books
- Psychology Today
- Scientific American
- Yes!
The Library carries daily The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Tacoma News Tribune.
The Upper School Library print collection contains 9800 volumes. Upper School students may also check out books from the Middle and Lower School libraries.