Exciting News for our Media Centers

The Media Center is the geographic and symbolic center of our school. Recently our Media Centers on both campuses received a special type of accreditation. Here's a message from Stacy Brown, our 21st century learning coordinator. 

We are pleased to announce that both the Sylvia Breman Lower School Library and the Edward H. Fields Middle School Library have both received their advanced accreditation from the Association of Jewish Libraries. The accrediting body noted the following: “The comprehensive and detailed information you share demonstrates a true devotion to both Judaic librarianship and academic excellence. I am truly impressed with your school as a whole and your library/media center in particular. You are extremely forward-looking and show great dedication to the needs of your students and faculty. You have built a wonderful media center and continue to look for ways to improve it. Your responses on the applications, and to my own questions, have been thoughtful and comprehensive. You have clearly expressed the value placed on your library/media center program, which is essential to its success, and established the level of professionalism and resources to create an institution that easily meets or exceeds AJL standards in all aspects.”

In order to receive our accreditation, we submitted detailed information regarding the resources in our collection, the circulation rates, programming events, author visits, class lessons, technology usage, our weeding practices, our professional development, and our contribution to Jewish organizations outside of our school. We are proud of our innovative approach to how we develop our collection and value our relationships within the Association of Jewish Libraries network. We are thrilled and honored to receive this advanced accreditation.