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Vision
Mainland Preparatory Academy’s Media Center is to promote the skills and attitudes that prepare students to be life-long learners in an information-rich society.
Mission
Mainland Preparatory Academy’s Library Media Center mission is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information enabling them to be literate life-long learners. This mission is accomplished by providing various resources for the curriculum, literature enrichment, recreational reading and by helping students, staff and community access information.


Hours of Operation
    The media center is open from 7:30 am to 7:00 pm, Monday through Thursday and 7:30 am to 5:00 pm on Friday. Other arrangements are available upon request.
Library Collection
  • The library media center has over 6,000 books available for checkout by students, staff and patrons of The Academy
  • Fifteen different magazine subscriptions, as wells as three types of newspapers, are available.
  • Over two hundred VHS and DVD's are available for checkout.
  • Books are available on tapes and audio CD.
  • Students have access to four computers, all with internet access and intra-school email. Scanners and digital cameras are available for student use.
  • Games, game web sites, and chat rooms are NOT on any computer in the library.
Library Checkout
  • Students need their studunt ID to check out materials.
  • Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten may check out materials for one week through their classrooms teachers.All checked materials must remain in the classroom.
  • Grades one through eight may check out materials for two weeks.
  • Number of items checked out at one time is limited to two.
  • For special projects and research, the number of restrictions may be waived.
  • Grades one through eight may check out materials for two weeks.

All rules and regulations must be followed to use the library.

Parents Are Invited to Use Our Library
  • Parents are welcomed to use our library and checkout as many books as they desire.
  • Parents are also invited to become a library volunteer by sharing their time and talents with our school.
  • Currently, we have a fabulous group of parents who offer their services by checking in and out books, shelving materials, processing new books, arranging displays, and various "fun" library jobs.
  • Come by and join us! Your time and days can be flexible and your contribution to your child's education will be very appreciated!
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