Library Collection
The Robinson Memorial Library Collection at St. Thomas'
Episcopal School houses the Lower, Middle and High School collections, containing
approximately 15,000 materials incuding books, videos, audio materials, magazines,
and bagpipe music.
Library Hours
The library is open during the academic year Monday-Thursday
7:15-4:30 and Friday 7:15-4:00.
Library Mission
At Robinson Memorial Library we intentionally:
- provide services and information to support the academic, artistic and recreational needs of the staff, students and broader school community;
- promote literature appreciation and information skills;
- provide an academically stimulating environment, which encourages a love of reading and learning
Our aim is to educate and nurture patrons to read for pleasure and to develop the necessary skills to use information, ideas and technology ethically, creatively and critically in order to make intelligent decisions and develop into life long-learners.
Library Resources
Our school library provides print and online resources to support the St.
Thomas' curriculum, to foster the enjoyment of reading, to teach character
through responsible library behavior, and to cultivate the life-long learner.
The library subscribes to Gale databases for all students and Questia (personal
online library available at www.questia.com ) for high school students.
Programs and Lessons
Students (K - 5) participate in bi-weekly class library visits to learn library
skills, book care and story time. Grades 3 - 6 participate in the Texas State
Bluebonnet Reading Program. Kindergarten Bridge and grades K - 3 participate
in the Book It Reading Program complementing each teacher's class reading
goals.
Grades 6 - 12 participate in periodic research familiarization lessons to complement specific class assigned projects. Research sources include Gale Databases, Questia (9-12th grades), Houston Public Library databases and links posted on the St. Thomas' Library web page in Edline.
Additional Resources
Additional information is available in Edline at https://www.edline.net/pages/St__Thomas__Episcopal.
The St. Thomas' Episcopal librarian may be contacted at library@stes.org.