Welcome to the John F. Kennedy Catholic School Library!
Mission statement:
The John F. Kennedy Catholic School Library collection goals are to support and enrich the school’s curriculum; to enrich the development of student’s skills in critical analysis and informed decision-making; and to discover reading for pleasure as a life-long pursuit.
Preschool through Second grade students participate in story time. Story time is an integral part of library time for this group and storytelling is presented as an art form by showing there is more than one way to tell a story. Stories are told by reading books, puppetry, oral storytelling, and cut and tell stories, flannel boards, music, videos, and stories through artwork. Our library mascot, Bonbon, has become a celebrity in his own right, and is quite popular with all of our students.
Third through Fifth grade students complete typing lessons during library time, complete homework, and then choose books to check out that captures their imagination or interest.
Link to typing: https://www.olvjfk.com/for-students/typing/
Sixth through Eighth grade students do not have a scheduled library time, but are encouraged to come to the library to check out a book for leisure reading.
Is your child doing a research project, or just wants to find out a fact about something or read a book online? JFK is partnered with the Mississippi Bend AEA, who provides us with a wealth of websites that students may access for free.
The AEA provides us with free digital resources such as American History in Videos, Bookflix and MackinVIA which provide opportunities for students to do research for projects, or to select books for leisure reading. Students have access to these resources by entering a password that they were given at the beginning of the year. If you do not have this password, please contact the library staff and we will get that information to you. On the JFK website, go to: For students, then scroll down to Iowa AEA Student Online Resources.
Looking for more resources? Our local public libraries are a great place to search! Davenport and Bettendorf Public Libraries offer a very nice homework help section. You may access the public library on-line help sites at:
https://www.bettendorflibrary.com/homework-help-4884/location/bettendorf
https://www.davenportlibrary.com/research-tools/online-resources
Don’t have a library card? You may register for online digital access at any of our local libraries. Library cards are reciprocal at any area library.
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/
https://www.davenportlibrary.com/research-tools/educational-school-resources
https://www.scottcountyiowa.com/library
Look at what’s new in the library
Mrs. Baker and Bonbon are very happy to let you know that the library has new carpeting and a fresh coat of paint! Please stop in sometime to see the improvements. We also received many new books to our collection and are getting them out on the shelves as quick as a bunny!
Biography
Julie Baker is a graduate of Regina High School, Iowa City, Iowa and earned her BA in History with minors in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She also has additional coursework in Early Childhood Education and Library and Legal Information studies. Julie has worked at JFK for 16 years, working in various positions throughout the building; ECLC, Preschool, and Aftercare and then accepted the JFK library position in 2016. She and her husband, Tracy, have a daughter, Annette, who graduated from JFK and now attends Wartburg College.
