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Library & Learning Resources

District Library & Learning Resources

A beach scene with a pink and purple sky, waves crashing on the shore, and the text 'SUMMER LEARNING' in black.

The school library media programs of Bristol Public Schools facilitate opportunities for students and faculty to become lifelong learners who thrive in complex learning environments. Through instructional strategies designed to infuse inquiry and technology as tools for learning, students will develop skills to interpret and develop new understandings, seek diverse perspectives, create new knowledge, and grow as ethical, digital citizens. Through equitable access to reading and information resources, the library media programs promote lifelong reading in a safe environment conducive to learning. 

Our Goals:

  • Design and facilitate authentic learning opportunities aligned to curriculum standards emphasizing multiple literacies (including digital, visual, textual, and technological) as crucial skills in a global society
  • Provide equitable physical and virtual access to resources and contemporary tools required to facilitate lifelong learning
  • Design and facilitate learning experiences that model critical thinking, critical consumption of information, and creation of knowledge in a collaborative environment
  • Act as leaders, instructional partners and information specialists to engage and empower faculty to meet the diverse needs of students (diversity of experiences, opinions, social and cultural perspectives)
  • Promote professional learning of faculty to implement an evolving school culture of information access, use, evaluation, and social interaction
  • Facilitate growth and transformation of the library media program to provide rigorous and relevant access for all users as an innovative center of learning
  • Model and facilitate ethical use of information in a global society

Learn about our curriculum with our Family Overviews.

District Resources

Click on your school below to go to your library media center.

High Schools

The logo for Bristol Central High School features a ram's head in a circle with the school name.

Library Media Specialist:
Christel Russman

Library Clerk:
Nicole Kende

The logo for Bristol Eastern High School features a knight in armor with a blue plume.

Library Media Specialist:
Janet Kenney

Library Clerk:
Nicole Kende

Middle Schools

A cartoon bear with a star-shaped patch on its eye holds a paintbrush in its mouth.

Library Media Specialist:
Sara Bolton

A white tiger head with red stripes, facing forward.

Library Media Specialist:
Dean Russo

Library Clerk:
Cynthia Berrios

A cartoon bee with a determined expression, wearing a belt and carrying a sack.

Library Media Specialist:
Monica Soto

Library Clerk:
Cynthia Berrios

 

K-5 Schools

The Greene-Hills Gators logo features a green alligator with sharp teeth and a black and white 'GATORS' wordmark.

Library Media Specialist: 
Alyssa Gokey

Library Clerk:
Lisa Ollero

 

 

 

A blue and black logo featuring a dog's head with the text 'Hubbell Hounds'.

Library Media Specialists:
Sara Bolton
Julie Scirpo

Library Clerk:
Kayla Mainuli

A cartoon dragon with a sign that reads 'We fire breath, but our hearts are kind' is the logo for Ivy Drive School.

Library Media Specialist:
Caitlin Kelleher

Library Clerk:
Melinda LaBoy

The logo for Mountain View Elementary School in Bristol, Connecticut, features a cartoon wildcat mascot.

Library Media Specialist:
Julie Scirpo

Library Clerk:
Kayla Mainuli

The logo for South Side School, featuring a bald eagle and the text 'South Side School' in a blue circle.

Library Media Specialist:
Sarah Lewis

Library Clerk: 
Phil Mazur

A black and white illustration of an eagle wearing a jersey with the word 'Stanford' on it.

Library Media Specialists:
Caitlin Kelleher
Sara Bolton

Library Clerks:
Melinda LaBoy
Phil Mazur

West Bristol School logo featuring a cartoon raccoon mascot in purple.

Library Media Specialist:
Sharon Dixon

Library Clerk:
Judy Michaud