The Eastlake Library Building is undergoing a comprehensive renovation from summer 2024 to summer 2025. This transformative project aims to revitalize the space, making it a multifaceted hub for educational and inclusive activities. The building will house an integrated library and textbook collection, sports medicine facilities, and a specialized area for moderate to severe special education. The latter will feature essential amenities like sensory rooms, hygiene facilities, life skills spaces, and classrooms. Additionally, a new student bathroom will be constructed for added convenience. The renovation includes the creation of a flexible learning lab designed to promote collaboration and engagement, offering varied seating arrangements and easy access to resources and staff. A glassed-in student presentation area with multimedia capabilities will enhance interactive learning experiences. Bench seating and comfortable workspaces will replace the current circulation desk, fostering an environment conducive to both individual and group work. The renovation, emphasizing movable furniture and adaptable configurations, is set to transform the Eastlake Learning Commons into a dynamic, modernized educational facility catering to diverse student and staff needs.
Why Learning Commons?
The term "learning commons" embodies a contemporary approach to education, redefining traditional library spaces. It emphasizes collaboration, adaptability, and inclusivity, reflecting a shift towards active and communal learning. The Eastlake Learning Commons encapsulates this concept by merging library services, student support, and educational programs into an integrated environment. It signifies a departure from a rigid, quiet library to an interactive, multifunctional hub where students can engage in various activities, fostering a sense of community and exploration. This term embodies the philosophy that learning is a shared endeavor, highlighting the importance of flexibility and innovation in today's educational landscapes.
As of June 01, 2024, we are moved into our tempriary home at the career center, in the back of the counseling cneter. We are powering through collection right now.
Yes! Though limited numbers. Most of the collection has been stored away in "deep storage," which we will see again when we are ready to unpack and move back in. A select portion of the collection will be on display once distribution is complete in the career center. There will always be online editions available through SORA, and print from local public library collections.
Depending on the closing of the building, English teachers will coordinate with the library and textbook staff to make sure students are able get novels. However, that may occur long before the teacher requires the materials. For example, an 11th grade AP Literature student may read Hamlet in quarter four of the school year, however students will check out all of their novels needed at the beginning of the school year.
English teachers selected their novels for the year and those are being stored in readily available storage that we are happy to help get those titles, including some new ones!
Depending on where library staff will end up, we may have very limited space for students to work during non-instructional time.