Library Mission Statement
The mission of the Sope Creek Elementary Library Media Center is to provide a program which functions as the information center of our school, to assist students in becoming effective users of ideas and information, to promote a love of reading and research, and to encourage the development of lifelong learners and readers.
Meet Your Library Staff
Jessica Schultz-Suggs has been a Teacher-Librarian since 1997. She has been the Library Media Specialist at Sope Creek Elementary since 2000, and previously served as the Primary School Librarian at the Atlanta International School in Buckhead.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey in Political Science and Art History. She continued her education at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, receiving her Master of Library Science in 1999. Most recently, she has completed her Ed. S. in Leadership from Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee in 2005. Her new favorite book is Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything by Toni Buzzeo.
Melissa Madden is the Library Media Paraprofessional. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Marketing from Kennesaw State University.
This is her second year at Sope Creek, and she worked as the Library Media Paraprofessional at Varner Elementary for two years. Her favorite books are Mandy by Julie Andrews and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg.
Library Policies
The Sope Creek Elementary Library Media Center is open every weekday from 7:15 Am to 3:00 PM.
Students are welcome to come visit the library at any time during the school dayin groups of three or four with the permission of their classroom teacher.
The library maintains a flexible schedule and space which allows use by several different groups of students, parents, and faculty members at any given time during the day. The schedule for classes is available in the library office for teachers to view and sign up for book exchange as well as information literacy skill instruction.
Scheduling of library space for other than individual class use is arranged through the Assistant Principal, Becky Grindstaff.
