Library Guidelines

  • The library staff is here to help, please ask if you need assistance!
  • No food, gum or beverages in paper cups with flimsy lids. Beverages in bottles or containers with screw-top lids are allowed.
  • The first two rows of computers (next to study carrels) are reserved for academic work only, 7:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Non-academic work is allowed on the second two rows of computers (near the tables) after school only. No games/videos are allowed at any time. Academic work has priority if the computers are busy after school.
  • Uploading games or programs or running a game/program from a USB drive is prohibited. (See the SFHS Handbook Section 8, page 35).
  • During collaboration and lunch, you must study or work on a school project or homework to stay in the library. You are expected to respect the needs of your fellow students and help maintain an environment conducive to studying. Referrals are given for disruptive or disrespectful behavior.
  • The “Back Room” is available for silent study. Talking is not allowed when using this room.
  • The copier is available for student use – 10 cents per copy. Use the printers to print one copy of a document. If you need more, use the copier, especially for multiple copies of a paper to be distributed in class. You must bring a teacher’s note if you are copying for a teacher at “no charge”.
  • Return library materials and/or pay fines in a timely manner. Referrals are given, after several notices, for failure to return items or pay fines.
  • After school, the dress code is relaxed, but it is not appropriate to be in the library in sports bras, halter-tops, tank tops or sweaty gym attire.

    • Library Guidelines for Collaboration

    Please remember that the library has been designated as a quiet study area during collaboration. If you are unable to study quietly during this time, please choose to go elsewhere. The cafeteria, most classrooms and the computer lab in Room 507 are all open. Students who cannot be quiet will be asked to leave the library for the rest of the collaboration period. Please also remember the other library rules during collaboration:

    • No food or drinks except beverages in bottles or containers with screw-top lids.
    • No sitting on tables or carrels – carrels are for quiet study - one student only.
    • The “Back Room” is available for silent study – no talking in this room or you will be asked to leave.
    • No cell phones or pagers.
    • Do not tear pages out of magazines or books (if you need magazine pictures, ask. We do have some magazines in the back for cutting.)
    • No game playing, internet socializing, or email during collaboration, lunch, or during the school day.
    • All items taken out of the library must be checked out.
    • Be respectful of library property, library staff and your fellow students at all times.
    • And, yes the dress code is enforced in the library during collaboration and the entire school day!

    Library Guidelines for Computer Use

    All students need to follow the computer use guidelines covered in the behavior regulations section of the Student-Parent Handbook that all students receive each year. Section 8 on page 35 states:

    “Unauthorized Programs or Computers: Students may not use, copy, delete, or install any program on a school computer, use a floppy disk, or save any executable program without the permission of school personnel.”

    This means that students may NOT email games to their school folders, nor may they upload games onto the school computers. Game playing ties up computers needed by students doing assignments, and wears out both keyboards and computer mice. Game playing is NOT allowed in the library. Please remember and follow this policy! Persistent abuse of this policy will result in a referral.