Workshop Talk | 1:02:07 | Academics & Curriculum, Student Products & Services, Literature
Summary
A high-quality school library adds immense value to the classical school and benefits more than just the students. Classical school libraries serve teachers, families of the school, and even prospective families. A school that values good literature is an advertisement in itself! The school library builds godly character, wisdom, and virtue in students by nurturing in them an appetite for great books which allow them to read well. Classical libraries exist to provide students with abundant choices of excellent literature to inspire them and enhance personal and classroom learning. This workshop will focus on specific ways to build such a library at a classical school.
Speaker
Kris Guensche has been librarian at Whitefield Academy in Kansas City since 2012. Lower school students attend library class once each week for storytime and to check out books. She especially enjoys nurturing personal relationships with each student and getting to know which books each student loves. Furthermore, she serves as research librarian for upper-school students writing their thesis papers. Kris holds a bachelor of science degree (magna cum laude) in elementary, special, and German education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio which includes a year abroad at the University of Salzburg in Austria. She continued her graduate studies at the University of Wuerzburg in Germany. She has had various teaching experiences, including at military schools overseas. Mrs. Guensche has always been passionate about reading good books and the Whitefield library is her favorite place to be. She has one daughter who currently attends Whitefield and two who have recently graduated.
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