The Winters Lower School Library
Serving SCDS students and faculty in grades PK – Five
The very first SCDS library was a trailer purchased with Parents' Association funds in 1970. Georgia Rust was president of the association at that time, as well as the mother of two Country Day students. She presided over the lower school library from 1973 to 2000. When Mrs. Rust retired, the school declared May 26, 2000, Georgia Rust Day, and the library where she had spent almost thirty years was named in her honor. That same year, Cary Kelly, a long-time SCDS sixth grade teacher and credentialed librarian, assumed Georgia’s duties. Mrs. Kelly’s connection to the Rust Library had begun years earlier when her son Clay was a kindergarten student at SCDS and Cary was Georgia’s library volunteer.
In 2008, a magnificent new library facility was made possible through the generosity of John, Debra, and Kayla (Class of 2009) Winters.
Cultivating a passion for books, reading, and learning is the heart of the Winters Library program. Instruction in information literacy, a variety of library celebrations, and an outstanding collection of children's literature support and inspire Country Day's youngest community of readers and researchers.
EVENTS TO WATCH FOR DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR:
- Guest storytellers/authors/illustrators
- The annual 25-cents-per-copy Used Book Bonanza with Lady Teaselpaw
- Read Across America Day with the Cat in the Hat
- Colonial Market Day with Mistress Runcible Farthing
- A Wild Reading Rumpus
- California Young Reader Medal voting
- Fifth Grade Super Duper SSR
- Librarian for the Day
- Poem in Your Pocket Day
- Talk Like a Pirate Day with Captain Bravebilge and Butterball
The Matthews Middle and High School Library
Serving SCDS students and faculty in grades Six - Twelve
ACCESS
The library is open from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Our staff includes one full-time librarian on duty until 3:15 p.m.; one part-time library assistant available for after-school reference; and volunteers who help with shelving and processing.
Students can use our 12 networked computers to access our online card catalog as well as research databases and the Internet.
COLLECTION
Our collection of over 14,000 curriculum-oriented titles includes books, periodicals, and films. In both our fiction and non-fiction titles, we strive to represent the world’s diversity of race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, ability, faith, and political persuasion.
We subscribe to several databases useful for student research, including Infotrac, Newsbank, and SIRS Knowledge Source. Databases are accessible via our Research Links page.
Sacramento Country Day School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), and is a member of the National Association of Independent (NAIS), College Entrance Examination Board, and Educational Records Bureau.