One of my strongest memories of middle school is looking for books in our school library. When I finished my work, my teachers would often let me go to the library to find a book to read.
I can distantly recall looking at the covers of books (Yes, I was judging the books by their covers) to find something interesting to read. I read a lot of books about World War II, planes, ships and science fiction.
I have always been a big reader and having access to books was important to me. It really shaped who I am today - even after all these years.
For a long time here in Lowell, we did not have school libraries. Yes, the room full of books was still there, but there was no librarian. There was no one to help find just the right book. There were no new books arriving. It was a library locked in space and time.
Now, we have a librarian who loves helping people and there are tons and tons of new books in our library.
If you think about how much has changed in the five or six years since we had a functional library, you can begin to appreciate how having new books is critically important to a school.
Once again, we have a living and breathing library and I’m so happy.
