Learning Commons at the CBE
Today’s learners cannot imagine life without the internet and supporting technology. The concept of the traditional library is changing to include technology, online tools and spaces for collaboration and exploration.
School Literary Materials Selection
Related to Ministerial Order (#034/2025), Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials, CBE has published an administrative regulation AR3051: School Literary Materials Selection. Families and community members can request a review or reconsideration of a literary resource in a school's learning commons by completing the School Library Materials Reconsideration Challenge Request through their local school.
CBE also has an eLibrary online tool available to families, students and staff, which is an online catalogue for all CBE school libraries with detailed information on books, DVD’s and other resources that are available to borrow.
Additionally, parents and legal guardians are welcome to review classroom library collections by contacting your child's school.
Our Learning Commons
Is the hub for our school learning community. It is for available to all students and is for research, reading and quiet study. We welcome all students to the Learning Commons for individual, group research and leisure reading. In addition to books and magazines, the Learning Commons has audio-visual materials as well as computers, iPads and software. Students are asked to recognize the rights and privileges of others when in the Learning Commons.
Hours
Students may access the Learning Commons in the morning at 7:45 or at lunch to read, use computers and various technologies or play board games. Computers and iPads are available during the lunch break for students wishing to complete assignments. The Learning Commons will remain open to students until 3:00 pm Monday through Thursday. This is subject to change based on availability of supervisors.