Library

We are proud to unveil a new online library circulation system at Our Lady of Peace! Students can now search the school's library shelves from home!  Students can keep track of checkouts and overdue books, place a book on hold and even review books for other students! The 12,000 book collection can be accessed here:

The Our Lady of Peace Library

Accelerated Reader

Our Lady of Peace now has access to 145,00 Accelerated Reader reading practice quizzes, litercy skills tests and vocabulary quizzes! Each student and parent can connect from home to see what progress the student is making using the Accelerated Reader program. Each student knows his or her personal password.  Click here: Renaissance Server

Click here to link to our Accelerated Reader page.
 

 Tumblebooks Directions
Click on the following link to the Columbus Public Library:
http://www.columbuslibrary.org/ebranch/webproxy/sel_check_user.cfm?siteid=3181

1. Log in using your library card number and your library pin number. (Your pin number is usually the last 4 digits of your phone number.)
2. Click “Go.”
3. Click “Go to Resource.”
4. Click on one of the six choices for selecting books, i.e., “Story Books.”
5. From second drop down menu, select “Sort by Reading Level.”
6. Click on a number for a reading level, i.e., 1 for books between 1.0 and 2.0 reading level. (You can also access author, illustrator, publisher, subject, and reading level choices by using the Tumblebooks drop down menu in the upper left hand corner of the screen.)
7. As you select a title, click on “Accelerated Reading” to determine if there is an Accelerated Reading test for this title. Write down the “quiz number.” (Your child will need this number at school if a quiz is to be taken.)
8. Click “View Online” to have the book read to your child.
9. Click the “Undo” arrow to return to the list of titles.
10. You can click on the “Games” icon to play a game related to the book.
11. For an overview of the site, go to the bottom of the page and click on “TumbleTour.” This will demonstrate more of the features of this site.

Author Susan Levine, illustrator Erin McCauley Burchwell and a peregrine falcon from the Ohio Bird Sanctuary came to Our Lady of Peace during Right to Read Week 2011.
 

Packard Takes Flight is the first children's picture book written about Ohio's state capital. It is based on the true story of peregrine falcons nesting on the Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus. The book is engaging for children, yet filled with information about the city's history and the wonderful sites and cultural amenities around Columbus. In the back, there are facts about peregrine falcons, a map of downtown Columbus and contact information for all the sites mentioned in the book.

OLP students participated in the Battle of the Books.