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F.A. Day Library: About the Library

Library Teacher

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Jamie Lightfoot
Contact:
21 Minot Place,
Newton, MA 02460

Library hours

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
7:45 - 2:40*
7:45 - 2:00
7:45 - 2:40*
7:45 - 2:40*
7:45 - 2:40

 

Morning Library meets daily from 7:30-7:50am. 

* Homework Club meets in the library until 4:00pm.

In the Day Middle School Library, students can find the latest in middle grade and young adult literature, research a topic for school or personal interest, work on homework and class projects, or just have a comfortable place to read and relax.

The collection provides access to over 8,000 books, as well as numerous online resources. The fiction collection is now organized by genre, making it even easier for students to find the books they are interested in.  With both middle grade and young adult fiction available, it is important that students think about themselves as readers when selecting titles.  Young adult titles may have more mature themes and content, and are noted with a "YA" sticker on the spine.

  • Students may check out up to 5 books.
  • Books circulate for three weeks.
  • Students may renew books as many times as needed, unless another student has the book on hold.
  • We do not charge overdue fees, however, there are standard replacement fees for lost or damaged books.
  • Complete NPS Library and Collection Development Policies are available upon request.

We have a robust student library helper program that helps keep our library running smoothly. If interested in helping out with sporadic projects, please reach out. 

Day Library Expectations

                            Day Library Expectations

What's in the Day library?

The Flag Story

The 71 flags displayed in the library represent the countries and cultures of our students. As a result of surveys done in the early '90s and again in 2015, we came up with the following countries and territories:

Albania
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
China
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan

Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Palestinian State
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia

Saudi Arabia
​Scotland
​Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Vietnam

F.A. Day Middle School Library
21 Minot Pl., Newton, MA 02460 / 617-559-9139