Literacy, Libraries, and Books
We acknowledge the power that literary skills can offer our students and encourage the exploration of words within books, the creative thinking that stories provide, and the ability to use one’s voice to articulate one’s thoughts. We encourage students to read as many books as interest them. Many of our classrooms and elementary schools offer libraries where students can access reading materials.
In addition, we encourage all our families to visit our incredible Torrance Public Library which offers a full children's section, branches in many parts of our City, and robust summer reading programs and educational events.
Welcome to the Torrance Elementary Library
The Torrance Elementary library and its team of parent volunteers serve students weekly. Students have access to hundreds of fiction and non-fiction books including many Newbery Medal & Award winning books. The library supports classroom curriculum in all grade levels. The wide variety of easy & beginning readers and picture books promote literacy to our earlier readers. Similary, our advanced readers have access to hundreds of popular fiction titles and authors as well as resources to research projects and reports.
The students visit the library on a weekly basis creating a heavy traffic of books that is managed by a dedicated library committee led by Torrance Elementary PTA. They are supported by an army of parent volunteers that make help students find and check out books.
"Tunafahamu nguvu ambazo ujuzi wa fasihi unaweza kuwapa wanafunzi wetu na kuhimiza uchunguzi wa maneno ndani ya vitabu, mawazo ya ubunifu ambayo hadithi hutoa, na uwezo wa kutumia sauti ya mtu kueleza mawazo yake.""" Tunawatia moyo wanafunzi wasome vitabu vingi kadiri wanavyopendezwa. Madarasa mengi na shule za msingi zina maktaba ambapo wanafunzi wanaweza kupata vifaa vya kusoma. Kwa kuongezea, tunahimiza familia zetu zote kutembelea Maktaba yetu ya Umma ya Torrance ambayo inatoa sehemu kamili ya watoto, matawi katika sehemu nyingi za Jiji letu, na programu thabiti za kusoma majira ya joto na hafla za elimu. Maktaba ya Torrance Elementary na timu yake ya wazazi wa kujitolea hutumikia wanafunzi kila wiki. Wanafunzi wana upatikanaji wa mamia ya hadithi na vitabu visivyo vya hadithi ikiwa ni pamoja na vitabu vingi vya kushinda medali ya Newbery na Tuzo. Maktaba inasaidia mtaala wa darasa katika ngazi zote za darasa. Aina mbalimbali za wasomaji rahisi na wa mwanzo na vitabu vya picha huendeleza kusoma na kuandika kwa wasomaji wetu wa mapema. Kwa mfano, wasomaji wetu wa hali ya juu wanaweza kupata mamia ya vitabu maarufu vya hadithi na waandishi, na pia rasilimali za miradi ya utafiti na ripoti. Wanafunzi hutembelea maktaba kila wiki na kuunda trafiki kubwa ya vitabu ambayo inasimamiwa na kamati ya maktaba iliyojitolea inayoongozwa na Torrance Elementary PTA. Wanaungwa mkono na jeshi la wazazi wa kujitolea ambao hufanya wanafunzi kupata na kuangalia nje ya vitabu.