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Cardinal’s Library Mission:
To create a warm and welcoming environment where students are empowered to become lifelong learners, lovers of reading, and effective users of ideas and information!
Welcome to the Cardinal Library
Book Checkout:
- Students in Kindergarten may borrow up to one book
- Students in 1st grade may borrow up to three books at a time.
- Students in 2nd grade may borrow up to five books at a time.
- Students in grades 3rd-5th may borrow as many books as they are responsible for.
- Items are checked out for two weeks at a time and can be renewed for an additional two weeks.
- Students who finish their books before their scheduled library time are encouraged to come to the library during our open checkout every morning from 8:35-8:50.
Meet the Library Staff
Jill Miller
Librarian
I am the School Library Media Specialist for Cardinal Elementary. This is my 8th year as a Library Media Specialist. Prior to working in a school library, I taught secondary Social Studies for 13 years. While working as a teacher my passion for information, research and technology grew, driving me to obtain a School Media Specialist Certification. I strive to invoke passion into our young readers, and bring 21st-century skills and technology into the Media Center.
Kathleen Michael
Instructional Assistant
Hi—I am Kathleen Michael, and I began working at McKinley--now Cardinal--as a part-time library assistant in 2017. Before coming to McKinley, I was a full-time library assistant at Drew Elementary for the previous ten years—and prior to that worked there part-time and also as a substitute for APS. I’ve raised two children who also attended APS, and before that happened, I graduated from the University of California at Irvine with my M.F.A. in English. I enjoy all kinds of creative writing—and I have a dream of maybe one day writing a children’s book or two of my own!