What is Steele Library?

It is a resource for the entire Steele community: staff, students, AND parents. The thousands of books in the collection are here to inform, inspire, and entertain. Please feel free to come in and browse, read to your children, or check out some books to read later. 

What are you and the kids going to read this summer? Here are some book lists I highly recommend! 

Homework resources for DPS students (and parents)

Denver Public Schools has access to many excellent online databases that can make homework easier and more rewarding, including Britannica Online, CultureGrams and NetTrekker. These databases are free to DPS students and family. Login to http://lion.dpsk12.org and click on Online Databases. Access to most sites requires your student's last name and ID number. LION is the web based catalog that DPS librarians use to locate books in the District's libraries. Feel free to explore. 

Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library.

This is a photo of Steele Library taken sometime between 1929 and 1935. Notice many of the bookshelves in the photo are still there today (though all of the books have changed!) The magazine rack in the left of the photo is still there, but the great light fixtures are not.

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Donations

Do you have too many books? Are there books your child doesn't read anymore? Steele Library gladly accepts donations of books. If you have books that are in good condition, we would be interested in looking at them.

Volunteers

Would you like to volunteer in the library? That would be great! There are many things volunteers can do in the library: reshelve books, read to classes, create displays and more.

Other things . . .

Library Policy

Students are scheduled to visit the library once a week. Books are checked out to your child for 2 weeks. Children who would like to check out books every week must return the books from the previous week, however.

Renewal

If children would like to renew books, that is okay, but the book(s) must be brought into the library for renewal.

Overdue notices

Overdue notices are generated three times a week and given to the classroom teacher. These notices are then given to the student, who is responsible for returning the overdue book. Please ask your child if they have returned their books on time! Students with overdue books cannot check out anymore books until they are returned.

Bills

If you receive a bill for a book that your child has lost, please make every effort to see the librarian, as accommodations can be made for different circumstances.

What you can do...

Help your child return their books on time by:

1) Being aware that they have brought a library book home.

2) Checking the Due Date stamped on the inside of the book's cover.

3) Having a special place for your child to keep his or her book(s), like a basket or box by the front door.

4) Reminding them that if they have books that are late, they will not be able to check out books the next time they have library time (many children in this situation are very disappointed).

If you would like to contact Mr. Leckenby by email, here is his address: Charles_Leckenby@dpsk12.org or you can call him at 303.744.1717

Page updated May 12, 2008