The Northwood Temple Academy Library contains over 9,000 books and serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Accelerated Reading (AR) is offered to all students and is a required part of the curriculum beginning in the fourth grade. The Dewey Decimal Classification System is taught during weekly library visits.

Available Times for Students to Take A.R. Tests:

We are very excited that we are now using A.R. Enterprise! A.R. Enterprise is a web-based program and allows students to access many more A.R. tests. We now have access to the entire A.R. library. To find out if a particular book is available as an A.R. test, please visit www.arbookfind.com. The advanced search tab will allow you to search by interest level, book level, and many other criteria.

Elementary A.R. Program

The Accelerated Reader (AR) program is voluntary for students in grades 1-3. Students are encouraged to strive for a specific number of incentive goal points each quarter based on their results from the AR STAR test. Students will take the STAR test each quarter and will be able to read higher level books as reading skills improve. Accelerated Reading is a requirement for students in grades 4-5 and counts as 10% of the reading grade. Each teacher receives a printout each Friday with cumulative AR points to date. Once the required points are met, students will continue to keep a reading log designed to meet their individual needs. The reading log will allow students to expand beyond AR books and read books and magazines of interest to them. Parents will sign the reading log daily. Students will earn grades based on the goals met through the individualized reading log. This approach has several benefits. It will allow the much needed time to teach age appropriate skills during the weekly library visit, it will allow the students to read in their areas of interests, and the students who are not reading or who do not enjoy reading will begin to develop the discipline of daily reading, and hopefully, will learn to enjoy reading!

Elementary Goals

Elementary students have individual point goals each quarter based on their results from the AR STAR test. They will need to have at least an 85% average. 1^st grade students begin testing in January.

School Store

A school store is available to students throughout the year. Students may shop during the scheduled library time and before or after school. Bring your change and support the library!

Middle School Mandatory A. R. Goals

1st Quarter Due Dates:

All AR points for elementary students (grades 2-5) are due Friday, October 5 at 3:30 pm.

All AR points for middle school students are due Monday, October 8 at 3:30 pm.