Welcome to the Ponderosa Library!

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Mrs. Lopez loves New York City. She is "a city girl" and NYC is the ultimate city. One of her favorite spots in on top of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (with her favorite Lola, by the way).

Mrs. Lopez, the librarian, has been teaching for 20 years, 14 of those years in the library at Ponderosa Elementary.  Her passion are reading and finding creative and inventive ways to disseminate information. 

Ponderosa PRIDE

Perseverance
Responsibility
Integrity
Dedication
Empathy

INN-Zone Library Basics
  1. Walk
  2. Be Safe with Everything and Everyone.
  3. Work Quietly.
  4. Help Others.
  5. Be Kind.


Click the image above for information

Looking for Resources?

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Visit the Ponderosa Library Protopage to find all your information needs.  The Library Protopage provides resources for students, staff, parents and community members.  Simply go to:  www.protopage.com/rlopez11 or click the image to the right.

The Library Mission ...

The Ponderosa Library's mission is to help staff, students and community locate, analyze and disseminate information.  Because we are a STEAM school, the library is a very science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics rich environment.  Thus, the library program will provide all students with access to different informational technologies.

Borrowing Library eBooks with Overdrive

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Overdrive @ Ponderosa!
Students and Staff have access to hundreds of eBooks through the Ponderosa Library! Here are the basics ...


  1. Download the Overdrive app to your device: 
  2. “Add a Library.”  Search for Ponderosa Elementary School, choose our school, then choose “Cherry Creek School District.
  3. Type in your User name and password (same as for the Chromebooks and Dells).
  4. Search for a book to check out.
  5. Select the eBook or audiobook you'd like to borrow. Tap on “borrow”
  6. Go to your checkouts and choose the format in which you would like to read the book.
  7.  
    The book is automatically returned to "Ponderosa's Cloud Library" when your check out period expires (21 days)!

Resources

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Need to find a book in the Ponderosa Library? Click the icon above to access the catalog!
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BookFLIX is a fun database that pairs fiction stories with non-fiction texts.
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Click the link above to visit Britannica online, an excellent encyclopedia resource.