Learning Commons at the CBE
Today’s learners cannot imagine life without the internet and supporting technology. The concept of the traditional library is changing to include technology, online tools and spaces for collaboration and exploration.
School Literary Materials Selection
Related to Ministerial Order (#034/2025), Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials, CBE has published an administrative regulation AR3051: School Literary Materials Selection. Families and community members can request a review or reconsideration of a literary resource in a school's learning commons by completing the School Library Materials Reconsideration Challenge Request through their local school.
CBE also has an eLibrary online tool available to families, students and staff, which is an online catalogue for all CBE school libraries with detailed information on books, DVD’s and other resources that are available to borrow.
Additionally, parents and legal guardians are welcome to review classroom library collections by contacting your child's school.
In 2024 Escuela Eugene Coste worked closely with our Eugene Coste Enrichment Society to allocate fundraised dollars to renew our Learning Commons space. With this financial support we were able to purchase new furniture that support flexible, collaborative and creative use of the environment.
Items that we purchased included: modular sofa-style seating, flip tables, rolling adjustable chairs, and wide assortment of upholstered ottomans. These items continue to support a wide variety of whole group, small group and individual work and benefit both the students and all adults who work with them.
We are grateful for the collaboration with our parent community to prioritize the renewal of our Learning Commons.
Learn | How we Work with Students to be Stewards of this Space
Our Borrowing Rules
Students have access to a Macbook and Chromebook laptop cart, a variety of fiction/non-fiction books in English and Spanish, flexible learning space that can be rearranged to suit a variety of learning activities. Students can borrow 2 books for up to 2 weeks.