Library & Media Center

About The Library & Media Center

Starkville Academy is pleased to offer two different Libraries/Media Centers for its students.

The Elementary Library services students in Pre K – Grade 6 and is located in the C Building. Students visit the library weekly and are allowed to check out books, participate in story time, and are encouraged to enhance their vocabulary and reading skills through the Accelerated Reader program. The Elementary Library provides four computers for student use.

The Secondary Media Center is located in the E building and provides services for students in grades 7 – 12. Students are able to visit the Media Center during study halls, breaks, and with permission from their teacher. Additionally, the Media Center is open daily, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. In addition to a vast collection of books, periodicals, and original documents, the Media Center houses an updated computer lab with 25 computers for students to use for research, homework, and completing assignments.

Summer Reading

Elementary

2nd grade: Fly Guy vs. the Flyswatter by Tedd Arnold

3rd grade: Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline

4th grade: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

5th grade: Holes by Louis Sachar

6th grade: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Secondary

English 7- Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac

English 8- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmitt

English 9 & Honors 9- Animal Farm by George Orwell

English 10 & Honors 10- The River Between Us by Richard Peck

English 11 & Honors 11- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

English 12 and English Comp I- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

For details and information for each class, click here

AP

AP US History- A Short History of the United States by Robert V. Remini