Library

Welcome to the Smith Academy Library!

Mrs. Rice, Teacher-Librarian

Follow the Library on Instagram @MavericksLibrary

• Click Here to Access Destiny Discover and the Smith Academy Library

  How to Log Into Destiny

  • On a School Computer:  Click the login icon (door with arrow) and click the SSO (Single Sign On) bar.
  • On Your Personal Device:  Click the login icon (door with arrow).  Username = Student ID Number   Password = Last Name 

library announcements

The Mavericks Book Club!  Join our student-led book club that meets in the library every Tuesday at lunch.  Food, friends, activities, and lots of book talks!  See Mrs. Rice in the library to sign up. 

The Makerspace is Open!  Sign into a Makerspace station on the library kiosk and enjoy some creative time with fuse beads, 3-D pens, duct tape, Keva Planks, Snap Circuits, and button machines.

Password Support - Office365 (Windows) passwords and Infinite Campus passwords must be reset at school on a school computer.  See Mrs. Rice in the library or Mrs. Bader in the office for password resets.  

library & Librarian hours

• Students can access the library on a pass during class, with a scheduled class, at lunch, and after school until 2:30 PM.  
• The librarian is not available on Wednesdays after school during early release.
• Please see the whiteboard in the English/Science hallway of A Building for a weekly library schedule, events, and announcements.

borrowing policy

• Students may borrow up to 3 books for 15 school days (does not include weekends or holidays).  Exceptions are made for larger projects. 
• Students receive a paper receipt with due date that should be used as a bookmark and an email copy of the receipt.  
• Students and parents receive an automated email reminder 3 school days before books are due.
• Students and parents receive weekly automated emails for all late and/or lost books and students also receive weekly paper notices in 1st period.
• There are no fines for late books that are returned.
• Students may not borrow a new book until late/lost books are returned or paid for. 
• Late books are automatically marked lost 30 days past the due date and must be returned or paid for if they are truly lost.
• Class novels and textbooks that are not returned are marked lost immediately after the due date and must be returned or paid for.  
• All damaged materials must be paid for. 
• Please pay the bookkeeper in the office for lost or damaged library materials then walk the receipt to the library to have the fines cleared.
• All receipts and reminders will be emailed to a student's school Outlook email account and not to a personal account.
• Lost books belonging to other schools can be returned or paid for in the Smith Academy Library. 

mission statement

Within a culture of respect, relevancy, and rigor, the mission of the Smith Academy Library is to foster independent readers, skillful researchers, and discerning consumers and producers of information.