The Handley Elementary Library has a collection of almost 12,000 books, ebooks, reference items, magazines, and other materials available for students, staff, and the guardians of the Handley Elementary student body.  The library collection is constantly being evaluated and adjusted to ensure it meets the educational needs and reading desires of our student body.  The main goals of our school library are to foster a life-long love of reading and to support our student’s overall academic growth.

Our school library supports student choice and the frequent exchanging of books. All Handley scholars will visit the library at least once a week to self-select their library books. In-between scheduled library visits, Handley scholars will be able to switch their books through our open checkout schedule.

When checking out books, or rechecking books, students must bring all books currently checked out to them back to the library. Books on hold and books in high demand will not be available for renewal.

Parents and guardians are also allowed to check out books from our school library. Parents wishing to reinforce literacy skills at home or those just needing a few books at home for reading enjoyment should reach out to our school librarian for information about checking out library books.

All library books are due one week after they are checked out. Although we do not charge fines for overdue items, we do charge fines for damaged or lost books. Please contact the school librarian for more information about fines for damaged or lost books.

GISD student and staff access to myON Reader and myON News

myON® by Renaissance® provides every pre-K–12 with access to thousands of digital books and daily news articles. These texts can be read on web-enabled devices such as tablets, laptops and desktop computers. Students have easy access to myON through Ready Hub.

To download books use the myON Reader app on a mobile device (excluding phones). These include iPad, Android tablets, Chromebooks and Amazon Kindle Fire HD.  Users can still read and/or listen to books through the web browser (www.myon.com) on their mobile phones.  

See the myOn Help site to learn more.

Login Details: 

Students: Use school Username and Password
Teachers: Use school Username and Password

For more information, contact: Dr. Melissa Hill

Community access to myON Books

Access to thousands of books through MyON is available free of charge to community members. See the myON Books page for more information.

Need a book but don’t have time to visit the school library? Try Tumblebooks! Tumblebooks is an online collection of high-interest, animated, picture books you can access from a device with an Internet connection.  The school district has already purchased a subscription for your child to use.  The username and password is available from your child, your child’s teacher, or the school librarian.

Our school library will have two book fairs each school year. We will have one in the fall and one after spring break. The book fair is a great opportunity for students to self-select books they want to purchase to take home to read and cherish. All profits from the book fair go directly back into the school library and are used for purchasing new books for students to use. The book fair is also a great way for parents and guardians to volunteer at Handley Elementary. Any adult wishing to volunteer in our library must have successfully gone through the district’s volunteer process. Please contact the school front office for more details about becoming a Handley Elementary volunteer.