Welcome to the Harrelson School Library!

I am Mrs. Josie Callahan, my students call me Ms. Josie. I have been the Librarian at Harrelson since 2006 and have been employed by the HCSS since 1997. The best part of my day is talking with students who are excited about a book they are reading.
My goal is for our students to become lifelong readers, whether they are reading magazines, blogs, graphic novels/comic books, classic literature, a nonfiction book to learn something new, or a fiction book just for fun.

I try to give the Harrelson Students knowledge of resources to go to find out answers to questions they may have. I try to read them a variety of books throughout the year including picture books that are nominated for the Volunteer State Book Award and allow them to take part in voting for Tennessee students' favorite picture book of the year.

To access a list of all materials available in our library our students are trained to use OPAC starting in 3rd grade. Our OPAC website is a complete list of books that our students are able to borrow from the school library. To buy new material for students, I use companies that organize books by genre, reading level, target reader age, and student interest. Some companies even review and group by the content of the book.
Here is the link to our school OPAC or online card catalog

I have attached the Harrelson School Library Policy and Procedures that will tell you just about anything you want to know about our school library. If you do wish to challenge any of the material in our school library you will find the correct procedure to follow in the link below and your first step is to contact the Librarian with your concerns.

This is also a link to the HC School Board policy concerning challenged material