The Hillcrest Students need to develop lifelong reading skills, lifelong learning skills, and the motivation to take responsibility for their own learning. Information literate students are effective users of information in a variety of formats. The school library is the vehicle that provides opportunities for students to attain information literacy skills and to foster a lifelong interest in acquiring knowledge. The school librarian, working collaboratively with teachers, administrators, and others, assumes a pivotal role in the learning community.

The library contains essential tools in the area of locating, processing, evaluating, synthesizing, and utilizing information from a variety of print, non-print, and electronic sources. Here at Hillcrest Elementary, students are exposed to a variety of resources as well as the opportunity to utilize the expansive collection. The overall goal of the library program is to assist all students in becoming active and creative locators, evaluators, and users of information to solve problems and to satisfy their own interests.

Online Public Access Catalog

Pennsylvania POWER Kids Library