Harmony Hill Library

Welcome to the Harmony Hill Library site, a place where students can research or search for resources.

Students must come to the school's library to take out a book or request it from another Cohoes elementary school library or within the Capital Region.

To request a book, students must provide the following information to the librarian: title, author, call number, the name of the school where the book is located, their name and their teacher and grade level. A Library Loan Request Form is available by clicking here, or students can get a form at the school library.

(The link above is in PDF format, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Acrobat Web site.)

Hours of Operation

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
233-1900, Ext. 5244

Who’s Who in Harmony Hill's Library?

Carolyn McLoughlin, with 28 years experience in the field of librarianship, has been the District Elementary Librarian in Cohoes for the past eight. As the administrator of the three libraries she oversees the library staff, the general operation of the library and teaches classes. Ms. McLoughlin can be found in Harmony Hill on Mondays and Tuesdays, Abram Lansing on Wednesdays and Thursdays and Van Schaick Grade School on Fridays.

The library aides keep the library open all week and are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the library, as well as handling book exchange for all classes. They are an invaluable asset to the library program.

Margaret Claflin, with 10 years experience as an aide in Harmony Hill, has been working in the library for the last three.

Susan Monson joined the library staff in the fall, making a great addition to our library team. Mrs. Monson can be found in the library in the afternoons.

Links

Click on the links below to search the online catalogs.

Harmony Hill's Online Public Access Catalog

Cohoes Public Library

Tekmom.com - A database of search tools for students.

The A – Z Mystery Challenge for third through fifth graders

Each elementary school has a complete set (26 books) of the A – Z Mysteries, a very popular series by Ron Roy. The library is issuing a challenge to any third- through fifth-grader to read all 26 books by the end of the May. Students wishing to participate must pick up a bookmark in the library with all the books listed. When they finish a book, they must bring it into the library where library staff will ask them a few questions about the book and will then initial the bookmark. Students completing the challenge will receive recognition at the end of the year.

For more information, visit the A-Z Mystery Web site. The site includes information about the author and other fun things!