The mission of WHS Library is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for students,
teachers and community members while fostering a love of reading.
The library will continually strive to encourage the pursuit of personal interests through reading and research, to support student achievement, to foster a natural curiosity about the world around them, to empower students to become ethical users of information, to provide up-to-date resources in a variety of formats, to foster academic integrity and to promote academic excellence and literacy.
WHS Library is committed to:
- ensuring that all new print and eBooks will be authentically inclusive.
- recommending and displaying books that are inclusive of a diverse range of characters.
- promoting and attending events and training opportunities and discussions around the areas of inclusion and diversity to motivate, educate and inspire.
- seeking advice to ensure that diverse characters are authentic.
- conducting regular audits of books to assess inclusion and diversity.
- assuring that books and book events are accessible to the entire school community.