FWCD Libraries
The Fort Worth Country Day library program serves as an essential link between the students and faculty and their information and reading needs. FWCD maintains two separate library facilities. The Lower School Library serves grades JK-4, and the Moncrief Library serves grades 5-12. Staffing includes three professional librarians and one full-time assistant.
Library Hours
Lower School Library
7:45 am to 3:00 pm daily during regularly scheduled library classes.
Moncrief Library
7:30 am to 6:00 pm daily*
*During early release days, the Moncrief Library will close one hour after the last division is dismissed.
7:45 am to 3:00 pm daily during regularly scheduled library classes.
Moncrief Library
7:30 am to 6:00 pm daily*
*During early release days, the Moncrief Library will close one hour after the last division is dismissed.
News and Announcements
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FWCD Libraries Offering Curbside Pick-up
The FWCD Libraries are excited to offer weekly curbside pick-up beginning Wednesday, July 8, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Check the catalog for the books you are interested in. The librarians will bag the materials and place them on the bench in front of the appropriate library for contactless pick- up. Please place your holds each week by noon on Tuesday in order for there to be time to pull the books. Select Read more for complete information about reserving materials and pick-up reservation slots.Read More -
2020 Summer Reading
A summer reading program in all divisions has long been a tradition at Fort Worth Country Day. Keeping students reading over the summer and fostering a love of reading are essential goals. The School works towards these goals by choosing books with literary value that are also popular with readers. Visit the 2020 Summer Reading website to learn more about our reading program and this year's featured author, Leslie Lutz.Read More
Library Goals
- To promote reading as a lifelong interest among students;
- To provide for the information and research needs of FWCD students;
- To support teachers by providing curricular materials;
- To prepare students for the electronic environment in the 21st century; and
- To produce information literate citizens who know how to access and evaluate information.
Library Resources
The FWCD Libraries house more than 30,000 book titles and 40,000 copies. In addition, an increasing number of library materials come in digital format, allowing students access from home as well as school. These include downloadable e-books and audiobooks on Destiny Discover; middle-grade fiction on FollettShelf; the Historical Newspaper Collection from Newsbank; and databases of thousands of scholarly journal articles from Gale, EbscoHost, and JSTOR.
The library also subscribes to tools that help meet students’ literacy and research needs. These include NoodleTools, an online citation maker which guides students in the process of creating works cited lists, and Renaissance Learning’s Accelerated Reader and STAR, which assess reading skills.
A complete list of library resources is available at fwcd.follettdestiny.com.
The library also subscribes to tools that help meet students’ literacy and research needs. These include NoodleTools, an online citation maker which guides students in the process of creating works cited lists, and Renaissance Learning’s Accelerated Reader and STAR, which assess reading skills.
A complete list of library resources is available at fwcd.follettdestiny.com.
Summer Reading
A summer reading assignment is part of the educational program for all students at FWCD. Faculty who serve on the summer reading committees have attempted to choose books that create pleasurable reading experiences and build enthusiasm for reading. We hope many parents will take the opportunity to read and discuss the books with their children over the summer. For more information about FWCD’s summer reading program, visit http://fwcd.libguides.com/summerreading.
Accelerated Reader Program
Students in grades 3-8 participate in Accelerated Reader, which is designed to encourage reading practice and careful reading of a text. Assessment involves a computerized test on a book. Find AR books with the AR Book Finder (no password needed).
Annual Book Fair
Grades K-7 participate in the annual Scholastic Book Fair in the Moncrief Library. In addition to buying books for themselves and family members, students are also encouraged to purchase books for deserving students at another school through the Books for Kids community outreach program.
Visiting Authors
Lower and Middle School students have the opportunity to meet and interact with well-known authors and illustrators on campus each year.
Jerry Palotta
February 04, 2020
February 04, 2020
Meet the Librarians
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4200 Country Day Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Phone: 817.732.7718
Phone: 817.732.7718
Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD) is a JK-12 private, independent, coeducational, nondenominational college-preparatory school located on approximately 100 acres in Fort Worth, Texas. The mission of Fort Worth Country Day School is to foster the intellectual, physical, emotional, and ethical development of capable students through an academically rigorous college preparatory program that integrates the arts and athletics.
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Website Accessibility Statement
Fort Worth Country Day is committed to understanding and respecting differences. To further support that initiative, FWCD is focused on making the information on our website accessible to all students, parents, and other members of the community. Achieving our goal of making the FWCD website fully accessible requires auditing numerous sections and correcting elements with minimal disruption for daily users.We appreciate your patience as we transition our content to a format that more closely adheres to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Additionally, some pages of the FWCD website may contain links to third party sites that do not comply with accessibility standards and not within the range of the School’s control.For questions about the FWCD website, please contact Web Content Manager, Tiffini Crum at tiffini.crum@fwcd.com.Learn more about Fort Worth Country Day’s Mission, Philosophy, Core Values and Commitment to Inclusivity.