Ridge View High School
For my fouth interview, I spoke with Aria King (who is a high school librarian at Ridgeview High School) about the shared foundation of "Collaborate". A list of interview questions can be found here . Ridgeview High School is a 9-12th grade school in Columbia, South Carolina that serves around 1,600 students. They have a few magnet schools within their high school (Art, Business, AVID). It is also about 89% African American. For Aria, a large part of the Collaborate Shared Foundation looks at how the library collaborates with other teachers in the building. The biggest part of this is that the librarians are always looking to promote the library. They approach different teachers in the building and actively seek out ways to promote collaboration and look for ways that they can support the teachers (especially during PEP time in the mornings). They also have a couple of programs that they use like Book Tastings and Freshman Orientations to help promote the library. Another bi...
