School may be out, but we're making sure our library books are still accessible and available for our students to check out during the summer months!

Beginning Tuesday, July 9 and continuing through August 22, 2024, the Monroe School District Book Mobile will traveling around the district and stopping at designated locations so that our students may continue to check out library books all summer long.

With the goal of keeping books in our students' hands throughout the summer, the MSD Book Mobile brings books to students who may not live in close proximity to the local public library. With a rotating selection of books from all genres for students of all ages, students are sure to find a book to enjoy inside the small school bus filled with books. No need to bring anything - we will have a laptop to check books in and out to students enrolled in our schools!

Book Mobile stop locations, dates, and times:

Tuesdays - Chain Lake & Fryelands Areas

• 9:08 a.m.   - Park on Snowgrass Mountain Rd. SE
• 9:44 a.m.   - 129th Place SE @128th Place SE
• 10:23 a.m. - Chain Lake Elementary
• 10:56 a.m. - Park at 194th and 133rd
• 11:28 a.m. - 185th Drive SE Cul-de-sac
• 12:02 p.m. - Hillcrest City Park (end)
• 12:38 p.m. - Currie View Park on 154th Street SE @crosswalk
• 1:09 p.m.   - Park on Van Ave SE
• 1:19 p.m.   - Fryelands Park

Wednesdays - Maltby, Fryelands, and Frank Wagner Areas

• 9:18 a.m.   - 204th Street SE @113th Drive SE (Country Meadows)
• 9:51 a.m.   - Rainbow Store Parking Lot
• 10:33 a.m. - Maltby Community Club Parking Lot (Turnaround)
• 11:06 a.m. - Hidden River Middle School
• 11:38 a.m. - Maltby Elementary School
• 12:20 p.m. - Fryelands Elementary
• 12:51 p.m. - Park at Lords Lake @crosswalk
• 1:23 p.m.   - 161st Avenue SE @The Church at Monroe
• 1:58 p.m.   - Tester Road @Church of Latter Day Saints

*Note - the week of August 19th, these stops will move to Monday, August 19 due to a bus driver training on Wednesday.

Thursdays - Salem Woods & Frank Wagner Areas

• 9:08 a.m.   - Park on 228th Avenue SE
• 9:43 a.m.   - 146th Place Se @249th Avenue SE
• 10:17 a.m. - Cromwell Road @254th Avenue SE
• 10:58 a.m. - Woods Creek Road @Friar Creek Road
• 11:41 a.m. - Retention Pond on 204th  
• 12:19 p.m. - Salem Woods Elementary
• 12:56 p.m. - 200 East Fremont Street (Old District Admin Office)
• 1:28 p.m.   - S. Kelsey Street @Terrace Street
• 2:00 p.m.   - Park on Blueberry Lane
   

In partnership with our transportation department, book mobile stop locations were selected based on student population density in neighborhoods and distance from the local public library; however, stop locations may be adjusted throughout the summer based on student visitors at each stop.

Through regular reading, students develop confidence, fluency, increase vocabulary, and stretch their imagination. Studies show that when students continue learning over the summer months, they are more prepared for the start of a new school year. We are thrilled to be able to offer our students access to books via our Book Mobile so that they can continue to exercise their growing minds!