West Gates Elementary School Library

Library Media Specialist Mrs. Theresa Del Orfano

About Me

Mrs. Theresa Del Orfano
Mrs. Del Orfano has been in the Lindenhurst School District as a library media specialist since 1993 and has taught at many of the elementary schools. She received a dual bachelor’s degree in elementary education N-6 and music from SUNY Cortland and her master’s in Library and Information Science from LIU Post. Some of her hobbies are reading, baking, visiting museums, exploring the Northeast and watching the Jets, Mets and Rangers. Her favorite children’s book is “The War That Saved My Life.” She lives with her husband, three children and her cat, Toby, and yellow Lab, Brinkley.

I can be reached through email and ParentSquare.

Our Library Program

The school library program serves to instill a love of reading, inspire lifelong learning and foster independent library use. Students visit once a week for 40 minutes with their class to check out books and to practice information literacy skills and digital citizenship. The library is an inviting space where students may acquire knowledge and gain insight, a welcoming haven where children may seek respite from a demanding day and a stimulating place where they may open books and open their minds for a better tomorrow.

Open Library Hours
Monday: 8:50 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:50 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Friday: 8:50 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.