Loyola Village to open new library

Loyola Village Elementary School in Westchester will open the doors of its new Wonder of Reading library Friday (Dec. 7).

“For us, our Wonder of Reading library will become the literacy heart of our learning community,” Principal Melinda Goodall said.

Goodall, teachers and parents at Loyola Village agreed to renovate and expand library with the help of Wonder of Reading, a nonprofit group that partially donates libraries to urban schools.
The group usually splits the cost of the work with school fund-raising.

At Loyola Village, the school raised $50,000, which included a $30,000 gift from Playa Vista Capital and Playa Vista Educational Trust. The library will open following the 10 a.m. event at the school, 8821 Villanova Ave.