Media Center
Staff
Melissa Ralston,
Library Media Specialist and Barbara Pigg, Library
Assistant
CALLING ALL ECO-EXPLORERS: LET
THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!
We are so excited about our new look
in the library. Our goal was to create an inviting
atmosphere that inspires learning, creativity and a
lifelong love of reading. Through the amazing work of
muralist from Masterpiece Murals, we achieved this goal.
Visitors to the library will be carried away to the
rainforests of South America, take a trip to the sandy
deserts of Africa, dive deep into the Coral Reef and much
more.
LIBRARY MISSION
STATEMENT
The mission of the library media program is to ensure
that all members of our school community have equal
access to our print and non-print materials, develop a
lifelong love of reading, and become effective users of
information and technology.
WE LOVE OUR
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
We are so blessed and grateful to
have a wonderful group of parent volunteers who work in
the library. We maintain a collection of over 19,000
items and manage an average daily circulation of
aproximately 300 books. These are exciting statistics
that bring special challenges. It is a huge task to keep
our books shelved and orderly. We could not do this
without the help of our dedicated parent volunteers. If
you would like to become a part of this special group
please contact the PTO Parent Volunteer Coordinator or
give us a call at
472-4364. We would love to have you.
We would like to say a special
"Thank You" to MICHELLE LASLEY for being our
Parent Volunteer Coordinator this year! She did an
amazing job and we very much appreciate all her efforts.
STUDENT
CIRCULATION PROCEDURES
Students may check out the following number of books per
grade level: Kindergarten - one book, First and Second -
two books, Third through Fifth - three books. A student
may exchange one or all books per visit. Books can be
renewed one time with the exception of chapter books or
project related materials. Books are due within two weeks
if not renewed.
A student making a careful book selection.
OPEN CIRCULATION
SCHEDULE
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the
opportunity to check out books every day. Our library
offers the following times for open circulation: 8:00-8:25,
12:00-12:30 and 2:30-3:00. Parents are also invited to
come and check out books from our collection during these
times.
BE A MEMBER OF
THE BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Your child's birthday is a very special occasion here at
Edmondson. Therefore, we invite you to honor your child's
birthday by donating a book to our library in their name.
By doing this, you can help teach your child the value of
giving as well as enrich the library at the same time. If
you would like to participate, forms are available on the
Parent Information Table.
The Birthday Book Club display wall.
A student taking an
Accelerated Reader test.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Spring Book Fair will be coming April 26-30. Each
classroom will be assigned a time to come and shop. You
will recieve a letter in the Wednesday Folder which will
notify you of your child's day/time to shop. We hope you
are able to stop by and join them for this special event.
The Book Fair is a
great opportunity to add to your home libraries.
Library
Research Links (scroll
down to see all the links)
Here
are subject links to useful sites on the Internet. They
are arranged in Dewey Decimal Classification order, just like
the books in our Media Center:
(Site design
borrowed from Ms.
Shayne Russell , Educational Media Specialist, Mt. Laurel Hartford
School, Mt.
Laurel, NJ )
Teacher helps:
Check out our Intranet
Page and the
resources
available to you there like Grolier Online, Encyclopedia
Britannica, etc.
Online magazines for kids
| Library
of Congress |
Tennessee
State Library and Archives |
United
States Government Information |
Virtual
Reference Desk |
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The
Library recognizes that students who
score
higher on "tests
tend to come
from schools which
have more library
resource staff and more books,
periodicals
and videos, and where the
instructional
role of the teacher-librarian
and
involvement in
cooperative program
planning and teaching is
more prominent."
The
Impact of School Library Media Centers on
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Edmondson
Elementary School does not endorse any of
these links. These links are
an effort to assist our students in
safely searching the Internet. If
you would like to make any suggestions
please e-mail the webmaster at jenniferj2@wcs.edu
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