Monica Brown, Media Specialist
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Mary Cook, Media Clerk
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Mary Cook, Media Clerk
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Policies
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Five Forks Middle School Library is to create a student-centered library media center, which provides a safe, nurturing environment in which students can successfully seek information and ideas for their educational, informational, and recreational needs. The library seeks to promote an appreciation of literature enabling the student to interpret meaning from various forms of literature as they become lifelong readers and learners. Because teaching is the focal point of our school library, the Five Forks Media Center will strive to be an integral part of the instructional program, dedicated to providing our school community with the best possible resources and services. |
Media Center Hours:
The media center is open from 8:15 am – 4:00 pm. Our collection includes:
· 20,000 Fiction and Non Fiction Books · 22 magazines and journal subscriptions · 60 online databases · 412 eBooks |
Students need an official pass prior to morning Library Media Center visits (before school). This will allow the student to get through the security check check-point of the school(front or back entrance doors). The pass needs to be issued a day before the visit by his/her subject area teacher;
Individual students can visit the Library Media Center during school hours for doing specific activities. He / She needs an official individual-pass and needs to report to the circulation desk:
Book selection / check out: 15 minutes
Reading /browsing / discovering: 15 – 30 minutes
Listening/viewing activities: 15 – 30 minutes
Researching activities: 15 – 30 minutes
Word processing/computing activities: 15 – 30 minutes
Group of students (no more than five students from the same class at a time) can visit the Library Media Center during school hours for doing specific activities.
Individual students can visit the Library Media Center during school hours for doing specific activities. He / She needs an official individual-pass and needs to report to the circulation desk:
Book selection / check out: 15 minutes
Reading /browsing / discovering: 15 – 30 minutes
Listening/viewing activities: 15 – 30 minutes
Researching activities: 15 – 30 minutes
Word processing/computing activities: 15 – 30 minutes
Group of students (no more than five students from the same class at a time) can visit the Library Media Center during school hours for doing specific activities.
General:
Computer Usage:
Copies & Prints:
Printing a photocopying service is provided as followed:
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Check-out Policy:
o $20.00 Hardback o $10.00 Paperback o $5 for lost magazine
Selection Policy:
The Five Forks Middle School actively collects materials that support the Gwinnett County AKS and the Common Core. All books and materials are approved by the Media Committee that is consisted of teacher and parent representatives. With that in mind, we select materials that support our diverse student population with a variety of reading interests, and levels. Our areas of collection include: Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5) Tween (Grades 6-8) Teen Mature (Grades 8-10) Our teen mature fiction collection includes language, themes or controversial subjects such as human rights violations, issues related to sexuality or other teen situations that are appropriate for the mature student or advanced reader who feels that he or she is ready for books that transition into high school libraries. The Media Center uses yellow barcodes to identify these books that are suitable for upper Middle School readers. Our Media Center strongly encourages parents to talk to their child about this subject and agree on what you feel appropriate as reading material. If a parent wishes to ‘Opt – out” of allowing his or her child access to the teen mature materials, submit the ‘Teen Mature Opt-out Form’ to the Media Specialist. This form can be emailed to the Media Specialist or turned in to the circulation desk. Please contact our Medial Specialist, if you have further questions about our teen mature fiction and nonfiction. |