Central Park School

Library Media Center
Ms. C. Biggs and Mrs. L. Henderson

 

Mission
The mission of our library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of information from varying traditional and technological resources.

 

 

Letter to Parents:

The joy of Reading is having the ability to read. A child cannot read successfully if he or she doesn't learn to read. Reading for pleasure is a stepping stone toward learning to read and it also increases the enjoyment of reading. Encourage your child to read by permitting him or her to check out Library Books.

Below you will find our Library Policies and Permission Form. Please sign and return it to the Library.
Central Park School Library Circulation Policy:
1. Students may check out Library Books for a one week period.
2. Students who fail to return books on the due date will not be permitted to check out another book until the over due books have been returned. Notices will be sent home.
3. Students are not to write, draw, or tear the pages in library books.
4. Parents will be charged the price of a book if the students loses or damages a book beyond repair.
5. Students are to return library books on their class library day.

Student _________________
Teacher _________________
Yes _____ My child may check out library books. I will pay the cost of lost or damaged books.
No _____ My child may not check out library books. I will not be responsible.
Parent Signature ________________________
Home Phone _________________ Work Phone __________________

Library Media Program Focus

Students - Instruction skills follow-up sessions - Paper / pencil assessment - Application of skills learned in at least one unit of classroom study - Allotted time for book selection - Use varying resources Teachers - Integrate library instruction skills with classroom instructions - Provide time for students to apply learned skills in at least one unit of study - Enhance classroom instruction with varying library resources Media Specialist - Supports teachers by suggesting alternative approaches in reading motivation - Provides skill instruction - Supervises guided book selection - Provides varying resources - Administer hands-on assessment Spotlighting Technology Progress at Central Park - Music Technology Lab - Accelerated Reading - Accelerated Math - Lightspan Reading Assessment - Digital and Video Cameras - Benchmark Target Testing Tool - Scanners - Laptop computers - Brainchild and Play Stations - Internet Access in Media Center - Gateway, Compaq, and Dell computers - Grades K-4, one computer in each class, Grade 5, two computers in each class - E-rate networking all classrooms - wiring completed in September, 1999.

 

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