Media Center
Staff Information
Teacher's Email
Weekly Schedule
| SCBP |
4th & 5th Grade |
3rd Grade |
2nd Grade |
Baylin - Mon
Soffrin - Mon |
Ng - Thurs
Duarte - Tues
Vigil - Thurs |
Gannon - Mon
Letina - Tues |
Baker - Wed
McLean - Wed |
| 1st Grade |
Kindergarten |
Pre-K |
PEP C |
Durham - Fri
Ingham - Wed |
Freeze- Thurs
Homon - Fri
Siska - Fri
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Rosendorf - Fri |
Alkon - Wed
Hitzeman - Wed |
Cashell Cougars (Posted on 9/27/11)
Mrs. Skladany & Mrs. DeBold are meeting with all grade levels on a weekly basis(see schedule in sidebar) to promote the love of reading, and teach students the skills to independently retrieve and evaluate information. The media program enhances and expands the MCPS curriculum taught in all grade levels, using not only print forms of media, but also including a variety of technology.
Mission
The Cashell Media Center strives to nurture a love of reading, provide all students with the experience necessary to independently retrieve and evaluate information, and provide services for the faculty, staff and parents as well as students.
Philosophy and Goals
The library media program in Montgomery County Public Schools provides access to ideas, information, and learning opportunities that enable each student to functioneffectively in an information-based society.
The Library Media Program will:
- Provide resources that support the MCPS curriculum and the needs of a diverse student population.
- Provide equitable access to ideas, information, and services.
- Promote reading and the appreciation of literature as lifelong activities.
- Implement Learner Outcomes for Library Media Programs. *
* From the MCPS Policies and Procedures Manual for School Library Media Centers
Online Resources
These online encyclopedias and databases were purchased centrally by MCPS. Home use requires logins and passwords. These are available as a handout in the Media Center. Please contact the Media Specialist (Toni Skladany) for more information.
What is the Black-Eyed Susan Award?
Each year since 1992, the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award has been given in several categories. The purpose of this award is to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature. The books selected to be placed on lists for each category are expected to broaden the human experience and provide accurate, factual information. The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award honors outstanding books, chosen annually by Maryland students. Committees of school library media specialists and other interested persons meet over the course of a year to determine which books will go on the lists; anyone is invited to suggest titles. Following are some of the criteria:
- Books may be fiction or nonfiction.
- Books must have a copyright date of the current year or one of the preceding three years and be listed in the current Books in Print.
- Each title selected will have received positive reviews from appropriate professional journals.
Members of the committee will read and discuss the submitted books and choose the best books to be placed on the list. When the required number of books have been read, each student will cast one vote for the book he or she considers to be the most outstanding in each category. Votes from across the state are sent in to the Black-Eyed Susan committees and tallied to determine the winners.
Follow this link to see this year's Black-Eyed Susan Nominees: 2011-12 Nominees.