Media Center
Mrs. Diane L. Creel, Media Specialist
Mrs. Iris K. Tuttle, Media Assistant
May News
IMPORTANT END OF THE YEAR NEWS!
MCPS is converting all their Media Centers to Destiny, a new circulation and processing format, May 29th. Please make sure all books are returned to the Media Center by May 21st. Thank you so much for your support.
AND THE WINNER IS........
Students in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade voted online for their favorite Black-Eyed Susan picture book and are awaiting the results! Mrs. Creel will find out on Saturday, May 5th who the 2011-2012 winners are, and will make the long-awaited announcement on Monday, May 7th. Will it be a geographical or historical story such as Fly Free!, Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum or That Book Woman? Will it be a biography such as Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave? Many students enjoyed the poetry in I Didn’t Do It!, Mirror ,Mirror and Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys, and found the humor in Memoirs of a Goldfish and A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea very entertaining.
Many 4th and 5th graders participated in the Black-Eyed Susan grades 4-6 novel voting. In order to do this, the students had to read at least 3 of the ten novels, and complete an evaluation form. The following students were eligible to vote:
Zeeshan Anam Bijou Barry Malik Barry
Fatma Elsayed Paula Fudolig Alice Kahkajian
Amadea Oberg Vanessa Reyes Arsalaan Sayyed
Shazil Usmani
These students will be rewarded for their hard work with an ice cream party.
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Mission Statement
Come on in! We'll read for pleasure, research ideas, use technology and have fun while learning. All students will have the opportunity to grow in knowledge and independence using a wide variety of resources to become life-long learners.
For Students
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For Students and Staff
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Meet Mrs. Creel
 Mrs. Creel has been in education for more than 27 years teaching all grades from 1st through 5th. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Elementary Education, received a MS in Curriculum and Instruction from McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College and is a certified School Library Media Specialist. She lives in Frederick, Maryland and is the mother of three adult children and owner of Bleu, a barky little Papillion. Mrs. Creel also has five grandpuppies, Scottish Terriers named Scottie and Sidney, Italian Greyhounds named Spot and Bentley, and a rescued racing Greyhound named Peyton. They all keep her very busy. She reads at least two books a week when she’s not playing with Bleu and her grandpuppies.
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Meet Mrs. Tuttle
My name is Iris Tuttle and I live in Brookeville with my husband and two children who are 13 and 10 years old. I have a degree in communications from Towson University. I began working in health care marketing for eight years and decided to pursue the education field. I started a master’s program at Hopkins but felt my children still needed so much of my time and I didn’t want to sacrifice their education for mine. I put the degree on hold and continued working for Montgomery County Schools as a paraeducator and now as a Media Assistant. Being able to combine my communications degree and working with children has been my goal. In addition to my children, we have a Yorkie named Nikki, a rabbit named Dutch, and a Gecko named Cal.
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Media Center Hours
 The Flower Hill Media Center is open for Book Exchange from 8:45 until 2:45 In addition to their scheduled Media Class, students may visit the Media Center with their teachers' permission at any time during the school day using a Media Center pass.
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Book Selection
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How many books may I check out?
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How long may I keep my books?
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| Kindergarten |
one |
one week |
| 1st & 2nd |
two |
two weeks |
| 3rd, 4th, & 5th |
three |
two weeks |