Media Center
Media Specialist: Mrs. Lori Redman
Media Assistant:Ms. Jocey Dowdy
Hours: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm daily
Mission Statement: "Reach for the World ... READ!"
We, the staff of the Mill Creek Towne Media Center, believe that a positive, intellectually stimulating and well-organized learning environment can help to achieve many of our school-wide goals. Our goal is to create a caring learning environment that is the heart of a "Community of Learners." We hope to install a passion for reading in our students and strongly encourage reading for information and enjoyment as lifelong activities. We also strive to:
- Prepare students to be 21st-century learners who are information literate and strive for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.
- Ensure all students and staff have access to a wide variety of information and that they become effective and responsible users of it.
- Integrate information literacy skills, technology and research into the teaching and learning process of students and staff.
- Provide a wide variety of reading materials and information sources that adequately support curricular needs as well as the reading interests and needs of all students.
- Encourage literacy and literature appreciation by extending and enhancing classroom experiences.
- Support the curriculum while providing an environment that stimulates curiosity and encourages a lifelong quest for knowledge.
Media Classes:
- All students are scheduled to come to the media center for lessons and book checkout on a regular weekly schedule.
- The media center is open for book checkout each morning and throughout the day. Students are encouraged to come to the Media Center to return, renew, or checkout materials and/or participate in reading or research activities throughout the day with their teacher's permission.
Student Circulation Policy:
- Books may be checked out to students for a two week period.
- Students in grades K-2 may check out one book at a time.
- Students in grade 3-5 may check out two books at a time.
- All materials may be renewed unless there is great demand and/or a waiting list.
- Reference books (encyclopedias, atlases, etc.) may be checked out overnight. They are to be returned in the morning.
- Students may sign out and return materials anytime the media center is open.
- A student may borrow more than the specified number of material when working on a special project with permission from his/her teacher, parents and the media center staff.
Procedures for Overdue/Lost Books:
- Overdue notices are sent out once a month to homeroom teachers for students to take home.
- Students are not allowed to check out new materials unless they have returned previously checked out books.
- There are no fines for late books but students will be charged for lost materials. Payment for these materials will be returned if the books are later found.