Mission

The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. 

             ---Information Power:  Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1988),  p.1

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Media Center Mission and Programs

Programs

 

· Weekly check-out classes with each class section that model effective and enthusiastic use of books as sources of pleasure and information.      

 

· Media skills classes, developmentally appropriate to each grade level, that teach students to access, critique, and effectively apply information.

 

· Collaboration with classroom teachers and other professionals to integrate the media program into the curriculum to promote students' highest achievements. 

 

· Access to a full range of information through the vehicle of technology in the form of computer-based learning programs, electronic networks and data bases, and  future resource sharing systems.   

 

 

 

Curriculum

 

(see District Website)