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Palmer Middle School

Palmer Middle School. Media Center 6 th Grade Orientation 2013-2014. Read Me Maybe. Media Center Staff. Betsy Sanford , Media Specialist Favorite Book: . Mandy Woodham , Media Paraprofessional Favorite Book:. Welcome!!. We can... Help you find a great book to read.

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Palmer Middle School

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  1. Palmer Middle School Media Center 6th Grade Orientation 2013-2014 Read Me Maybe

  2. Media Center Staff • Betsy Sanford, • Media Specialist • Favorite Book: • Mandy Woodham, • Media Paraprofessional • Favorite Book:

  3. Welcome!! • We can... • Help you find a great book to read. • Help you locate resources for research and projects. • Help you learn new technology. • Build wish lists for purchase with your suggestions. • Offer game room access and fun contests with prizes. • You can… • Read and learn. • Study and learn. • Work and learn. • Play and learn.

  4. We have… • Fiction titles = over 7,400 • Non-fiction titles = over 10,400 • Magazines = 21 • Daily newspapers = 2 • eBooks = 72 • Playaways = 43 • Digital library databases = 31 • Computers = 31 • Printers = 4 Parent permission slip needed.

  5. Networking • Blog • Information pages • Curriculum pages • Contest posts • Destiny Quest • Use your school number to create an account. • All entries made by you will come to the media specialist for approval.

  6. Hours • Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 4:15 pm (with a pass) • Game Room open during study hall (with a pass) from 8:30 am - 8:50 am • Homeroom from 8:50 am - 9:05 am (with a pass) • Game room open during Thursday lunch period (sign up Monday–Wednesday; pending faculty approval)

  7. Procedures • Upon entering, place your agenda on top of the first fiction shelf (needed for emergency attendance). • Use Destiny or Destiny Quest to locate books. • Fill out a blue slip if you need help. • Holds and renewals available. • Check out with either your school photo badge or your agenda barcode sticker. • Check out 2 books for 3 weeks (unless overdue). • Check out magazines for 2 days.

  8. Procedures All School Rules Apply in the Media Center. The Media Center is NOT a B.Y.O.D. location unless you are here with a teacher who is using B.Y.O.D. Ask before printing, please. Permission slip needed for “M” rated books.

  9. Procedures • For severe weather drills and/or emergencies, we will move into the large storage room quickly and quietly. • For lockdown drills and/or emergencies we will move into the large storage room quickly and quietly. • For fire drills and/or emergencies we will vacate the media center through the outer doors and cross over into the school parking lot.

  10. Destiny & Quest Computers

  11. Fiction Shelves

  12. Research and Project Computers

  13. Reference Shelves

  14. Non-fiction Shelves

  15. Biography Shelves

  16. Magazine Shelves

  17. Circulation Desk

  18. Scavenger Hunt • Work with your group to complete the scavenger hunt provided. • Give group handout to the teacher or the media specialist. • Each group member earns a new bookmark or new pencil (your choice). The Joy of Books

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