Welcome to the Media Center Page!
March News: We checked out over 9,000 items from the media center in February. Keep reading Rocky River! Celebrate Read Across America Day on Tuesday, March 2nd, in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Check out our Scholastic Book Fair Web site for upcomnig book fair details : rockyriverelementary. Information was sent home March 3rd.
Library Trivia for the Week of March 15: Grades K - 2: What is a subject/topic that we celebrate in March? Hint: Look at the green poster outside the media center or the March book display inside the media center. Grades 3 - 5: Where do you find books on art or music in the media center? Name the Dewey Decimal number. Hint: Check the online catalog or look at the Dewey posters in the media center.
Check out this great link from the American Association of School Librarians: Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning 2009
Our Mission: The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. (Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, AASL and AECT, 1998.).
Our Main Goals: to encourage a love of reading and to support the school curriculum through providing excellent resources and quality instruction.
Meet our Staff
Media Coordinator: Camie Snyder, M.L.S.
Media Assistant: Heather Shulman
Media Center Hours: 7:00 a.m - 2:30 p.m.
Browse our collection via: destiny.ucps.k12.nc Click on Rocky River Elementary School
to access our media center's online catalog.
Policies: Student Media Center Policies
Helpful Resources: Union County subscribes to several online databases that your child may access at school or home.
These include:
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Usernames and passwords were sent home on September 9 with your child. Passwords have not changed since last year. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher or the media center, if you have questions.
Special Programs
- North Carolina Children's Book Awards -
Official NCCBA Web Site: the 2010 book lists are posted, so get a head start reading this year's list
I will be reading these books to the following grade levels:
K - The Doghouse, Katie Loves the Kittens, Sally Jean the Bicycle Queen, Splat the Cat, and A Visitor for Bear
1st - The Doghouse, Katie Loves the Kittens, Sally Jean the Bicycle Queen, Splat the Cat, and A Visitor for Bear
2nd - The Little Bit Scary People, Nothing But Trouble, Traction Man Meets Turbodog, When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, and Woolbur
3rd - Abe's Honest Words, Nothing But Trouble, Night Boat to Freedom, Traction Man Meets Turbodog, and Two Bobbies
- Guest Author - Carole Boston Weatherford visited us on Friday, February 26, 2010! Thank you, Mrs. Weatherford! Check out her Web site: http://www.caroleweatherford.com/
- Scholastic Book Fair:
- Spring 2010: March 19 - 26
- 5th Grade media guides - students are selected in the spring of their 4th grade year and serve weekly in the media center; students began work the week of Sept. 8th.
Staff Resources:
- Policies and Procedures
- Channel Guide; Programming Steps
- Help Desk Info.; Link to Help Desk
- Journal/Magazine Subscriptions
- Scheduling Form for Collaborative Projects
- Telecenter CPS
- Video Request Form Front Side Video Request Form Back Side; UCPS Copyright Policy
- Using Your AV Kit/United Streaming; Using the Mobile Labs
Volunteers
We are always in need of volunteers in the media center! You are the VIPs of our program. Duties may include shelving, minor clerical tasks, checking books in and out, helping students locate books, etc. Please check with the receptionist for a volunteer application.