Media Center

Mission

The mission of the library media program is to teach students and staff members to become effective users of ideas and information in order to reach their God-given potential.







     

Objectives

  • To teach the students information literacy skills in order for them to effectively use ideas and information.
  • To support the school’s instructional processes by providing books that expand and support the curriculum.
  • To encourage a love and enjoyment of reading by providing a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere in the media center, and an abundance and variety of books.
  • To develop student proficiency and confidence in reading by running and supporting Scholastic’s Reading Counts reading incentive program.

Circulation

Students participating in the Reading Counts program may have two books checked out at a time. Other students may have one book checked out at a time.

Books are normally kept for one week. If a student needs to keep a book for a longer period of time, they may renew it for up to three weeks. (Exceptions are made for books that are needed for school assignments.)

Students are responsible for all books checked out in their name. Fees for lost books cover replacing the book, librarian time for reordering, and processing costs, and are as follows:
  • $10 for paperback books
  • $20 for hardback books
Teachers may check out any of the Media Center resources and keep as long as needed.

Services

K4 through 5th grade classes go to the Media Center as a class on a weekly basis. Teachers also have the flexibility of scheduling additional Media Center time for their classes according to their curriculum needs.
All students may use the Media Center resources during all operating hours with permission from their supervising teacher.

The Media Center has:
  • Over 10,000 books available for checkout by students and teachers
  • 10 computers available for students to take Reading Counts! quizzes
  • Over 100 videos available to teachers
  • Numerous reference books and educational journals for teachers
The Media Center has a fully automated catalog and circulation system, using Concourse, a Book Systems product.

Our "Wish List"

To check out our wish list for 2009-2010, [ Click Here ]

The Reading Counts Program

One of the leading textbook publishers in the United States, Scholastic, has created a reading motivation program called Reading Counts. In this program, students choose and read books included in the program, and then take a tests on a computer. This test is used to determine if they understood and retained information about the book. If the student passes the test, then s/he earns the number of points that are associated with the book.

The Reading Counts program keeps track of each student's quiz results and has reporting capability. The data is kept on the school’s education server, so that the students are able to take quizzes from any computer in the school that is connected to the network. Additional quizzes can be added to the computers at any time.

Each book in the BCA library that is on the program is labeled with the book's Lexile level, and number of points the student will earn by reading and passing the quiz for the book. The labels are color coded so that the students can easily identify the books on the program. The students' Lexile level is determined by taking the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) test.

**One thing to note about the program is that once a student passes a test, or fails it twice; they cannot take it again. The software keeps track of this information.

For more information regarding this program, [ CLICK HERE ]

Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers are an integral part of the Media Center at BCA. With the help of parent (and grandparent) volunteers, we have been able to acquire and process a large selection of media for the Media Center. We are only able to do special programs such as "Reading Counts" with the help and support of BCA's parents.

Media Center volunteers are needed to:
  • Label and process new materials.
  • Re-shelve materials.
  • Enter new materials into the computerized cataloging system.
  • Help students to find materials.
  • Read to students.
  • Decorate bulletin boards.
Please contact Becky Rotoloni at brotoloni@bridgeway.net to volunteer for the Media Center.

Materials Selection Policy

For more information regardikng our policy in regard to materials that are selected for inclusion in our media center, [ CLICK HERE ].