Media Center - Students
Hours
Policies
Overdues and Checkouts
After school tutoring
New Books
HOURS Monday through Thursday 7:15 am - 4:15 pm POLICIES Passes
You always need a pass to come to the Media Center, unless accompanied by a teacher. • You must sign up for a lunch pass in the Media Center by the end of 3rd period.
• After you have picked up your lunch pass from the Media Center, you must go to the lunch room and show the adult on duty. This ensures that someone knows where you are if you are needed by someone else in school.
• Passes to the Media Center during class time MUST be signed by the teacher including their name, time, date, and destination.
CHECKOUTS AND OVERDUES
As a student, you are allowed to check out as many books as you want or need. However, in order for you to take advantage of this privilege, ou can't have any overdue books.
Most books are checked out for a period of 3 weeks. If you would still need the book after the 3 weeks and it isn't needed by someone else, you may renew it for another 3 week period by bringing it to the Media Center. For overdue regular books, there is a 5 day grace-period and then a fine of 1 cent per day will be charged to you.
Reference books and videos may be checked out of the Media Center but must be returned the morning of the next school day. If you fail to return the reference material or videos by the following school day, there will be a fine of 15 cents per day beginning immediately. If you would rather not check out the reference materials, you may ask to have up to 5 pages front and back copied for free.
If you need to print something from one of the computers in the MediaCenter, it can be picked up at the circulation desk and there is a fee of 5 cents per page. If you are unable to pay this fee at the time of printing, there are several options available to you.
• We can add the fee to your library account.
• You may e-mail the work to yourself and print it at home. • You may save it to your thumb drive (USB) and print it at home
• The MediaCenter has new floppy disks and CD’s for sale for 50 cents. Talk to the person at the circulation desk for these items.
AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING
In partnership with St. Mary’s College of Maryland, tutoring is available for students after school on Monday and Wednesday from 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm in the Media Center.
The tutors can help students with all content areas. Call the Media Center anytime if you have any questions at 301-863-4001 ext. 115 LINKS
Citation Machine - This site helps students correctly cite sources in the MLA, APA, TURBIAN, and CHICAGO formats. SIRS Discoverer - A database geared towards middle school students, but is good for high school curriculum related information, too. SIRS Knowledge Source - The high school database of curriculum related research topics. WorldBook Online - World Book Encyclopedia's general information web resource. Science Resource Center - A plethora of science related topics and articles. CultureGrams - A database of people, cultures, countries and states, including a recipe collection, famous people, and a photo and flag gallery. Log-in: smcps |
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