Media Center - Students and Parents
Cyber-Safety Tips for Students and Parents
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. • To pick up your lunch pass, you must go to the AP on duty during your lunch. This ensures that someone knows where you are if you are needed by someone else in school. When you come in with your lunch pass, you must sign in on the Student Sign-In Sheet with your first and last name as well as the time you arrived. This is for security reasons to make sure you are safe while under our sup • Passes to the Media Center during class time MUST be signed by the teacher including their name, time, date, and destination.
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 Media Center, 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 save it to your thumb drive (USB) and print it at home • The Media Center has new floppy discs ($0.50) and RW CD's ($1.00) for sale!
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SCIENCE and HEALTH: All Science Fair Projects - Offers hundreds of science fair project ideas and information. You can search by topic and appropriate grade level. Animals.com - This site has a lot of information on animals and endangered species. It also has great pictures for projects, too. Chemical Elements - Interactive elements list gives crucial details on each inpidual element and lists families and members. Human Anatomy Online - Interactive human body systems, including all the parts included in each. Infoplease - Great information on current events, science inventions, astronomical calendars, period tables, astronauts, and space. Scientific America - Up-to-date articles on important science issues and events. TeenHealth - The teen section of this site is very good and has all kinds of information of teen issues, such as: mind, body, food, fitness, recipes for healthy eating, diseases and infections, school and jobs, and staying safe, along with ideas of how to handle many problems teens face.
ENGLISH: Luminarium - Anthology of English Literature: Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century and the Restoration Periods. It is beautifully illustrated with luminary paintings. It includes biographies of authors, collections of works and critiques. It also includes religious authors, Renaissance drama, Metaphysical poets and Cavalier poets. Poets.org - Wonderful site for teachers and students to get information on poets and copies of poetry. There is an educator section of site that gives tips on teaching poetry, great poems, curriculum and lesson plans for teaching poetry in your classroom, and poetry events in your area. Yahoo! Education - Just for your information and another site to check for plagiarism, this site has complete free Cliff Notes for many English curriculum novels.
SOCIAL STUDIES: About.com - Discusses many topics in American history: colonialism, Civil War, Presidents, WWII, and has an abundance of pictures available. The Census Bureau - They have a population clock for the entire world, different maps, foreign trade information, economic census, etc. The White House - A wonderful site for information on Presidents and First Ladies, current administration, press briefings, history of the White House, information on the different branches of government, local governing, the Constitution, agendas and issues, Air Force One, Camp David, etc.
MATH: ClassZone - Students are able to access McDougal Littell Math, World Language, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts textbooks online and get assignments and help, specifically helpful in Math. Also has online puzzles and quizzes and up-to-date teacher tools for designing lesson plans.
GENERAL CURRICULUM AREAS: Citation Machine - This site helps students correctly cite sources in the MLA, APA, TURBIAN, and CHICAGO formats. CultureGrams - A database of people, cultures, countries and states, including a recipe collection, famous people, and a photo and flag gallery. Log-in: smcps Fact Monster - This site has facts about a lot of topics: science, math, money, sports, news, people; it looks juvenile, but has good facts and information and timelines by decade or inpidual years. It even has a section on mythological creatures and mythology. Science Resource Center - A plethora of science related topics and articles. 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. Marriam-Webster Dictionary - A searchable dictionary and thesaurus. Includes word games, daily word with its meaning, history, usage in sentences, and etymology.
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