Thursday, February 23, 2012

Library Information Center

Students at the McMullen Booth Elementary School may use the media center for browsing, checkout and research during school hours as long as they have returned their library/textbook permission form. A full time library information specialist, a library assistant, and a dedicated group of volunteers staff the library. Fall and Spring book fairs are held in the Media Center. The profits received are used for computer hardware and software, AV materials, and books that support curriculum.

Check Out

Flexible scheduling encourages students to borrow books as often as they would like, and books may be checked out for two weeks. There are no fines for overdue books, however, overdue notices are sent out monthly. Students are expected to pay replacement costs for lost or damaged books. 

Internet Use

All students are encouraged to return their Internet Permission Form, as many of our educational software programs are web based. The county also has an excellent web filter to ensure safety while using these programs. The students only need this form filled out one time during their elementary years.

 

Battle of the Books!

Battle of the Books is a fun, friendly competition where teams of students read books from a specified list and then compete in a trivia contest based on those books. Book titles for the SDPBC Battle of the Books come from the Sunshine State Young Readers Award and the Florida Teens Read lists.

Fifteen titles for these state-sponsored reading programs are selected annually by a committee of library media specialists from across the State of Florida. Participating schools promote the books all year then have their students vote electronically in the spring for their favorite title. The winners of each division are announced at the FAME conference. The titles for the next fiscal year are posted in the late spring of each year.

Click Here for this year's Book List

Click Here for full contest guidelines

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