Library Media Center
RSD 17 HK Intermediate and Middle Schools
Links work to all schools in Destiny except for the IS.
RSD 17 Tech Tips
Featured Website Links
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DKfindout! Search, learn, and explore information on a safe and secure site. Perfect for help with homework, DK’s clear, reliable, and highly visual content covers all curriculum subjects and more! There are quizzes, videos and animations, and new content being added all the time to engage and fascinate your child. There are also articles for parents explaining the curriculum your child is being taught, ideas about how you can help them, and quick links to other DK products that will support your child’s learning.
Computer Science / Coding Websites for Students
Contact Information
Ms. Juliann Bacewicz-
Library Media / Tech Integration Specialist
Ms. Rebecca Geisler- Library Media Coordinator
Phone: 860.663.1241
Hours - when in session
Monday - Friday
8:00 - 3:00
When School is in session
Vision Statement
The HKIMS library media center strives to create an environment that engages students in rigorous, real-world inquiry and project-based learning. Respect, responsibility, perseverance, kindness and acceptance are the core values and guiding principles that lead expectations and behaviors. Students critically think, research, and acquire 21st century competencies in conjunction with becoming digitally literate citizens in a global society.
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER MISSION
Borrowed from the American Library Association
Students ● The library media center is one place where you’re not expected to have the answers. We’re here to teach you how to find them. ● You may think you’re wired. But unless you’re connected to your school library you don’t know what you’re missing. ● Everything you want to know about practically anything is at your school library media center and the library media specialist and coordinator are there to help you find it.
Teachers/Administrators ● We’re here for you! Our mission is to help every student develop a love of reading, become a skilled user of ideas and information and explore the world through print and electronic media. ● School library media specialists teach information skills and strategies that students need to learn and achieve. ● The school library media center provides print, electronic and other resources that support the curriculum and address a variety of learning needs.
Parents ● Our school library is more than books. It is a learning hub with a full range of print and electronic media that support student achievement. ● School library media specialists teach information skills that students need to learn and achieve for a lifetime. ● Research shows a direct link between student achievement and school library media programs stocked with a full range of resources and staffed by library media specialists.
School Boards/Legislators ● There is no such thing as good education without good school library media centers. ● School library media programs contribute directly to the bottom line—student achievement. ● Research shows there is a direct link between student achievement and library media programs stocked with a full range of resources and staffed by certified library media specialists.
ALA 2017