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Our Mission:
Our goal for the Taylor County Middle School Library is to ensure that students leave our school as competent, critical, and ethical users and producers of ideas and information. It is our mission to prepare lifelong learners and readers; information literate and transliterate citizens able to determine their information needs, recognize relevant and credible information, solve problems and effectively, creatively communicate the results of their inquiry and research, and share their stories. We understand the importance of sharing with audiences beyond our school walls. We strive to model our school's shared core values: respect, excellence, integrity, and community.
Instruction, formal and informal, provides students with a process transferable across subject areas and from academic to real life. The bulk of the learning is "laboratory style" with students involved in guided, inquiry-driven research using resources in all formats: traditional, new, emerging.*
Our Goals:
Taylor County Middle School Library will:
Strive to prepare students to become independent, confident, and lifelong readers and learners.
Foster information literacy and transliteracy skills by teaching students to search, locate, select, evaluate, curate, create, and present information.
Create an atmosphere that promotes creativity, making, and creation.
Prepare students to become ethical users and creators of information in all its forms.
Excellence is our standard.
Hours of Operation - 7:30 am - 3:15 pm, Monday-Thursday
7:30 am - 1:15 pm, Friday
Students may come to the Library to exchange & check out books ANY day and ANY time as long as they have teacher permission and a hall pass.
Check-out Details:
Students may check out up to three books for up to two weeks and can renew books at anytime. However, students may have more books if needed for a special project or assignment - you just need to ask! :-)
Students with overdue books count against their three book limit. We also don’t charge overdue fees. And off the record, we’d rather have the books back than the money! So please keep trying to find those lost books for the next kid to enjoy. However, you may simply replace the book by providing another copy.
Scheduling Policy for Classes [Teachers/Staff]
The Taylor County Middle School Library/Media Center allows teachers to schedule a class to use the Library/Media Center and/or Computer Lab as scheduling permits. This policy allows for flexible scheduling for both teachers and students to get the most out of their time in the Library Media Center. Teachers may contact the Teacher Librarian through email or by completing the request form located on the Taylor County Middle School Library webpage under the contact tab. Only one class can be scheduled to use the library or media center during that time. Teachers are asked to cover project guidelines prior to entering the library due to time constraints. Teachers may also schedule students to use the computer lab; however, the same rules apply regarding how many classes and preparing students prior to entering the lab.
Procedures include but are not limited to:
Reading classes are to be scheduled on a two-week rotation for students to return books, renew their book, or check out a new book.
Teachers are encouraged to schedule a time to bring their classes to the school library and/ or the computer lab for research, learning opportunities, and book exchange. The time may be scheduled for the entire block or for shorter periods of time. Scheduling must occur AT LEAST 3- 5 days in advance.
Scheduling in advance makes it possible for the school librarian to collaborate with the teacher to determine the instructional objectives of the activity and to provide the most useful assistance and materials to the teacher and students.
Reservations may be made by email to chastity.spalding@taylor.kyschools.us or completing the request form located on the Taylor County Middle School Library webpage under the contact tab.
Teachers must remain with their classes when they visit the school library.
Teachers are expected to send students with a signed pass whenever he/she needs a student and/or a group of students to use the library space. The student and/or students’ names must be written on the pass. If a group of students is working on a project in the library, please inform me about the project so that I may help.
Student Discipline
Teachers who bring their classes to the library are responsible for disciplining their students.
Everyone using the library must be working and/or reading quietly. The use of the library requires consideration for all other users.
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