UCMS Library

Through collaborative curriculum integration, the library media program empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers and ethical users of information." ALA, 2007

"Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better." - Author Sidney Sheldon

Welcome to the

Unicoi County

Middle School Library

Your school information center.

The mission of the library is to provide literacy in various formats and to teach life long skills that prepare students for an ever-changing world.

Library is an academic-related art class that participates in the learning process of UCMS.

Our assignments align with the Tennessee ELA Standards and supplement what is taught in the classroom. We continue to work on increasing reading and research skills that support other subject areas. Reading is the foundation of all learning and it is very important that students spend quality time experiencing all types of literature. Therefore, independent reading is a requirement of this class and is a percentage of the library grade.

We do not participate in The Accelerated Reader program at the Middle School, therefore reading should be done independently.

Policies & Procedures

Policies:

Students may check out one (1) school library book at a time for a period of two weeks (10 school days).
Students may renew their library book at any time.
Magazines or reference materials are not part of the circulation. They stay in-house (school).
If a student has an overdue, missing, or damaged beyond repair item, he/she may not check out any additional books until the account is clear and retribution has been made.
Students will not be charged fines for overdue books.
No food or drink is allowed in the library unless medically necessary.

Lost or Damaged Books:

Students will be charged for missing, lost, or damaged, beyond repair books checked out under that student's name.
The fee for missing or damaged books varies and is based upon the replacement cost of the book that is indicated in the Destiny (school library catalog) record.

Here's the impact of reading 20 minutes per day.

A student who reads 20 minutes per day will be exposed to 1.8 million words per year and scores in 90th percentile on standardized tests.

A student who reads 5 minutes per day will be exposed to 282,000 words per year and scores in 50th percentile on standardized tests.

A student who reads 1 minute per day will be exposed to 8,000 weds per year and scores in 10th percentile on standardized tests.