Media Center

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 Media Center

   Welcome to the media center where reading and research are at the heart of our curriculum. 

Summer Reading 2008

  As the temperature rises, cool off in the shade with books from The Villages High School Summer Reading lists.  Click on the summer reading lists below for your grade.  Have some fun and

• Plunge into the latest books by your favorite authors
• Explore genres that you’ve never read
• Delve into books from college reading lists
• Discover books that make you laugh, wonder, or shed some tears
• Devour books that make you sit on the edge of your beach chair in anticipation

Summer Computer Lab Hours

  Computer labs will be available for students to take AR quizzes at the following locations:

School Computer Lab 139 from June 17^th - August 7^th

  Tuesdays: 7:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and Thursdays:  2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Middle School Computer Lab 207

  August 12th - 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m

  August 13^th - 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Mission Statement

   The mission of the media center is to provide learning opportunities that develop lifelong learners who are effective users and producers of information and ideas.

AR is for parents, too!

   Parents are invited to read for parent involvement hours.  Earning a 60% or higher score will award you two hours. Currently, we have AR quizzes for the following books:

• Parenting With Fire by Shmuley Boteach
• Parenting in the Home Stretch by Connie Neumann
• Parenthood by Proxy by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey
• Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life by Laura Kastner
• Crash-Proof Your Kids: Make Your Teen a Safer, Smarter Driver by Timothy Smith
• Parenting Teens with Love and Logic by Foster Cline. 

Media Center Policies

We have established the following policies to encourage students to demonstrate our core value of stewardship as they use media center resources:

• Two books may be checked out for two weeks and renewed for another two weeks.
• Late books will restrict the sign out of additional items.
• The replacement cost will be charged for lost or damaged books.
• Late books will be charged $1.00 per month.
• Student computers are provided solely for academic purposes.
• Students are asked to be respectful of others using the media center for reading, studying, and conducting research.  

Hours

• The media center is open each day from 7:15 a.m. until 3:45 p.m.

 

Contact: Susan.Whittaker@TheVillagesCharterSchool.org

Media Center Acrobat(.PDF) Documents

11th & 12th Grades British Literature - 2008 Summer Reading List
11th & 12th Grades British Literature Honors - 2008 Summer Reading List
AR QUIZZES FOR 2007 - Check to see if your book has an AR quiz
English 1 - 2008 Summer Reading List
English 1 Honors - 2008 Summer Reading List
English 2 - 2008 Summer Reading List
English 2 Honors - 2008 Summer Reading List

Media Center Links

AR Book Finder - Search for AR book titles based on authors, topics, or titles of books.
Florida Colleges - Learn more about Florida's universities
Florida Teens Read - Young Adult books for Florida's teens.
Grammar Site - Test your grammatical skills and improve them!
Literary resource - Pronunciations, definitions, information on almost any topic.
Proquest eLibrary -
Quotations - Excellent site for quotations and other English-related subjects
Sunlink - Database of materials in all K-12 school library media centers in Florida.
Using quotations - Effective use of quotations in essays or research papers
Website on Plagiarism - Explains and reminds students about plagiarism rules