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Welcome to the Arbor Station Media Center! ********************************************************** New! New! Click "Presentations" Button on this Page. Then Click Red Icon Presentation again. Enjoy! You MIGHT see someone YOU KNOW! ***************************
(1) Reading Bowl! In this school year 2009-2010 we will participate in the Douglas County READING BOWL! We will have Gr. 3-4 Picture Book Readers AND Gr. 4-5 Chapter Book Readers. We will send two teams to the County Reading Bowl in 2010. Find Reading Bowl Books at the Douglas County Library, Lithia Springs Library, and Borders! Link to Reading Bowl Chapter Book List 2009-2010 Click the books 
Link to Reading Bowl Picture Book List 2009-2010 Click the Camera 
(2) Media Center Hours and Checkout Policy The media center is open each day from 8:15 AM to 2:30 PM for students to check out books. Please see us for help in locating books or getting help on research. The Destiny Circulation System keeps students and teachers better informed and will help the media center retrieve all materials much better. For MORE news each month, click NEWS above.
(3) Learn about Copyrights (and Wrongs!) Click this picture: 
 
FOUR MORE NEWS ITEMS BELOW. . . 
(4) AR Quiz Lists are now available online in four (4) types: book level, title, fiction/nonfiction, and author. (Actual tests will be taken in the classroom.) These lists allow you to see which books in our library have AR quizzes already in our system. As newer quizzes are added, these lists will be updated. Access these lists by clicking the Left Panel: Forms Click pull down: Events Choose an Adobe format to download. You can choose to print all 114 pages OR you can choose certain pages with a dash between the numbers. (5) Visiting the Media Center Students can visit us each week in whole class groups or in small groups . We study library skills and check out books. Individual classes will be working on special projects in all subjects, alphabetical order, table of contents, genres of literature, and use of reference materials- dictionary, thesaurus, almanac, encyclopedia, and periodicals. We have many new titles. We are updating our nonfiction section, as well as adding new fiction series, and new early readers. All of our new books are AR books. Students: be sure to choose a book within your AR reading range. (6) ASES Media Center Check-out Policy Grades K-2 may check out one (1) book at a time. Grades 3-5 will check out ONE (1) AR book and will be allowed to check out ONE (1) Non-AR book per week if there are no outstanding charges for LOST or DAMAGED books. We will review a student's checkout history before checking out two books at one time. All books are checked out for a period of one (1) week. Overdue books result in restricted or suspended checkout privileges. Students with lost or damaged books can expect a fine to cover repair or replacement of the book. Students who continue to lose or damage books may have check-out privileges revoked. (7) Web Sites for Students and Parents Visit this website to find information on Georgia Book Awards: http://www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/ Visit this site for Caldecott Medal winners: Click the Medal  For the following websites, you may have to "copy and paste" these addresses into your web address line: Click SEARCH below for "ALA's Great Websites for Kids:"
Click the Trophy below for Newbery Award winners: 
See YOU in the Media Center! Mrs. Tiller 
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