Brown Middle School

Media Center Team

Winchester, Richelle Media Specialist

Jordan, Angela Media Paraprofessional

Philosophy: Brown Middle School Media Center will play an important role in conveying information through various channels and provide opportunities for student/teacher/media specialist interaction and communication. The walls of the media center become a place where thinkers, collaborators, and creators use tools and resources to help them identify, organize, synthesize and evaluate resources both print and online. All participants become active elements in integrating resources into the teaching/learning environment.

Mission Statement: Our mission includes collaborating with teachers and staff, integrating literature to promote lifelong independent learners, incorporating information skills into the curriculum and supporting fiscally and programmatically the educational community as a whole. Furthermore our responsibility is to support teachers and staff and to integrate resources and literacy skills into the curriculum that are based on Georgia Performance Standards, and the J.E. Brown Middle School Improvement Plan.

The Media Center’s Goals are:
1) Develop strategies to ensure every student visits the Media Center at least monthly.
2) Implement and promote The 25 books per year campaign.
3) Develop strategies to support recreational reading
4) Collaborate with Teachers and staff to design learning activities that promote and support Georgia Performance Standards and J. E. Brown Middle School Improvement Plan.

Overdues:
1) The student circulation period is two weeks. If books are brought back past the due date then a fine will be incurred of 5 cents a day. Books that are lost must be paid for, the cost will include the cost of the book and processing fee.