Welcome to the ACS LIBRARY
Students in all grades at Arlington are taught how to effectively use the library for personal study, academic research, and information gathering. Each elementary class visits the library at least once a week so that students may check out books and participate in activities that encourage children to LOVE BOOKS and to ENJOY READING! Our library offers reading incentive programs that reward children for reading, and we plan many activities that promote books and libraries.
Hours of Operation : Monday - Friday 7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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For one week, August 27-31, students are encouraged to read for a minimum of 20 minutes each day. Completed forms must be turned in to the library on Tuesday, September 4th. Everyone who reads each day and turns in their form on time will win a prize! Thank you for all you do to encourage your child to read and to love books! Happy Reading!!!
Welcome Back!
We are looking forward to a great year!
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New Content and Curricular Tie-Ins
The Latest on BrainPOP:
♦ Budget Hero (GameUp/American Public Media/The Wilson Center)
♦ Guts and Bolts (GameUp/BrainPOP)
♦ Supreme Decision (GameUp/iCivics)
♦ Win the White House (GameUp/iCivics)
The Latest on BrainPOP Jr.:
Curriculum Connections
Highlights from our Curriculum Calendar appear below. For additional tie-ins, visit our Curriculum Calendar online (remember, you can print it!), follow us on Twitter and "Like" us on Facebook.
♦ August 10: Face it - Mt. Rushmore's construction began on August 10th in 1927. Work the Sculpture topics on BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. into your discussion of this U.S. landmark.
♦ August 12: T. Rex "Sue," discovered in South Dakota, made big news today in 1990. Learn more with our Dinosaurs topic and, for K-3, Fossils.
♦ August 15: Peace and love! The famed Woodstock Festival kicked off today in 1969. Get in the spirit with our 60s Folk topic.
♦ August 20: Voyager 2 launched 35 years ago today, bound for the outer solar system. Relevant content includes our Space Flight movie plus GameUp titles like Build a Solar System and Fly to Mars.
♦ August 22: Nat Turner's slave rebellion began on August 22nd, 1831. Our Slavery topic can help put this in context.
♦ August 24: Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, which tore across the southeastern U.S. BrainPOP's Hurricane topic and BrainPOP Jr.'s Fast Land Changes are both timely resources.
♦ August 28: Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famed "I Have a Dream" speech today in 1963. BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. both have movies dedicated to the civil rights leader.
♦ August 30: Author Mary Shelley was born today in 1797. Show our Frankenstein movie in honor of the occasion.
♦ September 3: Add some context to the Labor Day holiday with our César Chávez topic.
Gross But True! BrainPOP's Guts and Bolts Hits GameUp
You know you've dreamed of someday building a cyborg version of Tim ... using organic tissue and repurposed household objects of course. Thanks to Guts and Bolts, the newest BrainPOP-developed title to hit GameUp, that slightly creepy dream is a reality. In the 11-level game Guts and Bolts, players learn about the human body as they assist Moby in the arranging and connecting of organs. "Cyborg builders" are encouraged to apply scientific method as they explore the circulatory, respiratory, and digestive system, and may turn to an array of BrainPOP content for assistance. There's also a Guts and Bolts lesson plan that shows you exactly how to work the game into your classroom.
Spotlight: Back to School
Don't panic, there's still a little bit of summer left ... but the back-to-school season is fast approaching! Prep early with our Back to School Spotlight. You'll find movies from Bullying, Getting Help and Internet Safety to Test Preparation, Stress, and Research. BrainPOP Jr. offers such K-3 topics as Kindergarten, Book Reports, School, Listening and Speaking, Washing Hands, Friends, and much more. Take advantage of back-to-school lesson plans on BrainPOP Educators, as well as a selection of themed graphic organizers.
Spotlight: Nature of the Universe
Who couldn't use a little more physics in their day? Help kids make sense of the universe with this new August Spotlight, featuring topics like Big Bang, Black Holes, Newton's Laws of Motion, Gravity, Dark Matter, Relativity, Life Cycle of Stars, Galaxies, Atoms, Constellations, and Moon Phases. K-3 topics include Gravity, Sink or Float, Pushes and Pulls, Magnets, Sun, Moon, and Solar System. Work in relevant GameUp titles like Chronopticon, Coaster Creator, Fly to Mars, Build a Solar System, and Drake Equation.
BrainPOP & Connected Educators Month
We are proud to be among the education organizations supporting and taking part in Connected Educators Month, a U.S. Department of Education Initiative aimed at building and enhancing teacher skills. Related events will take place online all month. Attend a forum on key topics like personalizing learning or the future of the teaching profession. Take a virtual guided tour and connect with different teacher communities. Join a contest and share your innovative ideas. Our own Andrew Gardner hosted the kick-off on August 3rd. He and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, founder of the 21st Century Collaborative, moderated a panel discussion of goal-setting strategies and practical steps for getting the new school year off to a great start. Read more and join the discussion yourself!
Lisa Hearn
Introducing PBS Learning Media
This is our exciting free service that gives teachers, students and families access to PBS’ rich digital library.
In collaboration with PBS, high quality content drawn from more than 1,500 public media producers and 350 local stations such as WGBH’s Nova science series, is available on one site. All content is aligned to common core and state standards.
How to get onboard:
1. Go to http://gpb.pbslearningmedia.org/
2. Register a new account
3. Start searching for aligned content & lesson plans
4. Tell us what you think at [email protected]
Georgia Outdoors will be airing new episodes this month! Make the connection with Life Science in a special episode about frogs while exploring regions and ecosystems across Georgia. You can now find Georgia Outdoors in the GPB Education Digital Portal! Log in for lesson plans and segments from Georgia Outdoors.
PBS KIDS Lab Check out the all new PBS KIDS Lab! With over 40 FREE games designed to help children 2-8 build critical math and literacy skills, the Lab includes PBS KIDS' largest offering of interactive math content for preschoolers to date. Centered around beloved PBS KIDS shows, the games are linked by curricular frameworks and available for a variety of platforms.
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ACS LIBRARY RULES AND PROCEDURES - click HERE.
ACCELERATED READER - Accelerated Reader has a new feature called “Home Connect.” This feature allows teachers, students, and parents to actively monitor student progress in Accelerated Reader from home. Home Connect can help motivate students to read more outside of the classroom and support parent's efforts to monitor their children's reading progress. Click on the link below to access this website. You will need your child's AR login information that was sent home at the beginning of the school year.
Accelerated Reader Home Connect
PASSWORD PROTECTED DATABASES - Passwords are required to use the databases listed here. Passwords are given to all students at the beginning of the year. Please call the library if your child has forgotten his password. You may obtain the password for GALILEO from your local public library.
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH WEBSITES - Helpful research and reference sites including dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.
Bartleby - Thesaurus, Famous Quotations, English Usage
Citation Machine - help with creating citations
Find Articles - search thousands of publications
Glassdoor - Company Salaries & Reviews
Purdue - writing, research, and grammar help
LOCAL NEWS WEBSITES - Links to web sites that offer local news
BIBLE WEBSITES - Links to web sites with Bible information and devotionals
SEARCH WEBSITES - Help with "surfing the web"
Ask.com
Google
Great Web Sites for Kids
Yahoo
Yahoo Kids - Study Zone
OTHER WEBSITES - Sites that cover a variety of general interest topics
American Sign Language
Based on the Book - books made into movies
Map Quest - Maps and Directions
Rand McNally Maps
The Weather Channel
U.S. Post Office - Zip Code Search
White Pages - phone directory
Yellow Pages - phone directory
LIBRARY WEBSITES - Links to local and internet libraries
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
Coweta County Library System
Internet Public Library
List of Public Libraries in Georgia
Pines Public Library
The Library Spot
LITERATURE WEBSITES - Links to literature sources including award-winning books
Caldecott Medal Winners
Georgia Book Award Books
Newbery Medal Winners
ACS Library Rules and Procedures
MISSION - The goal of Arlington Christian School Media Center is to help build a community of readers.
SCHEDULING - The elementary library schedule is determined by the administration during pre-planning. Additional library scheduling and lessons are provided on a continual, flexible basis as needed by each grade level and classroom teacher. Individual and small groups of students are allowed to come to the library throughout the day as needed to checkout materials, use the computers, work on research projects, read for pleasure, or partake in other school activities.
CHECK-OUT - Students are allowed to check out two books at a time. Books may be kept by the students for two weeks and renewed one time. (Kindergarten and 1st grade students may check out one book at a time, and they may keep the book for one week.)
LOST/DAMAGED BOOKS - Students are responsible for library items that are checked out to them and must pay for books that are lost or damaged. The replacement cost for lost/damaged library materials is $15.00. Students are not allowed to check out additional library books, purchase from the book fair, or receive their year book until books are returned and fines are paid.
LATE FINES - Books that are turned in after the due date will carry a fine of 5¢ per day for students in grades K-6 and 10¢ per day for students in grades 7-12. The goal of a fine is to stress the importance of respecting other students' access to school library books and to develop responsibility in our students.
COMPUTER USE - In order to use computers located in the library, students must agree to abide by the rules stated in the handbook and the school’s Acceptable Use Policy. Students may use the library computers for educational purposes only. The use of library computers is limited to activities that support the school’s educational objectives.
BEHAVIOR - All library users are asked to respect the library property and use the materials, furniture, equipment and other peripherals with care.
MATERIAL SELECTION - Providing for the educational and informational needs as well as the reading pleasure of students and faculty of Arlington Christian School is the first priority of the school library. Materials will be selected based on curricular relevance, factual accuracy, professional reviews, and artistic merit.
The following criteria will be used in the selection of all instructional materials:
- Materials may be chosen to promote reading for pleasure and lifelong learning.
- Materials will be produced by competent and qualified authors, publishers or producers.
- Materials will represent diverse points of view.
- Materials will be purchased and used in compliance with current copyright laws.
- Materials will be purchased based on communication with teachers to assess curriculum needs and gather recommendations for purchase.
Students and parents are encouraged to recommend specific resources or point out subject areas where information is needed.
Professional review journals (such as School Library Journal, Booklist, and Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books) and selection bibliographies (such as Elementary School Library Collection and H. W. Wilson’s Children’s Catalog) will be used to assess the quality and relevance of available resources. Textbook guides and personal inspection provide means for selection as well.
CHALLENGED MATERIALS GUIDELINES - Despite the care taken to select materials for student/teacher use and the qualification of persons who select the materials, there may be occasional objections. The principles of the freedom to read and the professional responsibility of the staff must be defended. If a complaint is made, the librarian will follow these procedures:
- Give patron Challenged Materials Form
- Inform all staff members involved and Head of Schools
- Upon receipt of completed Challenged Materials Form, a Materials Evaluation Committee will be formed consisting of representatives from: administration, librarian, classroom teacher familiar with the subject challenged, a parent, and a student where appropriate.
- Within 30 days the Materials Evaluation Committee will: select a chair and a recorder, examine challenged material in relation to the materials selection guidelines, check general acceptance of the materials by reading reviews, weigh values and faults and form opinion based on the material as a whole, and meet and discuss and prepare a report for the administration.
- The administration will present the findings to the patron. The administration's decision is final.
*** No material shall be removed from use until the Materials Evaluation Committee has made its final decision.
