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You
have arrived at the intellectual heart
of our school, a state-of-the-arts
library. Enter the doors of the Bulldog
Library and you find a very friendly
staff and a welcoming, "Starbucks"
atmosphere that is conducive to reading
and research. Our LibraryMedia
Specialist, Mrs. Volz is always happy
to assist you.
The
book collection has over 20,000
volumes
to
support curriculum and personal
interest reading, and DVDs to enhance
academic instruction. There are local
and national newspapers and fourty five
magazine subscriptions for leisure
reading.
Library
Rules
1.
Students may come at any time in the
period with a Library Permit signed
& completed by their
teacher noting assignment to be
done. Students must sign in when
they arrive. No pass is require
before school and at student lunch
time.
2.
No food and drinks
3.
Stay on task
4.
Computers are for school related
work only.
5.
Students with overdue books can't
check out more books and can't use
the computer at all times for any
purpose.
Consequences
1.
Violators will be sent back to class
or to the
administrator.
2.
Library privileges may be
revoked
Check
Out/In Books, Magazines, Newspapers
& AV
Materials
1.
You can now access the
library
catalog
online
on the library
website
at
any time.
2.Student
should use ID badge to check out
books/magazines/newspapers.
3.
Students can check out up to three
items (books and/or
magazines/newspapers) at a time
& renewable up to two
times
4.
To return books/magazines, use the
book drop at the circulation desk or
give them to the library personnel
if the student wants to pay for late
fines.
5.
Only teachers can check out AV
materials. The procedure is the same
as for checking out
books.
Check
Out Equipment
1.
All equipment are automated, and
checked out by
computer.
3.
If the equipment doesn't work
properly, please return with a note
stating the
problem.
Overdues,
Fines & Lost
Books
1.
Late are five cents per day, per
book
2.
There will be amnesty for fines
periodically if the books are
returned at this time
3.
Students with overdue
books/magazines can't check out more
books or use the computer until the
records are clear
4.
Lost books must be paid for the cost
of the book.
5.
Overdue notices will be distributed
every month to students and
teachers. Please be responsible and
don't wait until the end of the year
to take care of this matter. Please
help retrieve books for our
library!
Library
Orientation
1.
All freshman classes will have a
library orientation in August -
September. Other classes can be
arranged upon request
2.
Library research and location skills
& resources will be presented
and practiced
3.
Students will check out a book at
the end of the
orientation
4.
The librarian will present the use
of all resources available in the
library and/or online resources.
Upon request, the librarian will
show them to individual teacher at
his/her convenient
time.
Name That Book
Contest
Students
in all grades may participate in
this High School
Competition.
Click
here
for
more information &
rules.
Please
encourage and recommend students to
enter this fun reading contest
sponsored by HISD & Barns
& Noble. Book vendors also
give funds for
rewards.
Sign
up with the librarian at the
beginning of the school.
Procedures
at the
Competition
·
Questions or statements will be read
by an announcer.
·
The question will be read one time
only.
·
Each question will be addressed to
all teams at the same
time.
·
After the question, each school team
will have one minute (45 seconds in
playoffs) to discuss the question
and write the answer on a small dry
erase board. Anyone on the team may
write the answer. The team captains
will stand when time is called, and
display the answer when requested.
No one will be allowed to write
after time has been called or while
standing. No one will display the
schools' answer until requested to
do so.
·
The book title must be complete,
exact and without misspelled words.
A full title includes all words up
to a colon or semi-colon. Do not
erase the board until the end of the
round in case a board needs to be
rechecked.
·
Teams will not be penalized for not
writing the articles, a, an, or the
at the beginning of a
title.
·
There are 15 rounds. Each round will
consist of five
questions.
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State-
of-the-Arts
Technology
The
library houses 20 HP workstations and
18 laptops and a laser printer for
student use. All computers offer TI or
wirefire Internet access. The library
website,
http://jhreaganLibrary.org
offers
easy access to the Library Catalog,
Online Databases and other Internet
resources to students, teachers and
parents. Students also use the online
interactive reading activities, and
have their work published at this
website.
Library
Hours
The
library is open from 7:45 A.M. to 4:00
P.M. Mon- Friday. Students are welcome
throughout the day.
Using the
Library
1.
Student
Pass:
·
A library
pass
during schools hours must have a
specific assignment such as, "Artist
research", not "Research"; World War
II, not History; especially not
"Computer" or "Project". It would be
helpful for the librarian to
monitor, and keep students on
task.
·
Students with a library pass,
without the assignment and/or
teacher's signature will not be
admitted.
·
Teachers can send individual
students, up to five at a time to
the library. For your convenience,
the librarian will email teachers
the Library Pass form to print out
and use.
2.
Schedule class for the library:
·
Schedule, at least a day in advance.
Teachers can access Outlook Library
Calendar for availablity, then email
the librarian or let her know
personally.
·
The librarian will be happy to
collaborate with teachers on any
assignments in the
library.
·
Teachers
must stay with class in the library
at all
time.
Printing
·
Students must ask the library staff
before printing. Each studnet is
allowed to print 5 pages free for
each school work. Any additional
pages are 10 cents each. To avoid
printing out unneeded pages,
students must view the
PRINT PREVIEW and choose the
pages to print or HIGHLIGHT the part
to be printed and change the radio
button from ALL to SELECTION
before clicking PRINT
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Lamination
·
Lamination service is offered in the
library. No personal materials
allowed!
End of Year Library
Closing
1.
The library will be closed for the
last two weeks of school for
inventory
2.
All library materials must be
returned at least two weeks before
the end of school for inventory, and
no more materials can be checked out
from this time
3.
Equipment can be returned during the
last week of school.
Awards
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A trophy will be awarded to the
winning schools for first, second
and third place.
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Certificates will be awarded to
participants and
sponsors.
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Scholarship prizes for the purchase
of books will be awarded to the team
members of the first, second and
third place teams.
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