Media Center

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The mission of the Jane Riley Media Center is to support the teaching of Georgia Performance Standards and to enhance arts integration at Hickory Hills Elementary. Our Media Center contains approximately 8,000 items of age-appropriate material to fulfill this mission. Audio-visual equipment and materials, housed in the Media Center, are available for teachers to use in the classroom.

Instruction is given in 21st Century Skills, which includes information, technology and media proficiencies.  Content knowledge and literacies are blended into activities and assessments under the collaborative direction of the media specialist and classroom teacher with a special focus on differentiation.  All of this comes together to assist students in mastering the abilities required of them in the 21st century.

Staff

Leigh Perisino, Media Specialist
Lela Sanders, Media Clerk

We invite you to send your questions about the Jane Riley Media Center at Hickory Hills Elementary to us by email.

Hours

The Media Center hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Borrowing Privileges

Students may keep library materials for two weeks. We do not charge overdue fines; however, any item that is lost or damaged must be paid for.

Resources

The Media Center has computers for student use. All library functions are fully automated. Students use the automated catalog to locate any material in the library. The Media Center catalog is available to any classroom in the building through the school computer network.

We participate in the Accelerated Reader program, which was designed to encourage students to read at the appropriate reading level. Books that are too easy do not encourage growth; books that are too difficult cause frustration. The most productive level is in between: books that are both pleasurable and challenging.