Media Center
Meet Your Media Specialists:
Mrs. Amy Altman
Mrs. Joni Aycock
Search for a Book/Check Account
Sora Online Book Library
Welcome to the SHS Media Center!
7:52 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. (Monday-Friday)
7:52 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. (Monday-Friday)
Want to come for Lunch? Ask your 3rd period teacher for a pass to the Media Center during your lunch period! You must have a pass to come in at lunchtime!
Come see us!
Please stop by the media center any time (with a pass) and check out a book! Don't know what to get? Ask us (Mrs. Aycock or Mr. Altman) and we can help you out!
Please stop by the media center any time (with a pass) and check out a book! Don't know what to get? Ask us (Mrs. Aycock or Mr. Altman) and we can help you out!
Don't forget...
We have a wide format printer. For only $5 you can create any poster you would like and use our wonderful new wide format printer. Create an 11x17 Word or Publisher and email it to Mrs. Amy Altman or Mrs. Joni Aycock.
All Black/white Printing is free in the media center.
Color Printing is $.25 per page!
Color Printing is $.25 per page!
Remember we also have basic school supplies on sale!
Pens.....2/$.25
Spiral Notebooks & Composition Notebooks...$1
Poster Board.....$.50
Triboard (science fair boards).....$3
Book Reminders
1. All media center materials may only be checked with your secure student ID number.
2. You must turn in or pay for all media center fines prior to the end of the school year.
3. DO NOT loan, leave or lose your book. DO NOT allow a friend to turn in your book for you. DO NOT leave your book in your teachers’ classrooms…someone will pick it up and you may never see it again! IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! When you turn in your books, make sure the library worker verifies that you have turned in the correct book.
4. Log into the catalog on the right to determine your fines, to see if your book is still checked out, or the price of a book. Log into the catalog using your lunch number as the user name and your birthday and initials as your password.
5. Questions? Stop by the media center and we will be glad to help!
Top Tools Used at SHS
Canva: Great tool for creating resumes, logos, cards, posters, YOU NAME IT! Create an account using your Google log in or get a teacher to add you to their class so that you can utilize the premium features.
Audacity: Edit and mix your own music or audio files
Bookseer.com: If you enjoyed a book and would like suggestions of other books like it, try this site for book ideas
Create-a-graph: Create a pie, bar, line, or area graph with a few clicks of the mouse! Watch a short How-to Video HERE.
Floorplanner: Design and create your own floor plan!
Good Reads: a great site for finding books for teens...voted on by teens
Library of Congress: Great research tool. Also, free and extensive pictures from history and contemporary America under "prints and photographs".
PhotoStory: free software from Microsoft that allows you to easily create a photo slide show with music or narration...a favorite of the media center.
Poster My Wall: Creative web site to create event posters, resumes, invitations, etc.
Prezi: Clever presentation option.
Lexile - Info for Parents and Students
Lexile is the new BUZZword in education. Well, it's not really so new! Know what it is in a nutshell? How well you/your student reads and comprehends. We know reading is important. Click on the links below to get down to the nuts and bolts of what educators are focusing on and why!
What is LEXILE and WHY is it important?
Helpful Web Pages