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BECAUSE OF YOU, LIBRARIES TRANSFORM

Woodstock Middle Library Media Center Annual Report, 2018-19

BECAUSE OF YOU,LIBRARIES TRANSFORMWoodstock Middle Library Media Center AnnualReport, 2018-19
Library programs are powerful forces for change and innovation in schools. They are becoming less what they have for people and more about what they can do for people (ALA, 2016). As the library media specialist, I am beyond fortunate that Woodstock Middle School gives its full support to the library and the programs it hosts. Collaborations of all shapes and sizes abound here, and I am grateful that teachers and administration look to the media program to help make manifest its initiatives. Thank you to every Wolf for allowing me the honor and privilege of working with our students.
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LIBRARY USAGE

From September, 6496 students signed in for "walk-in" visits outside of whole class instruction. 30 passes each morning provided students the opportunity to work on computers, read, use the makerspace, and connect with their friends from 8:15AM until homeroom.
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FINE ALTERNATIVES

WMS Wolves continue to read off or work off their fines as an alternative to payment. This year, we waived $2458.80 in fines because of students READING!
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CIRCULATION STATISTICS

Woodstock Middle Students checked out 156 e-books and 56,341 physical books. This is down 14% from 2018.

SCHOOL-WIDE COLLABORATIONS SCHOOL-WIDE COLLABORATIONS

*Gave minilessons for Galileo and other OER/free online teaching resources
*Advised students and teachers regarding copyright and Creative Commons music and images.

*Taught Canvas integration of BrainPop and Flipgrid for teachers
*Located curricularly-related articles and helped develop writing prompts for Writing Is Thinking initiative

*Assisted with school-wide Hour of Code

*Evaluated Digital Learning Day projects and facilitated winning group presentations with Georgia Tech"s Design department

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Digital Learning Day Presentations with Georgia Tech

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Digital Learning Day Presentations with Georgia Tech

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CCSD Minecraft Classroom of the Future Challenge COUNTY FINALISTS!

6TH GRADE HIGHLIGHTS 6TH GRADE HIGHLIGHTS

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6th Grade Orientation

As the Music department evaluated students for their placement into the program, classes worked on their first BreakoutEDU of the year as a part of their Library Orientation. Students had to demonstrate their locker combination skills as well as their understanding of library procedures to break out!
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Japanese Internment and WWII Artifacts

KSU Museum of History and the Holocaust created a special presentation for WMS 6th graders to support their RCD unit about the internment of the Japanese during WWII. The Marietta Museum of History allowed us to use their WWII artifacts trunk to give students a tangible sense of history.
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iMovie Trailers

Students in Ms. Kersey's Reading Success classes extended their understanding of Margaret Peterson Haddix's Among the Impostors by planning and shooting their own iMovie trailers. The last week of school, no less!

7TH AND 8TH GRADE HIGHLIGHTS 7TH AND 8TH GRADE HIGHLIGHTS

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Historical Fiction Author Visit

7th graders got to hear author Kristi Ann Hunter talk about her research process in writing historical fiction and share some real-life tips students could use when creating storybooks for their RCD unit.
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Milestones Madness Breakout

8th grade ELA students tested their Milestones savvy and their cryptology skills by scanning QR codes to answer questions on Microsoft Forms and solving logic puzzles to open the locks!
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Foreign Language Special Collections

7th and 8th grade students guided the refurbishing of the Foreign Language section, guiding purchases and relocating the section next to the graphic novels and audiobooks for higher visibility and related materials support for EL students.

MAKER MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS MAKER MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS

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Maker Magic: Harry Potter STEM Night

The largest community night YET! Over 110 HP fans were selected into houses to complete their OWLS in each of the Hogwarts classes! Each student-created and student-led station used a STEM-related activity to highlight each of the Hogwarts classes.
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Global Maker Day

Maker Monday students did their second Global Maker Day Challenge presentation, which reached over 1000 viewers worldwide!
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Maker Monday

Students participated in 25 weekly challenges and spearheaded Harry Potter STEM Night in addition to helping plan the Level Up Reading Challenge!

LEVEL UP READING CHALLENGE LEVEL UP READING CHALLENGE

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Leverage Canvas to Level Up

To support the #GetCCSDReading initiative, students in Ms. Kersey's classes and Maker Monday helped develop the Level Up Challenge. Choice boards and rubrics were built in Canvas, and students completed three to be eligible for our Game Day on March 29.
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Buy-In and Participation

Out of 1200 students, 200 elected to sign up for the Level Up Challenge Class. Of those, 60 completed three challenges of their choosing. Even teachers like Mr. Hall got into the act, creating a character playlist! Students got to celebrate on the Game Truck, which provided E+ collaborative games for our challengers!
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Technology Integration

Students had many formats to express their connection to literature, including Flipgrid, Adobe Spark, and Minecraft EDU. Almost every student who completed the challenge used Minecraft EDU to build their character's ideal world.

GOALS FOR 2019-2020 GOALS FOR 2019-2020

  1. Continue to source lower, movable shelving for better visibility and openness of library space.
  2. Replace heavy wooden tables with lighter tables on casters to provide a more flexible learning environment.
  3. Write at least one grant for more technology such as an iPad cart so WMS students and teachers have more flexibility with device use and integration of technology into teaching.
  4. Write at least one grant to allow for renovation towards a Learning Commons environment.
  5. Implement "Library Power User" status for students who earn points based on Canvas Challenges to gain library benefits like library lunches, priority checkouts, prizes, special live events, and Skype sessions with special guests.
  6. Expansion of literacy intiatives like Just Read, WMS and the Level Up Challenge to foster a lifelong love of reading.
  7. Complete the requirements for Nearpod and Commonsense Media certifications.
  8. Work towards CommonSense Media SCHOOLWIDE certification.
  9. Expansion of opportunities for student voice in the library
  10. Apply for Exemplary Media Program status through the Georgia Library Media Association.

NEEDS FOR 2019-2020 NEEDS FOR 2019-2020

  1. Opportunities to meet with admin and teachers new to WMS to share resources and services offered through the library media center.
  2. A Library Advisory Team of stakeholders for decision-making and to create awareness of and advocacy for the WMS library media center and its impact on the school.
  3. Support from admin to obtain Commonsense Media schoolwide certification to help students become wiser regarding social media and digital citizenship.
  4. Parent volunteers to help with shelving and checkouts.
  5. $3500 for caster tables to replace wooden tables.
  6. Reallocation of short bookcases from other schools to WMS.
  7. Installation of locking bookshelf casters to allow for more flexible use of space.
  8. A letter of recommendation for our library's Exemplary Media Program application.
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Wendy Cope, Librarian

Woodstock Middle School

2015 North Central Georgia Library Media Specialist of the Year

2015 Cherokee County Library Media Specialist of the Year

Email: wendy.cope@cherokeek12.net
Website: https://www.cherokeek12.net/woodstockms/Content2/mediacenter
Location: 2000 Towne Lake Hills South Drive, Woodstock, GA, USA
Phone: 770.721.3060
Twitter: @wendypcope

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