SMCPS Resource Accountability

What is "Destiny?"

Destiny is the management system used for all SMCPS print and tech resources. This is where we check out novels, textbooks, library books and consumables.

This is where we assess any fees or fines for:

1. Lost textbooks and novels
2. Lost library books
3. Fees for instrument rentals
4. Summer Class fees
5. Technology repairs or loss

Please pay attention to your email for notices coming from the email name "Destiny: Library Checkouts and Fines".

We send out notices every few weeks just to let students know WHAT they have on their accounts, what is overdue, and what fines may have been assessed.

These notices sometimes include CURRENT checkouts. This does not mean those items have to be returned.

Students have textbooks checked out in their names in most grade levels and classes. Textbooks have barcodes starting with a TB and then up to 15 digits.

ALL BOOKS, novels and textbooks that are no longer being used for a class, must be returned by Friday, May 31st.

Any resource NOT returned prior to the last day of school will be marked as LOST. Anything LOST will incur a fine.

A consumable is a resource that students have checked out to them that can be written in. Examples of consumables at the elementary level are Bridges Student book and Number Corner.

Examples of consumables at the middle school level are the science modules, Springboard and My Perspectives for ELA, and the Carnegie Math books. At the high school level students also have consumables in math and ELA courses.

While students do not have to return these, they are held accountable if they lose them and need a replacement.

Consumables do NOT get returned at the end of the school year.

Make sure you return and/or renew your library books. Anything not returned will be marked as a LOST book and a fine notice will be emailed. Find those books or renew them to keep reading them. Questions about LIBRARY books? See your media specialist.

If your student is in secondary school and needs access to Google's Additional Services please complete this form.

If you would like to read through more details about the Google Permission and how this differs from our access to all Core Services please see this linked file.

• English AUP
• Spanish AUP
• English Google Permission
• Spanish Google Permission

Use my School Bucks for cafeteria purchases OR to PAY FOR INVOICES for technology debt & library books.

REMEMBER: adding money to your student's cafeteria account DOES NOT transfer over for paying invoices for tech/library debt.

When a media specialist marks anything as lost or damaged in Destiny, that fee AUTOMATICALLY shows up as a "real time fee" in My School Bucks. (*again, do NOT add funds to the cafeteria account. Use the Pay Invoice option.)

Please refer to this information on My School Bucks and your school library.

If you need to pay over time, consider making PARTIAL PAYMENTS.

Questions about PRINT resources? Email: resources@smcps.org

Questions about TECHNOLOGY resources and FINES? Email: helpdesk@smcps.org

Student Withdrawal

When students leave SMCPS, the following items must be returned prior to withdrawing.

• All textbooks and resources

• All technology (laptops, chargers, iPad/charger, hot spots)

• All Media Center books and resources

• If anything is not returned a fine will be assessed for the cost of the materials and technology.

• The Media Specialist at each site has a record of what each student has checked out.

If you are a student who is transferring schools within the county, here are the procedures you need to follow:

• Media Center Books: These stay at the school you are leaving. Those resources will be returned to the Media Center.
• TEXTBOOKS and Consumables: These do not get returned and can be taken with you to your new school.
• Laptops, chargers: This stays with you.
• Information on resource fines and accountability is located in the this document. Fines are assessed on items not returned to the school they belong to.

To see what your student currently has checked out to them or any fines that have been assessed, the student can login to Destiny through Clever.

Here are the steps for the direct login:

1. Go to the webpage that lists all of the SMCPS schools.

2. Click on the appropriate school

3. Select the “Login” option from the top right of the page.

4. Enter the correct login credentials. (Your login information is the same as your regular login credentials: Username: 3 initials and last 4 digits of student ID number
   (Example: abc1234). Password: regular network password)

5. After logging in, click the “My Info” tab at the top and the student’s current checkout and fines (if applicable) will be displayed.

Questions about TECHNOLOGY resources and FINES?

• Complete a technology appeal form.
• Please visit the IT website regarding anything related to technology.
• Email: helpdesk@smcps.org.
• Call 301-475-2138 until 4:00 p.m. daily.