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1. Welcome to the Media Center @ Chestatee High School Go War Eagles! Museum Entrance Media Center Store Books & Guidelines Media Center Policies Layout-Floor Plan Computer Lab Room Five Media Specialist

2. Curator’s Office Lana Nix – Media Specialist My first year at Chestatee High School was in 2013. I returned to the educational field as a computer lab manager at West Hall Middle School after a 15 year break. I then transferred to East Hall Middle School as a technology teacher. After about 2 ½ years, I was fortunate to become the media specialist here at Chestatee. I enjoy working with teachers and students. Learning new technology is a passion of mine. Contact me at lana.nix@hallco.org Return to Entry Note: Virtual museums were first introduced by educators at Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham, Pennsylvania. This template was designed by Dr. Christy Keeler. View the Educational Virtual Museums website for more information on this instructional technique.

3. Media Center Policies Room 1 Check-out Policies Hours of Operation Passes to Media Center Overdue Fines Return to Entry

4. Books & Guidelines Room 2 Reference FICTION NON-FICTION Magazines Return to Entry

5. Layout-Floor Plan Room 3 Click the picture to see a larger view. Return to Entry

6. Computer Lab Room 4 Computer Lab Use Printer Prices Return to Entry

7. Media Center Store Room 5 PosterBoard White $.75 Color $1 Earbuds $5 Earbuds w/ Microphone $10 Pencils $.25 Mechanical Pencils $.75 Flash Drive 8 gigs $10 Return to Entry

8. Hours of Operation Our media center is open: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 7:30-4:00 Tuesday & Thursday 7:30-5:00 Must have signed agenda at all times. Return to Exhibit

9. 5 Check-out Policies • 2 week check-outs: • fiction • non-fiction • graphic novels • play-a-ways • 1 night check-outs: • magazines • reference books You may only have 5 items checked-out at a time. This includes calculators, books, play-a-ways, cameras, etc. Return to Exhibit

10. Overdue Fines • .10 cents a day late charge for: • fiction • non-fiction • grapic novels • .25 cents a day late charge for: • play-a-ways • reference • electronics Return to Exhibit

11. Passes to the Media Center Should you plan on visiting the media center, you need to make sure you have your agenda with you and signed each and every time. Even visits before or after school require you to have a teachers signature in your agenda. You are allowed to have a teacher sign your agenda making a note that you will be visiting the media center every morning or every afternoon if you wish. Each student is to scan their barcode to sign in whenever they visit the media center without a teacher and their class. Return to Exhibit

12. Fiction Fiction are those books which are untrue in nature. They are full of fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, romance, humor, emotions and can tend to take your imagination anywhere. Fiction books are shelved with an F and the first 3 letters of the authors last name. Example: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins would be found in the fiction section in alphabetical order under COL. Click here to view the floor plan. Return to Exhibit

13. Reference Books Reference books are those you might use while researching a topic for a paper or project. Here at Chestatee, we have moved all of our reference books into their own room which also gives students access to a large conference style table to spread the books out. Reference books may be checked out, but only for the evening. They need to be returned the next day for other students to have access to them. The laptops within our reference room are intended for our online Spanish students. Click here to view the floor plan. Return to Exhibit

14. Magazines We have an extensive selection of magazines for students and teachers to read. All of our magazines are housed in the Reading Room. We have 2 couches for comfortable seating and a coffee table to help display the magazines. Ms. Gibson (our media clerk) is a wiz at keeping us stock with the best magazines and utilizes the coke reward points she manages from the recycling of Coca-Cola products. Return to Exhibit Click here to view the floor plan.

15. Non-Fiction Non-fiction books are cataloged using the Dewey Decimal System. You need to locate the DDS number first and then they will be in alphabetical order according to the first 3 letters of the authors last name. Should the book be a biography, then the DDS number will be followed by the first 3 letters of the last name of the person the book is being written about. Example spines below. Plague Time by Paul W. Ewald Book spine will be: 616.07 EWA Houdini By Clinton Cox Book spine will be: 921 HOU Return to Exhibit Click here to view the floor plan.

16. Computer Lab Use Students may use the computers with in the media center most of the time during our open hours of 7:30-4:00. If a class should have the computers reserved, they will have first dibs on the the computers. When students come in during the school day to use the computers, they must have a signed agenda from their teacher. Return to Exhibit

17. Printer Prices Students have access to printing in black and white as well as in color in the media center. If they are using the media center with their whole class and the teacher is with them, they get the first 2 prints FREE. When the students come in to print on their own without a teacher with them, they will be charged a small price for printing per page. Black & White prints are $.10 per page Color prints are $.75 per page. Return to Exhibit

18. Chestatee High School Home of the War Eagles!!! 3005 Sardis Road Gainesville, GA 30506 770-532-1162 Return to Entrance

19. Layout – Floor Plan Legend T=tables X=computers X=doors X X X X X X Return to Exhibit X X X

20. Layout – Floor Plan Legend T=tables X=computers X=doors X X X X X X Return to Exhibit X X X