H&M Potter SchoolH&M Potter SchoolMedia Center ProposalMedia Center Proposal

By: Kimberly PascarellaBy: Kimberly Pascarella

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Melissa PascarellaMelissa Pascarella

Facts about H&M Potter• One of four schools located in the Berkley

Township School District• Serves 474 students in grades K-4• Student population includes:

– Gifted and Talented– Economically disadvantaged students– ESL– Special Education– Regular Education

H&M Potter Media Center• Students at H&M Potter rely on

the media center to conduct research, extend, and supplement the daily curriculum

• The goal of the media center is to provide a warm and nurturing environment to expose students to all the potential benefits of taking advantage of a fabulous media center

How can we improve the H&M Potter Media Center?

• Using media center technology we have found the H&M Potter Media Center to be a strong one, but it is not without areas in need of improvement

• According to the Follet Title Wise system the current collection is lacking in it’s reference selection for a variety of reasons

H&M Potter Media Center Collection

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Collection Weakness…Reference!

• Facts about the H&M Potter reference collection

- represents only 2.98% of entire collection

- average age is 21 years

- collection does not support the needs of a K-4 student population due to the reading levels currently available

A $15,000 Goal• $15,000 grant would provide H&M Potter with

the necessary items to improve the reference selection and make a drastic difference in the academic life of our students by allowing for the following purchases

• encyclopedia software program• reading reference books • atlases, almanacs • specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries

Encyclopedia Software Program

• We would like to purchase the Encyclopedia Britanica Online school edition for our Media Center

• Students would have access to this program in school and at home to assist with research projects

Almanacs• Adding a collection

of almanacs would provide students with the ability to learn how to use almanacs and support current research

Atlases• The following atlases

would improve the research selection in the H&M Potter Media Center- My Picture Atlas- National Geographic Atlas for Young Explorers- Kids Road Atlas

Reference Books• DK First Reference

Book set including the following books- First Animal Encyclopedia, First Atlas, First Spanish Dictionary, First Encyclopedia, First Human Body Encyclopedia, and First Nature Encyclopedia

H&M Potter Media Center Improvement Plan

Summary• Outlined here it is evident that the H&M

Potter Media Center can benefit from an improvement in its reference collection

• For $15,000 the Media Center can be drastically improved therefore improving the overall atmosphere and learning environment at H&M Potter