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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