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Story Road Elementary School Annual Report Report compiled by Penny Engel, Teri Lybecker, and Kellie Latson

The mission statement of Story Road Elementary is to create a welcoming environment that serves all students and staff members and encourages a life long love of learning in a culturally diverse community. We strive to attain successful collaboration with fellow peers to enhance the academic curriculum provided on our campus. In addition, we provide access to the latest media and technology renovations for students and staff to be effective 21st Century users of technology.
 * Mission:**


 * Services:** (if this where we want to put the graphs???) **I'm not really sure**
 * maybe this is where we state what all we offer the students like computer usage, research assistances, etc.** Yes, I think that would be the what we need to include, How many computers? Which databases? Library operating hours (any extended hours?) Collection (different kinds of formats) etc. Any other technology that is accessed through the library on your campus?


 * 5 computers in the library; library opens about 6:45-3:30; books, tapes, DVD;s, books with cassettes, big books, VHS movies; 30 Dell laptops, 20 Mac laptops, 35 document cameras, 30 LCD projectors, 2 camcorders, 5 digital cameras, 8 iPod Nano's and 32 iPods and a 24 Dell netbooks in a computer cart. **(Penny)

Since this can be an ideal library, I think we should have a class set of computers. I'm not sure about research assistants though... even with it being an ideal library it's hard to imagine that being possible. Definitely extended hours... maybe 2 days a week after school? I'm all for being open early every morning. (TLL) Do we need to include VCRs since we have VHS movies? Do the 30 laptops stay in the library, or can they be checked out like the ones on the cart?
 * The laptops are the ones on the cart plus some additional ones. We have some VCR's but not sure off hand how many? Do you know or just want to add a number?**

Book Fair (how many times per year?) Do you have photos? Is it scholastic? any fun activities planned during that time? Specific Author Visits (who, pictures? Books?) RIF distribution (a brief explanation of RIF and how it positively impacts the students)
 * Programs/activities:** **is this where we add things like book fairs, RIF distribution, author visits- this could be the slide other library usages.** Yes.

**2 Scholastic book fairs-photos available- in October we have a Character Book Bash- Family night with dinner- each grade level has a specific activity that goes along with a specific book that the teachers choose. Rent costumes of books characters- Shrek, Winnie the Pooh, The Cat in the Hat, Dolphin(school mascot), Clifford. The teachers and students dress as their favorite storybook character. This is in place of Halloween.

Michael Anthony Steele- //Wishbone:Digging to the center of the Earth//- will include website link Elizabeth Kahura- African American Storyteller- will also include her website

Reading is Fundamental (RIF)- this book distribution is done 3 times a year and the students are allowed to pick a free book to take home as their very own. Each book distribution has a different theme. There are guest readers from the community, central office administrators, local businessess, etc. Students look forward to getting books that they can call their very own. They come with smiles, cheers and excitement. They are always asking when the next RIF is coming. Students choose books that they are looking forward to read and share with their parents, siblings, etc.** (Penny)

Neat activities! Do we want to add a few more? A few things I've seen done: Birthday Book Dedication (parents buy books for their child's birthday and a bookplate is placed in the book) Story Time Tea: Parents are invited to come to school and have cookies while enjoying stories in each classroom. "Sleep Over" Story Time: This is an evening event sponsored by the PTA. Kids come to school in their PJs

I **think the more activities we include the better**.

H**ow do I attach pictures to this or do I just send them through your gmail address? Since Teri is doing the document, she needs to have the photos.. . Will send the photos to her **
I **At the present, I am working with a 2nd grade class to write an acoustic poem** **and make into a stretch booklet.** **We have started with the students working on** **a sheet of notebook paper as a draft to come up with adjectives that start with the letters in their names. From there we are going to** **use powerpoint to make slides using the letter and adjectives of their names. The students will then add clipart to their slides that go with the words on each slide.WE will then follow the** ** directions on how to make the stretch booklet. ** (Penny) ** These are all being done on the new Dell Notebooks that we just received. This assignment is also being done in the library between checking in and out of books. The teacher and I are both working with the students coming up with adjectives for their names. The students have each gotten a dictionary to help with words. **
 * Collaborative Efforts:** "Library media specialists who collaborate regularly with faculty help build quality learning experiences that contribute to academic achievement." **maybe we could add the slide about collaboration here**, Yes, do you have any specific collaborative lessons to highlight? or should we make them up? I think that this is one of the significant contribution areas to have in the report.

Yes, the library taught lessons and collaborative lesson information (how many, which grade levels etc) Also, just a thought for things to highlight when we add info: The Lance and Rodney studies (Alaska, Colorado II, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania) provide evidence of the following: Five Key things to do every day to increase student achievement: 1. Collaborate with teachers to build solid learning experiences using the LMC resources. 2. Teach information literacy as a part of collaborative experiences. 3. Work to motivate students to read more. 4. Manage the LMC in such a way to deliver quality information as close to the student as possible. 5. Work on your leadership agenda. (Powering Achievement p55)
 * Specifically focus of one or more areas of significant contribution to student learning:** librarian taught lessons/collaboration graph?

To the extent that we can provide data/information to support these five things I think we will have our significant contribution piece covered. What do y'all think?


 * Written Rationale that explains the intended audience and provides a rationale for the selected information with citation of the professional literature:**

The intended audience for this annual report: Campus administration, central office administration, school board members and parents. The information included in this report is provided to highlight the campus school library program and its impact on the learning community.

I also think it's important for the teachers to see this, so they have an idea of everything that happens in the library. It's unfortunate that many teachers do not think the librarian has anything to do other than read to classes and check books in and out.