Media Center

CLP Junior High School's Media Technology Center was selected as a "high performance power library" in May of 2003, the first in Poudre School District. We received this designation by exemplification of high quality service, collaboration with staff, and professionalism. We know through studies that student scores on standardized tests increase with improvements in a school's media program. Schools with well-developed media programs averaged ten to fifteen percent higher reading scores than schools without. At the CLPJH Media Center, we are dedicated to providing your student with the best information and education possible.

Media Center Brochure

Developing Power Library New Release

The Staff - Contact Us
Mr. McReynolds, Media Specialist, mcstan@psdschools.org 488-7411
Mr. McKibben, Media Assistant , pmckibbe@psd.k12.co.us 488-7411

Accelerated Reader Program and Contest
Are you a bookworm and enjoy reading books? If you love to read, it doesn't get any better than this. Each semester the CLPJH Media Center sponsors an Accelerated Reader contest. Readers of all levels can choose AR books that have different point values, depending on their length and reading difficulty. To enter the contest, simply read your personally selected AR books and then take the short computerized tests on them at your convenience. It's quick, it's easy, and it's fun. Your cumulative points, based on book values and the number of correct test answers you score, will be tracked for you throughout the semester. Top point earners win $50 for first prize, $25 for second prize, and $15 for third prize. Why not get paid to read? (You could spend your prize money on ...books.) Get started earning those points today!
List of Accelerated Reader Books

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Student Aides
The Media Center is always on the lookout for a few good Student Aides. Students who know their books and love to read ought to consider rounding out their schedules by joining the Media Center Team. Student Media Aides run the circulation desk, learn new job skills, and earn a grade as well. If you are interested in helping others and would like to be considered for a library position for the upcoming semester, stop by the Media Center and talk to Mr. McKibben today.

Volunteer at the CLPJH Media Center!
The Media Center is a happening kind of place for CLPJH students! Activities are scheduled throughout day to support learning projects. In addition to supporting students and staff in their learning tasks, the Media Center also serves the nearby local communities. Throughout any given month a variety of community meetings, tutoring appointments, LINC Library, and After Hours programs are scheduled in the Media Center during afternoon and evening hours. The Media Center is always in need of assistance for meeting the wide variety of needs and demands of our students, parents, teachers, and community members. Won't you please consider volunteering in the CLPJH Media Center in one of the following areas?

Book Fairs

  • Organizing and supervising volunteers
  • Cashiering
  • Setup / tear down book fair displays

Fundraising

  • Plan and implement money making ideas for the purchase of additional books and materials.

Collection Maintenance·

  • Repair of books
  • Covering new paperbacks
  • Processing and cataloging new materials
  • Sorting and shelving books

Reading Programs

  • Create area interest reading lists
  • Support the Accelerated Reading Program
  • Maintain reading contest records
  • Assist with student reading programs
  • Assist with Special Events

If you would like to help with the upcoming Book Fair or volunteer in the Media Center in another way, please call or send us an email and let us know your area of interest. We could always use your help.

Media Center Hours
 The Media Center is open from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (Special Hours apply for LINC Library and After School Programs). Students are welcome in the library with a signed pass at any time during the school day, including before school and during their lunch period. The Media Center is open during all three-lunch periods for study or quiet activities. Students who want to use the Media Center during their lunch hour should stop in before school or during passing periods and pick up a Media Center Lunch Pass. Students are asked not to be in the Media Center during regularly scheduled staff meetings. Special space arrangements are made for those students staying after school for Partners or LINC Library programs while staff meetings are in session.

Behavior Policy in the Media Center
 Students may not visit the Media Center for free time or for "playing" on the computers. You will be held accountable for your behavior. Students must have a teacher's pass and a job to do while in the center. Students should leave the Media Center in better shape than they found it (push chairs in, pick up paper scraps and trash, etc.)

Materials Available to Students
 Fiction and nonfiction books, periodicals, magazines are all available to students and staff. Additionally, students may also check out multimedia equipment, tape recorders, Alpha Smart units (word processing keyboards) by using their student ID at the circulation desk. Video and photographic equipment is also available to students working on class projects by special arrangement. Reference books (marked on their end bindings with an "R") may be used in the library but are not to be checked out. These materials remain in the library to be accessible to all. Ten PC's are available for student use while the Media Center is open.

Check Out Policies
 Up to four books may be checked out and kept for a standard two-week checkout period. These items can be renewed for an additional two weeks if the student needs additional time. Audiotapes are also subject to the standard two-week checkout period. Multimedia equipment is checked out for overnight only and must be returned to the Media Center before the next day's classes begin.

Fines and Overdue Materials
 The overdue book fine rate is 10 cents per book per day, with a maximum $2.50 charge for any one borrowing period. As always, students are never charged for weekends or for days when school is not in session. Student accounts are frozen if they have fines of $1.00 and over or have overdue materials still out. Additionally, students who have lost materials are asked for the replacement cost of the item before they are eligible for library checkout privileges again. Students have the same media account throughout their student life within Poudre School District.