Ayden Middle School Media
Center
"Our students are
becoming capable readers who seek, evaluate, and produce ideas."
Media Coordinator: Mr. Christopher Howell, Media Asst:
Mrs. Connie Brannon
Phone: 252-746-3672, Fax: 252-746-9923
howellc.ams@pitt.k12.nc.us
or brannon.ams@pitt.k12.nc.us
Mission Statement: Our goal is to provide a welcoming, intellectually stimulating, and literacy-rich environment that fosters the development of students into lifelong learners and effective users of ideas.
Media Center Visits
Ayden Middle's media center is open from 7:35 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and operates on a flexible schedule. Students visit the library on an individual basis as needed for book check-out and with scheduled classes for various activities such as research, multimedia work, and literacy enhancement. The media center's collection includes reference materials, nonfiction and fiction in a wide range of reading levels, newspapers, magazines, and educational videos. The media center also facilitates access to valuable online resources. To obtain user IDs and passwords for these resources, contact our media staff. To access, use links in the side bar.
Checkout Policies Students are allowed to check out up to three books at a time as long as they keep their accounts current. The check-out period is three weeks. Students who have overdue books have limited privileges until they return the overdue item(s) or pay for lost items. Students are expected to clear their record at the end of the school year.
Computers and Technology Twenty eight computers are available to students for searching the online catalog, using computer applications, and researching on the Internet. An interactive mulitimedia board is also available for classes to use, and five mobile computer projection units are available for teachers to use in their classes. In addition, a computer lab of 26 computers is used by teachers to implement technology-based lessons. Each classroom has at least one networked computer. Some of the computer programs used at AMS are Accelerated Reader, Cornerstone Skills Builder, Powerpoint multimedia software, Infocentre online catalog, Study Island web-based skill practice, and Microsoft Office products.