Clinton Middle School

Library

and Media Center

Library Purpose Statement

The purpose of the Clinton Middle School Library Program is to provide a resource-rich environment that empowers students to become effective users of information and technologies, fosters a love of reading, and prepares students for a productive role in a global society.

The Clinton Middle School library program works within curriculum areas using flexible scheduling. Our media center utilizes a team-teaching approach enabling the library media specialist to integrate and co-teach with classroom teachers. The library media specialist will demonstrate to students how technology, information, and libraries go hand in hand.

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Join one of our 2023-2024 School-Wide Reading Challenges! (Aug - Feb.)

Battle of the Trumans

- Any student who reads ALL 12 Truman nominee books by February 1st will be invited to attend the Children’s Literature Festival (first weekend Sun-Tues in March) at UCM.
- Mrs.Green will track and display which books are most read and who reads them via quick quiz taken in the library. We will display the results in the front hallway.

Other Reading Awards Offered with this Challenge

- 1. - Students who read and take a quick quiz over 6 or more Truman Nominee Books before March will be invited to an “I s-cream for Trumans” ice cream official award voting party hosted by Mrs.Green. This ice cream party will have a toppings bar.
    - Students who read and take a quick quiz in the library over at least 5 books from the Truman list before March will be invited to a “We’re rootin’ for Reading” root beer float official award voting party hosted by Mrs.Green.

Join the CMS Page Perks Program

Students pay $10 to become an LMC Page Perks Member for the year (This is a library fundraiser.)

As a Page Perks Program member students get the following benefits:

Receive a Page Perks Program lanyard with membership card
Can check out 3 books at a time with no graphic novel limit
- Non-page perks members can only check out 2 books at a time and can only have 1 graphic novel at a time included in their limit.
Get to cut the lunch line to pick up your lunch first (with your page perks pass) to come and eat your lunch in the library on select Page Perks Lunch Days.
- Students must have perks membership card with you to use this benefit.
- Students must clean up after themselves or this benefit could be removed.
As a Page Perks member, students will receive “Perks Packs” throughout the year (approximately quarterly). These are themed bags with library books specially selected for each student PLUS LIBRARY LOOT that you get to KEEP! (Keep the loot, but return the book)
Additionally Page Perks members get to be the FIRST to see new books in the media center and know when they will hit the shelves