September 10, 2024

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a restful time off. The JCMS library would like to remind everyone of the following procedures and policies for sending students to the library:

1. Please only send two students at a time. This allows everyone to have the opportunity to send students from their rooms. If you would like to send up more than two, please call the Circulation Desk x1290 or x1291.

2. Students should always be sent with a pass in E-Hallpass or with a paper pass that clearly indicates the name of the teacher that sent them. 

3. As previously announced, the library has created and shared a calendar to schedule library events and bookings! (NOTE: Speech lessons are not posted on the calendar.) If you would like to schedule a time to use the library space and services, please call the Circulation Desk. Some examples of things to book the library for are:

   • • Bringing in whole classes to checkout books

     • Receive assistance for book or resource selections

     • Group testing

     • Group work

     • Meetings

   • We are asking staff to view the calendar before sending up more than two students outside of Academic Support or to call the Circulation Desk. This will prevent overcrowding and disruptions, particularly when whole classes are booked. Please call with any questions.

4. Please advise students that once they are at the library they must remain here until the bell. We have had issues with students coming and going between the library and the art room, for example. Trying to keep traffic and occupancy under control, as well as knowing where students are, is difficult without a structure in place. Not permitting students to bounce between classrooms will help with this.

Thank you to everyone, again, for working together to ensure all students have equal access to the library and its services while keeping our learning spaces peaceful and secure. 

Friday September 16, 2022

NEW PROCEDURE Beginning this year the JCMS library procedure for sending students to the library during Academic Support will be as follows:

1. For Book Checkouts

A. Staff with an Academic Support class may send up two students at a time to check out books

B. Students must possess a pass to the library or permission via phone call

C. Students will sign in when entering the library and sign out when leaving the library

2. To Remain in the Library

A. Staff with an Academic Support class may send up a maximum of two students on their given day (see below) to remain in the library for the duration of Academic Support

i. 6th and 7th grade: odd days

ii. 8th grade: even days

iii. Students may be sent back to class if the library is too full and asked to return at a later time

B. Entry will be on a first come first serve basis

i. More than two students may be allowed if space permits; call the Circulation Desk (x1290/x1291) for requests

ii. Students may be sent back to class if the library is too full

C. Students must possess a pass to the library or permission via phone call

D. Students will sign in when entering the library and sign out when leaving the library

This is a living document and may be modified as the year progresses and other school procedures change. Thank you to everyone for working together to ensure all students have equal access to the library and its services! Please call with any questions😄

Tuesday December 22, 2020

I am working on small orders of both physical books and ebooks. If there are any books you would like to see in the collection and/or (teachers) that you could use in your instruction, please let me know. Limited circulation is in the works. I'm hoping to start the new year with some good news of getting physical books back into the hands of students and staff!

Monday November 2, 2020

BOCES compiled a list of all the audiobooks available for simultaneous use through Sora: BT BOCES SLS Simultaneous Use Audiobooks. All of the titles on this list are available in Sora and are licensed for simultaneous use in our region. The books are divided into three categories: juvenile, young adult, and general adult. Elementary students can view and borrow juvenile titles; middle school students can view and borrow the young adult and juvenile titles; high school students can view and borrow books from all three categories. If you would like a general adult title made available to your students, please contact me.

You can access the Sora database on the "eBooks" page or by clicking here.

Tuesday October 27, 2020

I've posted some helpful resources for using BrainPOP's advanced features, courtesy of BOCES. You can find them under "Teacher Resources" or by clicking here.