Spanish Fort High School Library Media Center

GO TOROS!!

Quote Corner:

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country!" (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) 

Hours:  

7:30 am-3:15 pm

The library is open before and after school.  If you need additional research time, please see Mrs. Murphy or Mrs. Leonard to schedule.  You are required to have a pass to visit the library during any time other than break.  Passes are available at the circulation desk for you to use during your lunch wave.  Teacher passes are required during instructional time.  You will be asked to sign-in at the circulation desk.

Rules:

Passes are required and you must sign-in at the circulation desk.

No food or drink is allowed in the library.

Be respectful of others (keep your voices low).

Student Resources:

• 11 Desktop Computers connected to printer
• HP LaserJet printer ($0.10 per page printing fee, BLACK AND WHITE ONLY)
• 2 Mac Desktops (not yet connected to printer)
• 1 Student Copier ($0.10 per page copying fee, BLACK AND WHITE ONLY)
• Library Book Collection (Reference, Biography, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Colleges and Careers, Graphics, Magazines and Newspapers)
• Four Nook e-readers (not for checkout, just in-house use)
• Pencils for sale:  #2 Wooden and Mechanical ($0.25 and $0.50 respectively)

Teacher Resources:

• Laminator
• Bulletin Board Paper
• Ellison Die Cut Machine

Information:

Printing and copying costs just $0.10 (10 cents) per page! 

You may check out up to three books at one time.  The circulation time for books is ten school days (does not include weekends and holidays).  If you don't return a book by the due date, you will be charged $0.10/per day late fee up to a maximum of $5.00.  If you lose a book, you will be asked to pay for the replacement of that book.  The library sends out overdue book notices and fine notices regularly.   

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LIBRARY CLUB NEWS

Club Officers: 

Hannah Jones, President; 

Olivia Cates, Vice-President;

Alicia Ratcliffe, Secretary;

Gabbi Barton, Treasurer; 

Savannah Vereen, Historian.

WE NEED TO BUY BOOKS! 

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Did you know that we have current popular magazines in the Library?  All of our magazine subscriptions are donated to us by the following fine vendors here in Baldwin County: 

Faulkner State Community College:a tremendous resource for students located right in Baldwin County.  Take a look at what they have for you at:  http://www.faulknerstate.edu/ 

Huntington Learning Center: located conveniently on Highway 90 in Daphne (near Rave Motion Pictures).  They offer a variety of services for students such as tutoring for the ACT college entrance exam.  Give them a call today at (251) 621-1057.

Please come enjoy reading magazines in the school library.  This is a good way to show thanks to our generous sponsors! 

 LIBRARY WISH LIST:

Pencils (plain old fashioned #2)

Interior Walls Painted (please see Librarians about color choices)

Books ($$$$)

$500 for Author Visit

Class set/Cart of 40 "e-readers" 

Cleaning supplies

HDTV/Wii

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Guess what your/our kids are reading in English class?

9th Grade

• The Princess Bride
• Rebecca

10th Grade

• Julius Caesar
• Taming of the Shrew
• The Scarlett Letter
• A Separate Peace

11th Grade

• The Crucible
• Of Mice and Men
• The Great Gatsby
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• Ethan Frome
• A Raisin in the Sun
• Death of a Salesman
• A Gathering of Old Men
• Celia, A Slave

12th Grade

• Pride and Prejudice
• Jane Eyre
• MacBeth
• And Then There Were None
• Beowulf