Heroes take August 2010 Monthly Report Program Highlights All classes attended orientations which involved book care, use of Destiny, hero theme, star reviews Our star review program kicked off and multiple students have shared books on BTV, one student audio-recorded her review, and multiple students filled out star review sheets to display Our media center was named Exemplary Elementary Library Media Program for 2010 and Mr. Plemmons, Dr. Sabatini, and Mr. MacMillan attended an awards ceremony at the state Department of Education in Atlanta. Mr. Plemmons was named a four star employee for the Clarke County School District, and the media program was recognized at the August 12 th board of education meeting. Andy Plemmons, Media Specialist Sharon Rockholt, Media Paraprofessional Website: http://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/webpages/apl emmons Barrow Media Center Number of Media Center Patrons: 1,254 (approximate. We use a tally system and some students forget to mark a tally on our sheet when they visit) Check Outs: 2,561 New Materials: Using state funds-12 USB Logitech microphones, 328 books. Our book builder program added an additional 14 books through dontations. Facebook: 166 fans with 1,505 visits Blog Visits: 407 Data Snapshots Collaborative Orientation s All classes Prek-5 Just Right Books All 1 st and 3 rd ABC Books K-Ms. Li Questions & Predictions All 2 nd Making Connections All 2 nd Picture Walks Hocking- PreK Realistic Fiction Cantrell- 3rd Narrative Elements 2 nd grade- Yawn 1 st grade- Watson, Brewer, Stuckey Note: 2 weeks of