School Motto & Mission: Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow The mission of Worth County Primary School is to provide students with a solid educational foundation that will ensure a successful journey towards graduation and productive citizenship. Worth County Primary School 1304 N. Isabella Street Sylvester, GA 31791 229-776-8660
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School Motto & Mission:
Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
The mission of Worth County Primary School is to provide students with a solid educational foundation
that will ensure a successful journey towards graduation and productive citizenship.
Worth County
Primary School1304 N. Isabella Street
Sylvester, GA 31791229-776-8660
Outside View of School
Outside entrance to media center.
WCPS Vision Our vision for Worth County Primary School is to assist
students in the development of their full potential through differentiated instruction that is challenging and motivating.
To achieve this vision we will make curricular and instructional decisions that are data driven, standards-based, and provide the necessary scaffolding for student achievement.
We will dedicate ourselves to the success of our students by being life-long learners and outstanding educators through the use of professional development and research based practices.
As a result, our students will be offered a quality standards-based curriculum with appropriate instructional technology to prepare them for their life-long educational journey.
WCPS Beliefs Students learn best when they are actively engaged through
quality time on task.
Each student is a unique learner and should be provided differentiated instruction.
Students learn best in a safe, orderly, and well-disciplined environment.
Prompt and regular attendance by students, teachers, and staff leads to improved performance.
Teachers, parents, and the community share the responsibility in preparing students to learn, grow, and
function as productive citizens.
WCPS School Map The media
center is located at the front entrance of the school.
It is centrally located to all classrooms and is directly across from the main office.
Media Center Front Office
WCPS Media Center Goals To provide materials and learning experiences that contribute to
lifelong learning and support a wide variety of teaching and learning styles, student needs, abilities, and interests.
To provide students and teachers with physical and intellectual access to the variety of informational resources and materials necessary to support the achievement of curricular and instructional goals.
To assist students in the development of attitudes and skills which enable them to become independent, life-long learners.
To maintain a program that functions as the information center of the school with a climate conducive to self-exploration, experimentation and self-fulfillment
WCPS Media Center Profile Opened in 1995
Serves approximately 950 students, PreK-2nd
Serves 70+ faculty members
One full-time media clerk
One full-time media specialist
Media Specialist
Shayla Norman
Media Clerk
Annie Toomer
Media Center Location The media center is located on the left as you walk in
the front of the building.
It is centrally located and is easily accessible to all classrooms.
Media Center entrance.
View from front of school View from Corridor
Current Facilities Floor Plan
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The current floor plan includes media specialist’s office, teacher work room, storage
closet, break room w/restroom, media clerk’s office/teacher resource room,
Circulation Desk The circulation desk is located in the front of the
media center beside the media specialist office.
The media specialist office has one window to view the circulation desk and most of the media center.
Media specialist office
behind circulation desk
View from Circulation Desk
The view of the media center from the circulation desk is very open. There is a mirror in the back corner to make it easier for the media specialist and clerk to monitor students in the media center.
Mirror for
observing
browsers
Media Specialist’s Office The media
specialist office
is located directly
behind the
circulation desk
There is one
window so that
the MS can keep
an eye on the
circulation
desk at all
times.
Storage Room w/ Restroom This storage room is located
directly behind the
circulation desk and next
door to the media specialist
office.
At this time this room is used
more as a break room
(notice microwave).
A restroom is located in the
corner of this room.
An entrance door to the
storage closet is in this
room.
Storage Closet
This storage closet behind the media specialist’s office houses many daily
necessities for media operation but should be more organized
Left Side Right Side
Teacher Resource Room The teacher resource room houses many, many resources
teachers may need to help them with particular students.
Has computer software, music CD’s and computer games.
Serves as media clerk’s office
Houses the only color copier in the school.
Teacher Workroom The teacher workroom is
located in the front of the
media center to the left as
you walk in the main
entrance.
The workroom houses the
laminating machine, paper cutter
and comb binding machine.
It also has our “closed Circuit”
equipment used for the morning
announcements.
Storybook Corner The storybook corner is
located in the very back of
the media center.
There is a Dewey Decimal
rug on the floor.
Walls are bare and not very
inviting to students and
faculty.
There is enough room to
seat 2-3 classes at once.
Reading Carousel The reading carousel is
located in the very front of
the media center.
It tends to be an eye sore
because it blocks the view of
the entire media center as
you walk in. (The media
entrance door is directly
behind the carousel in this
picture)
The carousel seats 6
students but very rarely gets
used.
Reading Loft
The Reading Loft is located on the wall between the Storybook Corner and the Emergency Exit doors. Teachers may send up to four children at a time to read in top of the loft due to space and safety. Student’s may also purchase extra loft time with AR points.
Reference Room The reference room is located in
the back of the media center
next door to the Attendance
Keeper’s office.
It houses all reference materials
and listening center books &
tapes.
Attendance Keeper’s Office The office in the back of the
media center is the office of
WCPS’s Attendance Keeper.
This office use to be used
by the media center
as an AR store but
was needed this
year for other
reasons.
There is a door
going into the MC &
into the main hall
of the school.
The STACKS! All AR books are color
coded and shelved together.
The non-fiction section is
very overcrowded yet many
bookshelves are empty in
the fiction section.
Positive Survey Results… The physical layout flows well, it's set up in a friendly
way, and works well for children with disabilities.
Reading Loft is comfortable for students to sit and read.
Large area in the Storybook Corner for story time.
Students can easily check in and out books on their own.
Media center offers laminating services to teachers.
Media center staff portrays good attitudes and they are
very welcoming to students and staff.
Negative Survey Results… There are no listening stations for the
students to sit and listen to books in the media center.
Not enough space to seat a whole class to have whole group lessons.
No place for students to sit and read while in the media center / no comfortable seating.
Storybook Corner’s bare walls are boring to visitors and browsers.
AR books should be intermingled with the other books so that they can learn to find their way around the library rather than just through AR books.
Facility Change Suggestions Listening stations should be added.
Additional tables should be added to allow adequate seating for an entire class.
Comfortable furniture should be added to create a more inviting environment for students to “snuggle up” with a good book.
Carousel should be removed to make spacefor the new tables and chairs.
Small reading tables should be placed at the end of a few stacks to allow students a place to “preview” their books beforechecking out.
Listening Stations
Listening stations will be placed across the wall in the storybook
corner for students to sit and listen to their favorite stories while
visiting the media center.
Problem: There are no listening
stations for the students to sit
and listen to books in the media
center.
Solution: Children’s Listening
Stations - Daisy Station
www.demco.com
Price: $1,774.99 each
Tables and Chairs
Five sets of tables and chairs will be purchased to provide enough
space to seat an entire class for instructional purposes. Students
may also use these tables for research with visiting the media center.
Problem: Not enough space to seat a
whole class for whole group lessons.
Solution: 48" Round Table Set with
Addison Chairs, Medium Cherry/Oak
www.demco.com
Price: $1,294.99 each
Each set comes with 1 table & 4 chairs
Reading Tables
Reading tables will be purchased and placed at the end of the stacks
so that students will have a place to relax and read in the media
center.
Problem: Students need a
place to sit and read in the
media center.
Solution: Texwood™ 78"W
Children's Reading Table
www.highsmith.com
Price: $1,165.00 each
Comfortable Furniture
Comfortable furniture will be placed near the storybook corner to
provide a place for students to “snuggle up” with a good book.
Problem: No comfortable seating available in the media center