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The mission of the Monterey Trail High School and Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School Library Media Center is to support the mission of Monterey Trail High School and Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School; to promote literacy and the enjoyment of reading; and to ensure that our patrons in the school community become lifelong learners who can find, evaluate, and utilize information in a variety of formats in an effective, critical, and responsible way.
The mission is accomplished by a program that:
- creates literate, lifelong learners by encouraging reading for both pleasure and information and by instructing students in the acquisition of information literacy skills.
- assists classroom teachers in selecting appropriate resources to support and enhance state and district curriculum standards.
- respects the diversity of our student population by providing equal access to culturally rich and ethnically diverse collections in a wide range of reading levels.
- facilitates access to current technology and provides instruction in the effective, responsible, and ethical use of information.
- provides access to information beyond the school through networking and electronic retrieval systems.
- fosters creative and critical thinking through resources in a wide variety of formats.
- develops effective partnerships with teachers, administrators and community members to meet the educational needs of all students.
- encourages students to be productive members of a democratic society.
The collections in the library will be selected to support and enhance courses and units of instruction taught at Monterey Trail High School and Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School. Specifically it is important to maintain:
- materials to promote literacy and leisure reading
- current and adequate materials
- materials that are culturally diverse
- materials that provide the rigor to prepare students for future pursuits
- variety in media and print materials
- materials that represent varying opinions and political points of view
- materials of interest to students.
Monterey Trail High School/Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School is a joint-use 7-12 library serving both the Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School and Monterey Trail High School students and faculty. We are not a public library.
The library opens at 7:30A.M. Monday-Friday. The library closes at 3:30P.M. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. The library is closed on Thursday afternoon in support of Professional Learning Days. MTHS after school tutoring takes place in the library Monday-Thursday. Please call the high school for information regarding this program.
Students may check out up to 3 books on their library cards for up to two weeks. Books may be renewed for an additional two weeks. The library uses a web-based catalog. Students may access this catalog from the library web page. Holds may be placed at the circulation desk. Books on hold are held for one week at the circulation desk. Fines are not accessed for late books but students are placed on the non-activities list until the books are returned. Fines are assessed for lost or damaged library books. Report cards will be held until fines are cleared.
The library has two computer labs containing 21 computers each for classroom research, and 20 computers for individual use. Students must have an Internet sticker to access the Internet. This is provided by the Advocacy teacher once the “Acceptable Use of the Internet and Technology” has been signed by parents and the student. To work at a computer work station, students must check-in at the circulation desk. Students will be assigned a computer station and leave their identification card at the desk. Students must log-on to the computer using their student identification number and password. Identification cards are returned when the student checks-out. Headphones are available for class use within the library and may be checked out by the teacher at the circulation desk. On-line data bases are available for student research use at school and at home. Students receive user names and passwords to log-on to these information sources.
Below are basic guidelines for student use of computers. Please be advised that any misuse of computer privileges will result in disciplinary action that could include on campus suspension or home suspension.
- The Internet: All students will read the terms of internet use in their student handbooks and fill out and turn in the Elk Grove Unified School District’s “Application for Educational Use of the Internet.” This library media center supports and complies with the EGUSD’s policy for “Use of Technology in Instruction.”
- Web sites: During class use of the Internet, the teacher will determine if an internet site is inappropriate. The teacher’s ruling is final. Continued access by the student to that site will be deemed defiant and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.
- Chat Rooms and Email: Chat rooms are off limits to students. Students may not email or send personal information across the Internet. Students must check with the instructor or library media teacher for permission to email research information to their home computers.
- Network User: Students are not to access files or throw away files that do not belong to them. Vandalism is not permitted. “Vandalism is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy data of another user or network including so-called "hacking." Vandalism shall result in the cancellation of privileges. Vandalism includes, but is not limited to, the creation or uploading of computer viruses.” (Board policy-“Use of Technology in Instruction”)
- Saving Files: Students may save files to the school server designated for students if these files are part of a classroom project. Students need to follow the instructor’s directions closely when saving their work, Students should title their files and should have their name and the teacher’s names saved somewhere in the file.
- Printing: Students will pay $.10 for each page printed on the library media center printer. Students should not print entire web pages because this practice wastes paper and is costly to the student. Students are advised to carefully select the information they want and then cut and paste important information into a Microsoft Word document for printing. Students will be charged for any page upon which there is any printing. Copies are to be picked up and paid for at the circulation desk.
- Plagiarism: Information accessed and/or printed from the Internet and used as a part of a research project or paper must be identified as such in any project or paper. Students must credit their Internet sources in order to avoid plagiarism. Students should copy down the web address and the name of the reference source (book magazine, newspaper, etc.), title of the article, author, and date when provided.
The library is a place to complete homework, conduct research, word process classroom assignments, and read. Students who choose to participate in activities that are not conducive to a quiet, study environment will be asked to leave the library. All school rules apply in the library.
Show respect to self and others at all times |
Speak quietly | One person per computer-except when part of a scheduled classroom research visitation | Keep furniture where it is unless approved by library staff |
| Enter and leave the library quietly | Turn off cell phones and pagers | Follow all Elk Grove USD Internet rules and policies | Four people to a table |
| Walk inside the library at all times | Use the library only for studying or reading not socializing | Treat the computers with care | One person per chair |
| Speak quietly and use appropriate language | Bring necessary supplies to complete assignments and projects | Keep chair legs on the floor-no tipping | |
| Politely show school ID when requested | Come prepared to study-ask for help when needed | Carefully push in chairs when leaving tables | |
| Leave all food, drink, or gum outside the library in the proper container | Leave cards and games in your backpack | ||
| Keep your seating area clean -Pick up any paper or debris you may have dropped |
Step 1 |
Library staff will issue one verbal warning for inappropriate behavior which violates library or school rules. |
Step 2 |
Offending students will be asked to leave the library on the second violation of any library or school rule and/or may be reported for further disciplinary action. |
Step 3 |
Students who have continued or flagrant abuses of library or school rules will be referred for appropriate discipline. |
The library is also responsible for textbook circulation. Students receive textbooks four times a year. Students are requested follow rules for keeping their textbooks in good shape. Fines are assessed for lost and damaged textbooks. Report cards are held until fines are paid. A special contract (payment plan) may be set up with parents and students for payment of lost materials. If a book is returned within a year of the checkout date, the patron will have their money returned. In the case of stolen items, a standard stolen property report should be filled out.
$2.00 |
Writing of any kind (other than name in designated area inside front cover)-per occurrence |
$5.00 |
Repeated writing or graffiti over any whole page (per page charge) |
$5.00 |
Writing on sides of book or covers and /or residue from sticky book covers |
$5.00 |
Damage from tape used to attach book covers, dirt, stains, scratches, peeling |
$10.00 |
Broken, torn, or bent covers, broken spine |
$5.00 |
Bar code, sensitivity strip, spine label- removed or damaged |
$ 2.00 |
Per page-missing pages |
$ 1.00 |
Per page-torn pages |
1/3 the cost of the book |
Damage from any liquid if the book is still usable |
Full cost of the book |
Damage from any liquid- if pages are stuck together, the book smells, is moldy and/or has mildew, or if the book is not usable in anyway as a result of the damage. |
Full cost of the book |
Lost or stolen books |
Students will be issued textbooks that support the curriculum at the Learning Resource Center. They are responsible for these books when they received them. |
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The following guidelines should help students properly care for their textbooks:
| Keep your books dry and clean. | Carry any liquid in your backpack. |
| Keep your books covered at all times. | Don’t leave your textbooks in the classroom. |
| Keep you books in your possession (do not lend books to other students). | Don’t throw or drop your textbooks. |
| Write your full name only once in ink in the space provided on the inside cover of all your textbooks. | Don’t mark in your textbooks. |
| Don’t use sticky book covers. | |
| Don’t tape book covers to the books (tape cover to itself). | |
7 day rule - Check the
condition of each book carefully. You may be held responsible for
any prior damage that is not reported within 7 days of checkout. Report
damage to a library staff member. Only a library staff member may make
damage notes in the textbook.
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Charges for broken covers, missing barcodes, torn or marked pages, water damage and mold range from $5.00 to the full price of the book.
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Students will be charged the full replacement price for lost books. Textbooks are very expensive. Most of them cost at least $60.00
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We highly recommend that you waterproof your backpack and keep a plastic trash bag in your backpack to put all your books in should it rain.
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The library makes ID cards for new students and replacement ID cards for students who have lost their ID cards. New students who enroll after the fall make-up picture date will receive a free ID card. Replacement ID cards cost $5.00. Students may request a replacement ID card at the extbook window during lunch. New students will stop at the library during their orientation to receive textbooks and take their ID pictures. All cards may be picked up the following day at the textbook window during lunch. test
