Media Center

The media center at Fierke is truly the heart of the school, both physically and cognitively.  The goal of the media center is to provide resources to students and staff to enhance learning.  With over 12,000 books and other materials, it is possible to find information on any subject imaginable.  Along with an on-line cataloging system and internet access, the potential for accessing and acquiring information is unlimited.  Students may visit the media center as a class or individually throughout the school day.

       In addition to providing resources, the media center director also delivers instruction on information literacy skills. In collaboration with the classroom teacher, the media center director designs lessons that instruct students in how to use information productively.  Information skills are integrated into all curricular areas and grade levels.  The combination of classroom content with media resources will assure student proficiency in the production use of information.  There is a scope and sequence of information literacy skills that are taught at each grade level.  These are based on the Language Arts Descriptors developed by the Illinois State Board of Education.

  "Readers Are Leaders!"

 Links

Acorn Public Library

http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/ADS/

New York Public Library Children's Site

www.nypl.org/branch/kids

The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/