1. Third Quarter, FY11
At-A-Glance
February-March, 2011
C LARKSBURG M EDIA C ENTER
Media Specialist Roles: MUSIC IN THE MEDIA CENTER
Teacher 35%
This school year we featured
10% a new lunch-time program:
Instructional Partner
Music in the Media Center.
Information Specialist 15% CHS Plant Equipment Man-
ager Jerry Miller has been
Program Administrator 30%
mentoring students and
Technology duties 5% teaching guitar for free at
CHS. Mr. Miller has been
Other duties 5% dedicated to the students
and provided an environment
Want more information about
the four major roles of the for students to practice and
media specialist? excel in their amazing tal-
ents. This year, we featured
Teacher | Instructional Mr. Miller and his students by
Partner | Information Spe‐ setting aside five days for From left: Julia W., Ryan D., Chemine S., Jonathan V. , Lauren P. ,
cialist | Program Adminis‐ performances during and Jerry Miller.
trator lunch. Music in the Media
Center has been a huge suc- be April 29, 2011. Mr. Miller and his students have also
cess, attended by students, performed at The Music Café in Damascus and other pri-
staff, and even visitors. The vate events. Yes, this is the same Jerry Miller who just
next performance date will received the MCPS “Support Services Employee of the
Year” award for FY11. Congrats!
Did you know? During this quar-
ter:
WHERE CHS LEARNS: WHERE CHS MEETS:
Number of classes receiving information ♦ 2 SAT Committee meetings
• Kim Houser explored various
Web 2.0 tools to facilitate our literacy instruction: 20 ♦ 7 Chat-n-Chew sessions
website and student instruction Instructional focuses for this quarter: ♦ 4 CHS Book Club meetings
• Paul Ormsby worked with the ♦ 2 PTSA meetings
All Quiet on the English 10
TV Production students to re-
Western Front ♦ 2 Booster Club meetings
vamp the morning announce- ♦ Parent Advisory meeting
ments Frankenstein English 10
• Pam Scott met with 46 juniors Biotechnology Biology
regarding their SAT prepara-
tions Whimsical Abodes Ceramics
• We piloted “LibGuides” for Education Issues AP Language
MCPS to provide students with
interactive research guides WHERE CHS READS:
• Pam Scott sat on the MCPS ♦ 3635 books circulated for pleasure
Advisory Committee for School reading and/or research
Library Media Programs ♦ The CHS Book Club read Red Riding
• 247 materials were added to Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
and compared/contrasted it with the Individual student usage during the
our collection
movie Third Quarter = 11,356 visits!