LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAM

It is the mission of the Natcher Library Media Center to promote our student’s achievement of learning and literacy goals. The library staff encourages a love of reading and learning as well as student independence in use of materials through individual and group instruction. The goal is for students to develop the abilities needed to become lifelong learners.

The Library Media Center at Natcher Elementary has something for all students.  The Media Center has approximately 17,000 books for students to select for recreational reading and learning. The library is a very active and integral part of the students’ day.

All classrooms come to the library for instruction. You may access the library collections from your home by connecting to the following website: http://www.destiny.warren.k12.ky.us/common/welcome.jsp?site=111  You may want to bookmark this site to make searching for books easier from your home.  You will also find other web sites on our library link that may be helpful to your family.

The library media center will have two Scholastic Book Fairs a year to encourage students and families to purchase books for recreational reading.  Parents are encouraged to help with the book fair if they have had the required volunteer training.

Authors and illustrators are invited to school each year to share with students about writing and illustrating. All students will be instructed on the literary work of the visiting guests.  The media center has a large collection on display of the authors and illustrators who have visited our school and their original work can be found in the library media center for viewing.

Library Media Center Student Check Out

Students will be given a library media center check out contract to be signed by the student and their parent before materials are checked out.  This form will list the responsibilities for using the library and states what is expected of students when checking out materials.  Students will be unable to check out materials from the library media center until the form has been returned.  If students did not return a book from the previous year they will be unable to check out materials from the library until they have returned the missing book or paid the replacement cost of the book.  A sample of the contract follows:

Library Media Center Check out Contract

Student Name__________________________Teacher:__________________

Student Library #_____________(Library will assign this number)

I promise to take care of the library books I borrow from the Natcher Library Media Center.

I will return my library books to the Media Center on time.  I will pay for any book that is lost or damaged.

I understand that I will be held responsible for any lost or damaged library book.

I understand that I will be unable to check out a book from the Library Media Center until a lost or damaged book is found or paid for:

Student Signature:______________________________________________

Parent Signature:_________________________________________________

Address:_______________________________________________________

Phone:_________________e-mail:___________________________________

Date signed:_________________

MUSIC

All students will receive musical instruction.  Chorus and Band is available to 6th grade students. In cooperation with Western Kentucky University, Natcher offers instruction in violin, cello, viola, and bass beginning at fourth grade.  These classes are fee-based made payable to Western Kentucky University.

Students participating in the Strings or Band programs are responsible for taking their instruments home every night.  The school is not responsible for lost or stolen instruments. 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Physical education is provided to children with our physical education teacher.  Outdoor activities are planned, weather permitting. 

ART

Natcher Elementary provides students with art classes where each student experiences a variety of media including but not limited to:  painting, drawing, papier-mâché, collage, etc.

COMPUTER LAB

Our school is equipped with a computer lab.  Every student has the opportunity to sharpen basic skills and use a variety of software.  Internet use will be used to directly supplement classroom instruction and curriculum.  Students’ access to the Internet is only available under the direct supervision of a teacher or instructional assistant.  Students are not allowed to have unsupervised access to the Internet at school under any circumstances. Internet access software is installed on the elementary teachers’ workstations in the classroom, library and computer lab.

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM

The purpose of the Guidance and Counseling Program at Natcher Elementary is to foster student learning and personal fulfillment through a solution focused approach, which identifies solutions, and strategies that are already working for the child, and by reducing emotional or behavioral barriers to learning and personal fulfillment. This purpose is achieved in part through individual and small group counseling, classroom guidance, school climate activities, parent conferences, observations, and individual behavior modification plans. The school counselor can help you by working with you to improve your child’s experience at school. If you have concerns about your child – behavioral, academic, emotional or social- you may wish to discuss the concern with the counselor and together decide what course of action to take.