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The New Martinsville School Library / Media Center is a 15,000 volume media center serving approximately 700 students in Grades K-5. The Media Center is fully automated, featuring an on-line public access catalog (OPAC) to locate library materials, multi-media encyclopedias, and Internet access.
Students in K-5 visit the media center weekly with their classes, but are encouraged to use the media center at open library times as well. While there, students will be learning research skills, using those skills to look up information, taking Accelerated Reader tests and reading.
Monthly Library-Media Newsletter
 
Staff
The Media Center is staffed by Mrs. Jeanie Deem, Media Specialist and many dedicated parent volunteers. Mrs. Deem has an A.B. in Education with teaching specializations in Library Science, Social Studies, and French. She has a Masters Degree in Education plus 45 additional graduate hours in Education and Technology. She has 32 years of teaching experience, thirty of which are with Wetzel County Schools. Library Volunteers for 2009-2010 include Kelle Wetzel, Elizabeth Johnson, Connie Ferrell, Mary Toth, Janice Kasserman, Karen Mitchell, Joe & Helen Parish, Genie Clements, Jean Carr, Margaret Kelly, Nellis Billiter, Mary Ann Baker, Kay Edgell, and Aimee Gaines.
Research Activities
West Virginia Library Commission provides statewide databases to all libraries with funds from the West Virginia Legislature and the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Institute of Library and Museum Services. The web address for the information database is: http://search.ebscohost.com
To access the site, you must enter a user i.d. and password. Information about the Ebscohost Database and the user i.d. and password was included in the NMS October Library/Media Center Newsletter. If you have misplaced your newsletter, you may contact Mrs. Deem at the Media Center - (455-2291).
Websites for Students at Home
As with all internet content, information can change at any time. Please verify the content of these sites prior to allowing your child to utilize them. At the time this webpage was developed, this content was safe and appropriate.
Accelerated Reader Lists
Monthly Recommended Read-Aloud List
Recommended Reading Lists
These lists were compiled by the NMS Curriculum Committee of the NMS Faculty Senate
WV Children’s Choice Book Award Program
Students at NMS will be taking part in the WV Children’s Choice Book Award Program again this year. Students in grades 3-6 throughout WV will be reading from a selected list of books all this school year, and in the spring will vote for their favorite to help select the 2010 WV Book Award winner. Last year’s winning book was Maybelle in the Soup, by Katie Speck. Second place was Henry’s Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine, and third place was Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu, by Jamie McEwan.
Students will be receiving a list of the book nominees in the Media Center and the public library also offers the nominated books.
Book Fair Information
Our school book fair offers a wide variety of reading material for every age. It is held annually in the K-1 Multi-purpose room. Proceeds from the Book Fair benefit both school libraries. This year’s fair will be held during the month of April.
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