POLICIES

Hours  |  Coming to the Media Center  |  Fire Drill  |  Behavior  |  Borrowing  |  Renewing

Non-circulating Materials  |  Fines
 

Hours

The Media Center is open from 7:30-3:10 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we are open from 7:30-5:30.

To come to the Media Center before or after school, you must present your student ID at the Circulation Desk. In addition, after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays (the Media Center’s late days), you must sign in.

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Coming to the Media Center

Students are welcome to use the Media Center during their free time for study, research, and recreational reading. To enter the Media Center at any time and for any reason, you must present your student ID at the Circulation Desk.

From study hall
To come to the Media Center from a study hall, you must sign in, show your student ID and present a blue pass with two signatures:

1. Teacher of a subject area (e.g., math, English, social studies, etc.)

2. Teacher in charge of the study hall

Blank blue study hall passes are available at the Media Center Circulation Desk at all times. Pick up blank passes before homeroom so that you can get the necessary signatures during the school day.

After signing in to the Media Center from a study hall, you must stay for the rest of the period.

Please note that because classes are often conducted in the Media Center computer lab, study hall students cannot be guaranteed access to a computer. You should be prepared to work quietly with or without a computer.

From lunch
To come to the Media Center from lunch, you must sign in and present your student ID at the Circulation Desk. You do not need a pass.

Food and beverages are not allowed in the Media Center, so be sure to eat lunch in the cafeteria first.

After signing in to the Media Center from lunch, you must stay for the rest of the period.

Please note that because classes are often conducted in the Media Center computer lab, lunchtime visitors cannot be guaranteed access to a computer. You should be prepared to work quietly with or without a computer.

Before/after school
To come to the Media Center before or after school, you must present your student ID at the Circulation Desk. In addition, after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays (the Media Center’s late days), you must sign in.

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Fire Drill procedure

If you are in the Media Center during a fire drill:

• Exit through the green doors at the back of the computer lab

• Look for the green and yellow Oregon Ducks pennant

• Meet the librarian at the letter L in the end zone of the football field

• Make sure you are recorded as present when attendance is taken during the fire dull

• At the end of the fire drill. return to the Media Center through the library doors in the mall (the same way you normally enter the library).

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Behavior in the Media Center

At all times, students should follow the Media Center’s “Golden Rule”: Consider others.

• Work quietly and do not disturb classes that are in session

• When a class is working in the computer lab, use only the computers that may be available in the back row

• The use of cell phones for any reason (talking, texting, phone book, etc.) is not permitted in the Media Center; cell phones that are in use will be confiscated and turned over to the school disciplinarian

• Students may use portable music players while in the Media Center on their own personal time; music players are not permitted while students are in the Media Center with a class, and they are not permitted in the hallways

• Do not bring food or beverages into the Media Center

• Return materials and pay fines promptly

• Clean your work space before you leave

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Borrowing materials

Students must present their NHHS student ID to check out materials. Generally, students may check out up to six items at a time. However, during certain class projects, fewer items may be permitted so that more students can use materials for assigned topics. Loan periods are:

• Circulating books: 1 month

• Reserve books: 2 nights

• Videos & DVDs: 2 nights

• Audiotapes & CDs: 2 nights

• Vertical file materials: 2 nights

• Back issues of magazines: 2 nights

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Renewing materials

Books may be renewed for an additional two weeks unless another student has a “hold” on an item. To renew a book, present your student ID at the Circulation Desk and tell Ms. Barry which item you’d like to renew.

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Non-circulating materials

Some items must be used only in the Media Center and cannot be checked out:

• Newspapers

• Current issues of magazines (in plastic covers on display racks)

• Encyclopedias

• English dictionaries

• Atlases

• Microfiche

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Fines

The Media Center sends out monthly overdue notices to students’ home rooms. You will receive an overdue notice when:

• An item’s due date has passed and you have not renewed or returned it

• You returned an item after its due date and did not pay the fine

Fines for overdue materials are:

• 5¢ per school day for books magazines, vertical file materials and audio tapes/CDs

• 25¢ per school day for reserve materials

• $1.00 per school day for videos

• $2.00 for the pink pocket cards

Fines stop on the day overdue materials are returned, even if you can’t pay the fine immediately. So return overdue materials as soon as possible to stop the fine from growing.

Failure to return materials and/or pay library fines will result in disciplinary action. In addition, you will not be permitted to borrow additional items until your library record is cleared.

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