WG Pearson Middle Media Center

August and September monthly report

Hey students, faculty, parents, and visitors,

Check out what we’ve been up to so far this year in the media center!

A quick summary of the stats for August and September:

Reading Stats

• 456 books were checked out
• I got 29 requests for books to be added to the library collection
• 8th grade checked out the most books!
• All 3 grade levels took the Scholastic Reading Inventory to learn their Lexile reading level. We will continue to use Lexiles to help us choose great books to read.

Research Stats

• 95 classes visited the media center
• 6th grade visited for: library orientation and book check-out, orientation to research, and ecosystem research
• 7th grade visited for: library orientation and book check-out, Excel and Glogster math project, All About Me culture brochure
• 8th grade visited for: library orientation and book check-out, NC lighthouse research, regions of North Carolina research, word origin research

Special Events and Misc. Stats

• The very helpful librarians at the Stanford L Warren branch of the Durham County Library came to sign students up for Durham County Library cards. We had 31 students apply for new cards! Thanks very much to Heather and Nicole for coming to visit us! See me in the Media Center if you didn’t get a chance to apply for a card.

Image credits and info:

• All photos are by me!
• Graph made using Create a Graph (excellent website for graphing, by the way)
• Durham County Library logo, durhamcountylibrary.org