teen holiday hangout with jennifer

camel transportation

Almost forgot to thank our camel transportation manager,
Steve Foster, who is always willing to help Tammie
and the East staff with the heavy lifting and other
random tasks as needed.  We appreciate you, Steve! 

merry christmas from the elves from the east

Our Holiday Storytime was a huge hit with more than 70 children
and parents in attendance!  And we signed up four new library
card users, which means we're reaching outside our four walls!
In addition to our exceptional Elves from the East
(Emma and Tammie), I would also like to extend a special thank
you to Faith Baptist for the loan of the life-sized camel and
to Dustee and Pat Thorbergson for being Mr. & Mrs. Claus.

Emma made this cute clip from an app she learned about

at Paul's iPad session at Staff Development Day.

holiday pajama party express @ south

Photos from the Holiday Pajama Party Express @ South

A special thanks to Dustee and Pat for being Mr. & Mrs. C.
You two are even better than the real thing!

literacy connections "hot spots"

Literacy Connections is the new group/committee that has formed in Rowan County.  The primary purpose of this committee is to develop “Hot Spots” – free Wi-Fi locations run by volunteers where school kids can go to work on homework.  The goal of the school system is to have 100 hot spots set up throughout the county.  Jennifer, Jane, and Melissa are on this committee.

Please periodically visit www.rowanhotspot.com .  Although no “hot spots” are listed to date, there are at least 34 in development.  This is the website you would refer parents & students to when they ask about where the hot spots are.  The website itself is in development as are many of the procedures and policies about setting up a hot spot.

If a student has trouble logging into their school account, they will need to contact their school media coordinator or teacher.  “PowerSchool #” is the unique number assigned to each student that they use to log in to their school account and school library.  There might be some confusion among students as some of the documentation says they can login to “the library” – not making the distinction between the school system libraries and the public library.

We do not have any way to assist students who have forgotten their PowerSchool # or password as this is run through the school system.