Media Center
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Limited openings are available for the 2011-2012 school year. Please contact the Admissions Office at (678) 387-9385 for specific information.

Media Center

Mission Statement

The mission of the Notre Dame Academy Media Center is to create a vibrant, welcoming environment that enables each student to grow in knowledge set in the context of the Catholic faith.  Our goal is not only to foster a love of learning and reading, but also to assist in fully educating each student by supporting the school's curriculum, collaborating with the staff to design learning opportunities, and assisting the entire school community in becoming effective and critical users of print, non-print and electronic information sources.

For information about Battle of the Books, the Literary Medal, and other reading incentive programs as well as webquests, research aides, and handouts, visit the Media Center Webpages.

To access our online public access catalog as well as links to other resources, go to Destiny.   

Collection

The Notre Dame Academy collection totals over 10,000 items.Our digital collection, available 24/7, includes World Book Web, over 300 volumes of ebooks, and other electronic resources.  Passwords for these digital resources are available from Mrs. Brown.

Circulation Policies

As a general rule, pre-K to first grade students may check out one book at a time, second through fifth grade students may check out two books at a time, and sixth through eighth grade students may check out four books at a time.

Some of the books in our collection are “Young Adult” library materials that will be available only to students in sixth through eighth grade.  Books are labeled YA because of their length and reading difficulty and/or because they may deal with more mature themes.All the YA books in our collection are chosen in accordance with our selection policy.If you are the parent of a student in grades 6-8 and would prefer that your son or daughter not have full access to YA materials, please let the media specialist know in writing, and his or her status will be changed in the check-out computer.  In addition, parents of younger children may request, in writing, that they be allowed access to our entire collection, including YA books.

Overdue and Lost Library Books

Students are expected to return books by the due date, which is stamped inside the book at checkout.Students with overdue library books will not be able to borrow additional books until the overdue books are returned.Overdue notices are given to the classroom teacher. When the library book is 3 to 4 weeks overdue, a notice from the school library media center will be sent home, and parents may be called.If a student loses a book, families will be asked to write a check to Notre Dame Academy for the replacement cost.

Media Specialist Contact Information

Mrs. Cheryl Brown
678-387-9385, ext 226


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