Program ELES Library

I am so excited to be here at Elliston-Lafayette this year as the library media specialist. I am a graduate of UVA and love to don my blue and orange among the sea of maroon. It has been quite fun being a Wahoo among all these Hokies. This is my first year back to teaching after an eight year leave to raise children and help my husband run our real estate and building business. I was a media specialist for two years following a career of teaching 4th and 5th graders for 7 years in Norfolk, VA which is also where I grew up. As a classroom teacher I caught the technology bug and enjoyed learning about new technologies and how I could use them in my classroom. I also have a huge love of children's literature and aspire to writing and publishing my own children's book one day. These two loves led me to become a library media specialist. Helping kids become effective users of information and creating lifelong learners who have a love of reading is very fulfilling. On the personal side, I have been married to my husband for ten years and we have two beautiful little girls, Rachel, age 7 and and Lauren age 4. We love to travel, especially to the beach. Other interests include hiking and exploring, biking and running, and gardening and cooking. . . . and of course we all love to read.

The mission of the Elliston-Lafayette Elementary Library is to prepare students for life-long learning through encouraging and promoting effective use of ideas and information and cultivating a love of reading. The library program plays a critical role in our students educational program through providing instructional activities, resources, facilities and technologies for students and staff to become more effective and efficient users of information.

The library media specialist works collaboratively with classroom teachers to develop lessons that incorporate information literacy skills with the Virginia Academic Standards. Our lessons and projects help prepare students for the 21st Century by helping them become informed decision makers and effective and discriminating users of information and technology.

Number of items: KG-2 graders may check out 1 item at a time, while 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th graders may check out 2 items at a time. Students may keep items for one week and are encouraged to return items as soon as they are finished so they can check out new ones.

Schedule
Elliston-Lafayette Library Media Center operates on a flex and fixed schedule, a combination of open access and scheduled classes. All classes have a scheduled 30 minute library time during which they learn how to use the library and its resources as well as develop a joy of literature through read alouds, book talks, author studies, etc. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00-12:30, students may come to the library media center at any time - individually, in small groups, or with their entire class - to check out and return materials, to read for pleasure or information, to hear stories, or research topics for reports, using a variety of resources. Teachers may also schedule their class or small groups for additional instruction at any time.

	MON	TUES	WED	THUR	FRI
9:05-9:35			Galliher 2nd		Stade 2nd
9:40-10:10	OPEN	OPEN	Chechile PK	OPEN	Woykowski K
10:15-10:45	ACCESS	ACCESS		ACCESS	Sykes K
10:50-11:20
11:25-11:55			Perry 3rd		Schooler 3rd
12:00-12:30
12:35-1:00	L	U	N	C	H
1:05-1:35					Milgrim 4th
1:40-2:10			Stewart 1st	Nietzold 1st	Griffin 4th
2:15-2:45	Zagursky 5th		Powell 5th		Powell 5th
2:50-3:20					Zagursky 5th
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:30

Library Media Center

Elliston-Lafayette Elementary

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