FSMS Library
MARCH 2016
Goings On:
The 2016 FSMS Bluebonnet Book Bowl (BBBB) Team...
The FSMS BBBB team called themselves the "Cubuloids"...
And the 2016 Middle School Winners Are...
The FSMS 6th grade Bluebonnet Book Bowl team!
(Clockwise): Laurie M., Allison R., Nathan V., Bruno G., Emily P., Caeleb B., Cassidy C. with Mrs. Shuffield!! :-)
FSMS - MEF Spring 2016 Grant Recipients!
Two grants were awarded to FSMS educators that will greatly impact students and the FSMS Library services! Thanks, Midlothian Education Foundation!!
2016 March Madness of Books!
During the 2016 March Madness of Books, FSMS students voted on which of the most checked out books for 2015-16 school year should advance to the Final Four of Books and the ultimate winner - The Divergent series!
Makerspace Coding
FSMS Makerspace Reorganizes!
Makerspace Snap Circuits
Reading Review Games
Mrs. Crocker's students spread out in the library to play a game finding main ideas & supporting details!
March 2016 Statistics:
Number of Classes Served for Curriculum Purposes: 3 direct instruction (for the year = 189); 32 different teachers represented through 134 student sign-ins to the library during the school day to work on assignments/projects &/or to turn in assignments (for the year = 206 teachers represented through 1,277 student sign-ins).
Number of Students from 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. daily: 494 (for the year = 3729)
Number of Students during CROWD (in-school tutorial time; includes Makerspace and Bluebonnet Book Club): 777 (for the year = 4397)
Book Circulation: 2,337 (for the year = 18,944)
Follett Shelf ebooks and eContent: Read/Play Online: 0; Download: 0 (for the year = 355; 6)
Book Intra-library Loans (ILL's):
To FSMS students: 1 (for the year = 23); From FSMS to other MISD campuses = 11 (since Jan. 2016 = 44)
Technology Assistance:
- technology reservations for teacher-requested devices and/or labs
- updating and/or installing apps on school iPads
- some resetting of passwords for students' Edmodo accounts
- printer issues
- continued problem-solving issues with Lab 503 & 504, laptops, and iPads
Frank Seale Middle School Library
Email: becky_shuffield@misd.gs
Website: http://misdlibrary.midlothian-isd.net/fsms
Location: 700 George Hopper Road, Midlothian, TX, United States
Phone: (972)775-6145
Twitter: @BShuffield