After all, readers who read for pleasure on a regular basis will expand their creativity; reading is the portal to success in all academic subject areas, and it helps learners of all ages to live a richer life through expanded knowledge and enhanced imagination. This semester, many students have volunteered for this podcast program, and we are looking forward to its continued growth.

Warriors Review by Jacob

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-axzj3-1151545

Mary Padgett is our new Media Center Assistant. She has been in our district for 24 years. She comes to us from Pelion Elementary School where she was a classroom instructional assistant for 16 years. Prior to that, she was a secretary in the District’s Building Maintenance and Facilities Office.

Mrs. Padgett has been married for 31 years to Doug Padgett. They have a daughter, Meg, who is 29. They have a dog named Meeko and a grand-dog named Hudson.

Mr. Padgett and her husband are Jeep enthusiasts who enjoy traveling and hiking. Mrs. Padgett enjoys birdwatching, baking, and homemaking.

South Carolina's Virtual Library

Discus provides all South Carolinians with access to an electronic library of essential information resources. This set of core resources is made available to every citizen through South Carolina's schools, colleges, and public libraries. Discus ensures equal access to information and learning resources regardless of race or socioeconomic status.

Two great ebook programs in DISCUS are TeenBookCloud & TumbleBooks:

TeenBookCloud

Includes eBooks, read-along chapter books, graphic novels, videos, and audiobooks.

Subjects: Literature & Language Arts

TumbleBooks

Contains over 1,400 read-aloud storybooks, chapter books, graphic novels, songs, and National Geographic videos. Books are available in English, Spanish, and French.

Subjects: Famous People, Geography, History, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, Spanish

To access JLG Digital, go to your launchpad and look for the jlb Digital icon; click on that image, and it will take you to 150 ebooks and audiobooks to experience. New books are rotated into this database each month.

JLG Digital Highlights

• ✓ Truly simultaneous, multi-user access from any device. An unlimited number of users can access any book in your stream at any time, meaning your readers don't have to wait for their favorite books to become available.
• ✓ Rotating selection of Gold Standard eBooks and audiobooks. New eBooks and audiobooks circulate into your stream each month, giving your students access to new genres and authors, just like their favorite television streaming services!
• ✓ Built-in tools for classroom success. With Google Classroom integration, bookmarks, highlighting tools, interactive indexes, and multiple formatting preferences, your educators will love teaching from the stream.
• ✓ Exclusive access to Lerner classics. JLG Digital is one of the only platforms where you can purchase digital classics, bringing these long-standing favorites into a contemporary format perfect for classroom instruction.
• ✓ Enjoyable anywhere, at any time. With Google Single Sign-on, logging into the stream is super easy and quick. And, since students have 24/7 access from any internet browser or through iOS and Android apps, they'll always have the books they love at their fingertips.
• ✓ User reporting and circulation measurement. JLG Digital analyzes usage to identify which streaming books are trending, giving you circulation confidence before you permanently add a digital (or print) title to your collection.
• ✓ JLG Digital is cost-effective, too. With JLG Digital, you'll get 150+ rotating titles each year for less than the cost of one classroom set of digital books. Just see for yourself!

For the first time ever, the WKMS Library hosted a Winter Book Fair by scholastic. The fair has been a major success with over $2,900 worth of books sold to teachers, parents, and students.

The library will hold another book fair to continue its outreach services this coming spring. The library program greatly appreciates all of the support for the fair given by school faculty, staff, and custodians.

In addition, the library program also mentored Mrs. Robein Reeves who is working on her Master's of Library and Information Science degree from the University of South Carolina. It was a pleasure to serve and host both of these outstanding librarians at White Knoll Middle School this year.