RHS Library Report
Compiled by M. Wetzel October 2016
Instruction
Classes and Collaboration
Collaboration
Apple Distinguished School Committee
Class of 2020 Class Advisor
One Book One Radnor- REF and PTSA
Social Studies Department Meeting- Library Resources: Newsbank, Gale
Commercial Art- Explain Everything presentations
No Place for Hate Committee
9th Grade
Town Hall Meeting- LM Week, Hat and Glove Drive, No Place for Hate
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade:
MIT Research Paper Planning- Senior Seminar (Periods 3 and 6):
Continuing the research process with Noodletools.
Finding and accessing resources.
Citations.
Notecards and note-taking skills.
Professional Development
Cathy Bailey Workshop
Loyola University Marymount: Masters Classes
Essential Teaching Practices for the 21st Century Teacher
Advisory Board Member- Loyola University of Maryland
School of Education
October 10, 2016 We met in Baltimore, on Loyola's campus, from 4-7PM.
Radnor Memorial Library Steering Committee
Radnor ABC House Board
Professional Learning Communties
PLCs
One Book One School: The Author Visit occurred on October 21st and was a huge success! Full report to come.
Apple Distinguished School: We are writing a section of the iBook to be submitted as our application by March.
Class of 2020 Class Advisor
Events
One Book One Radnor Family Night
October 4, 2016
7-8:30PM
Speaker, Gigi Glendinning, spoke to a group of students about her experiences with animals around the world.
The Radnor High School library and art clubs hosted a Spooktacular Evening of creativity for Radnor Township School District's elementary school students on Oct. 19. RHS librarian Michelle Wetzel read Halloween stories in the library before Art Club's Annie Chen showed the students, through a step-by-step demonstration, how to draw of a haunted house. Other art club members assisted students as they added their own creative twists to their drawings with color and Halloween characters. Photo booth props and giant pipe cleaner spiders were also a big hit!
Club Meetings
Students Helping Students
Radnor Library Board
Online Resources and Tutorials
Student Numbers
NoodleTools
LibGuides Statistics
Current Library Statistics
Total circulations, including texbooks:
OverDrive eBooks Usage
eBooks & Audiobooks: checkouts 119
Holds: 16
NewsBank
ProQuest
RTSD Newsletter Submission
One Book One Radnor culminated with a visit from the author of Endangered, Eliot Schrefer on October 21st! Mr. Schrefer hosted two assemblies, as well as a Q & A session and book signing in the Library. We were thrilled to welcome Eliot Schrefer to Radnor High School! Thank you to the Radnor Educational Foundation and the RHS PTSA for all of your generosity and support of this project! http://rtsd.libguides.com/OneBookOneRadnor
New library materials are posted every month to our LibGuide: http://rtsd.libguides.com/newlibraryitems. Be sure to check out all of the wonderful materials that your library has to offer.
Did you know that the Library has its own Schoology Group? You can find upcoming events, passwords for databases, research guidance, and more- we even have a YouTube Channel with tutorials for FAQs.
Every student has access to our ebook and audiobook collection through OverDrive. You will find award-winning books, as well as core novels on the OverDrive app. Mrs. Wetzel has visited each classroom to activate accounts and give students an overview to the basic features. More informatio ncan be found here: http://rtsd.libguides.com/iPadSurvivalGuide/Overdrive
Any questions? Contact Michelle.Wetzel@rtsd.org.
Mission and Philosophy
Mission
The library media center is central to the learning process occurring in schools. Its program is designed to produce students who are information literate. Information literate students are effective users of information in a variety of formats. The school library media center is the vehicle that provides opportunities for students to attain information literacy and to foster a lifelong interest in acquiring knowledge while following their passions. A student-centered program is dependent upon a school librarian assuming a pivotal role in working collaboratively with teachers, administrators, and others direct to the program.
Philosophy
The school library media program in the Radnor Township School District will prepare students for their roles in the technology-driven global community of the 21st century by teaching students to find and use information efficiently and effectively. The library program will help students develop lifelong reading and learning skills and the motivation to take responsibility for their own learning.
Radnor High School Library
Email: michelle.wetzel@rtsd.org
Website: http://www.rtsd.org/domain/190
Location: Radnor, PA, United States
Phone: 3406
Twitter: @radnorhslibrary