Archive for August, 2006

Library Introduction and Welcome!

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Who Are We
Welcome to the Terronez Library Media Center. My name is Mr. Barnett and I am the library media teacher. Mrs. Tucker is the library media technician – together, as a team, we run the Terronez Library Media Center.
A Little More About Mr. Barnett
Most of you are probably coming from elementary schools where you [...]

SERVICES, RESOURCES, PROCEDURES, & RULES

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

We encourage active study and exploration of all the resources in the library. Our mission is to support the curriculum of Terronez Middle School. To do so we attempt to provide access to current, adequate and appropriate information resources, and to ensure that all students, teachers and staff members are effective users of ideas and [...]

Mangas, Mangas, Mangas

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Naruto to the Rescue
A new addition to the Terronez collection is the manga series Naruto. In volume 1, Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto, begins the action-packed manga saga of a twelve-year-old boy undergoing the tests of the ninja in his home village. He is a showoff, a klutz, and an unpopular young man, yet hidden within [...]

Internet Access is a Privilege — Check Your AUP Form

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Students, in order access the Internet from the Terronez Middle School campus you must have a signed (by both you and your parents/guardian) Acceptable Use Policy form on file in the library. It does not matter if you turned it in to your 1st period teacher. If the Acceptable Use Policy form is not on [...]

Are you ready for the BATTLE OF THE BOOKS?

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Do you love the thill of competition? Do enjoy showing off what you know? Do you enjoy reading books and telling others about those books?
Then Battle of the Books is for you.
What is Battle of the Books?
Battle of the Books is a competition between several schools over who knows more about 30 selected books. Teams [...]