Archive for June 14, 2012
UPDATED: Summer School Bus Routes for Elementary and Middle School Available Online
Summer Academy bus routes for APS Summer School are now available online. CLICK HERE to download bus routes.
The Summer Academy is designed to provide students with exposure to the Common Core State Standards in Reading/ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies to prepare students for a successful start in their next grade level.
APS media specialists secure critical funding to update media center book collections
Thanks to the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, students at 17 APS schools will have a chance to experience the unlimited joy of opening a new book. Media specialists from the schools submitted award winning grant proposals to the foundation for up to $5,000 in funding to expand, update and diversify their school’s library book collections. The foundation awarded more APS schools funding than any other district in the nation.
Warren Goetzel, APS Media Services Coordinator, states that external funding is critical to build and maintain balanced book collections. Goetzel points out that elementary school libraries currently receive about $15.31 per student per year in state funding, while middle schools and high schools get about $13.03 per student.
“And that’s for all media materials, not just books,” says Goetzel, who made a strong push for his media specialists to apply for the grant this year. “The average cost of a book is $25. Books become obsolete pretty rapidly these days, and they don’t have the money to update them.”
Goetzel adds that the average usable life of a non-fiction book is about five years due to rapid changes in science and technology.
“Consider that Pluto’s not a planet anymore. “Any time there are those kinds of changes, you have to discard the book and start over.”
Goetzel is particularly proud of his media specialists for rising to the challenge and taking advantage of this crucial funding opportunity.
“Our media specialists are so dedicated to their staff and students to make sure that they have the most updated resources available.”
The grant-winning APS media centers are listed below:
- B.E.S.T. Academy High
- Burgess-Peterson Academy
- Carter G. Woodson Elementary
- Centennial Place Elementary
- Charles L. Gideons Elementary
- Crawford W. Long Middle
- D. H. Stanton Elementary
- Harper-Archer Middle
- Jean Childs Young Middle
- Luther Judson Price Middle
- Perkerson Elementary
- The New 21st Century Learning Center, Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus
- Therrell School of Law, Government and Public Policy
- Walter Francis White Elementary
- Whitefoord Elementary
- William J. Scott Elementary
- William M. Finch Elementary
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries supports the education of children by providing funds to update, extend and diversify the book and print collections of America’s school libraries. Further information is available at www.laurabushfoundation.org
