Welcome to our Media Center. There are a number of helpful resources and links for both parents and students. Enjoy!
Media Coordinator: Mrs. Erica McDonough
Media Center Mission
"Douglass Media Center's mission is to prepare students to be effective seekers and users of information while fostering a lifelong joy for reading."
The Media Center is the "hub" of the school. Not only do our students check out appealing books, they are provided the opportunity to become successful library users whether here at Douglass or at the many public libraries. Also a large part of their experience will be technology, technology, technology!
Please take time to talk to your child(ren) and find out all about the wonderful and thrilling things that are taking place in the Media Center and Douglass classrooms. You are one of your best child's teachers!!
Library/Media Center Resources
Destiny Catalog
The destiny catalog lists all of the books we house in our library's collection on campus at Douglass.
Fiction
Our collection is filled with everybody picture books. We have separate book bins for Kindergarten at the front of the library to help them learn about how to checkout books. Our chapter book section is generified and includes: Adventure, Animal Stories, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Scary Stories, Science Fiction, Sports Fiction, Superhero Stories. We also have a separate graphic novel section.
Nonfiction
This resource explains how to use the Dewey Decimal System to find your favorite books: Dewey Decimal System
How to Stay Safe Online
Common Sense Media provides digital citizenship, internet safety, and other great "cyber" activities for students. Login with your Rockingham County Schools username and password: Common Sense Media - Digital Citizenship
Students will be working through a digital citizenship tech pathway on Learning.com with catered lessons for every grade level on some days in media. View the Learning.com Curriculum Map here!
Digital Reading
Sora is a digital reading app where students can borrow eBooks and audiobooks from our school's digital library for free. Students can login with their Rockingham County Schools gmail account and password. A parent portal is currently in development, until then parents can opt their child out of Sora entirely.
Epic is a free website for kids that has a wide variety of books, audiobooks, learning videos, and more.
Classroom Libraries
Parents can complete an opt out form that should be returned to their teacher.
NC Public Library Access
All students can use their student ID number to check out books from NC Public Library and NC Public Digital Library. Parents will be able to opt their child out of all public library access.
Other Useful Websites
Rockingham County Public Library
STAFF LINKS