Carthage Elementary Media Center
312 Rockingham Street, Carthage, NC
http://www.ncmcs.org/Page/1379 T: 910-947-2781
Dear Patrons,Our Fall Book Fair was a great success! Thank you everyone for supporting our library and purchasing so many books from the fair. Our used book sale also went well, earning $154.75. I will continue selling used books, new posters, pencils, and bookmarks in the library to earn money for new books.
I want to thank all of you who have turned in or paid for lost books and damaged books. We have brought down our outstanding charges from over $3,000 to $900. Way to go Bulldogs!!!
With Warmest Thanks,
Deanna Drummond
Media Specialist, Carthage Elementary School
Did You Know?
CES Media Center was able to buy 124 new books with the money earned from its Fall Book Fair?
More Important News
Media Centers and Media Specialists Serve Important Role in Student Achievement and Flexible Scheduling is Essential
According to a 2011 published study by the New York Comprehensive Center:
“When early learners have greater access to the books, literary materials, literacy supports, and technological instruction that school libraries and school librarians provide, there is a greater likelihood that they will develop into accomplished readers. Students who demonstrate on-grade literacy levels by the third grade perform better on standardized assessments and in classrooms throughout elementary and secondary school years, tending to save schools and districts money through reductions in remedial and special education placements.”
“A study involving schools that provided increased access to the school library through flexible scheduling found that fifth grade students performed 10% better in reading and 11% better in writing on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) compared to those schools with less access.”
Quotes from Informational Brief: Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement published October 2011 by the New York Comprehensive Center
Authors of the Month of November
John Claude Bemis and Jacqueline Ogburn
These are the two authors who will visit CES on December12. Mr. Bemis is a native North Carolinian. He received his degree at UNC and has taught elementary school grades 4 and 5. He has four books published thus far, including his Clockwork Dark series of three that are steeped in American folklore and fantasy. They are The Nine Pound Hammer (which won the NC Juvenile Literature Award and New York Public Library Best Book of 2009 award), The Wolf Tree, and The White City. Mr. Bemis published his newest novel, The Prince Who Fell from the Sky in 2013.
Ms. Ogburn, also a UNC graduate, has had 10 of her picture books published including A Dignity of Dragons,Little Treasures: Endearments From Around the World, The Bake Shop Ghost, and The Magic Nesting Doll. Ms. Ogburn used her English degree when working in New York, where she was managing editor for several publishing companies, including Aladdin and Dial books for Young Readers. She currently resides in North Carolina
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