1. Third Quarter, FY12
At-A-Glance
February-March, 2012
C LARKSBURG M EDIA C ENTER
Media Specialist Roles: ISLAMIC CULTURE FAIR
Teacher 55%
During lunch on March 21 the Me-
10% dia Center hosted CHS’s first Islam- Ms. Mariam
Instructional Partner
ic Culture Fair. Hard-working stu- Ashraf spoke
Information Specialist 10% dents organized the fair, which in- about Islam-
cluded historical, religious, and ic women’s
Program Administrator 15%
cultural exhibits. Displays featuring issues.
Technology duties 5% various Islamic countries were
placed throughout the Media Cen-
Other duties 5% ter, as well as a collection of color-
ful prayer rugs and cultural arti-
facts. Ms. Mariam Ashraf gave a Traditional
Islamic food
fascinating presentation on Islamic
and drink
women’s issues. Parents and stu- were pre-
dents contributed a veritable feast pared by CHS
of regional treats that provided our community
staff and students a real taste of members.
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set up your
cultural awareness, and the Media his time so generously to ensure that this event was
access!
Center staff was delighted to host meaningful and successful.
Did you know? During this quarter: WHERE CHS LEARNS: WHERE CHS MEETS:
• Paul Ormsby produced custom
video presentations for the Instructional focuses for this quarter:  2 CHS Book Club meetings
Black History Month assembly  3 PTSA meetings
and the Horticulture Club. He Early British Poets AP Literature  2 Booster Club meetings
also facilitated a modified webi-
nar for College Night. Biotechnology Biology  Relay for Life meeting
• Andrea Christman (the new su- War and Family English 10  Meet the Coaches
pervisor for School Library Media Controversial Issues English 10  School Marquee meeting
Programs) hosted a “Listen and
 Model U.N. meeting
Learn” event for MCPS media
personnel in our media center Media Center Student Usage Q3  Information Technology Foundation
344 Board meeting
• Pam Scott attended the Comput-
 “Listen and Learn” SLMP event
ers in Libraries conference
5926
• 207 videos were borrowed by 7365
faculty to supplement instruction WHERE CHS READS:
• 227 materials were added to 486  3809 books circulated for pleasure
our collection Before School During Classes Lunch After School reading and/or research
• Pam Scott met with print and  The CHS Book Club read The Hunger
online publishers to plan pur- Individual student usage during the Games by Suzanne Collins and com-
chases for next school year Third Quarter = 14,121 visits! pared/contrasted it with the movie