D-West Library Report

9th Grade Orientation: All freshmen received a two-step orientation through their Language Arts and History classes. They completed a really fun Goosechase scavenger hunt to learn "how we roll" in the library, and then participated in a tech session to make sure they start off on the right foot!

Green Screen Use: Our green screen was used by our transition classes for headshots.

Independent Reading Selection: We worked with three separate groups: 9th grade students for independent read projects, reading classes book selections, and our AP Language students on book selection. For each group, we pulled a selected group of books (by genre, level, and theme) for the students to explore.

AP Seminar- Our AP Seminar class came in for a database scavenger hunt.

New Student and New Teacher Orientations- We ran orientation sessions for all new teachers and new students at West to help serve as a support for those entering the building.

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In September, we spend a lot of time orienting new students: 9th graders, students who are new to the district, and teachers who are new to West as well. Pictured above, however, is something that is new and special at West. A student who was new last year approached our staff and wanted to have a new student luncheon to offer community and connection. Lots of laughter and storytelling ensued-- it was a great day!

• Librarian Michelle Nass is taking a graduate course in multicultural services in library programs. So far, this has resulted in an increased collaboration with our ESL teacher and students, increased awareness and display of Hispanic Heritage month including a mobile book cart offering, and the development of a libguide that focuses exclusively on accessibility tools for our staff and students.

• SAS Team meetings: Monday and Wednesdays, period 5
  
• PAC Team meetings
• Met with district Open Educational Resources committee to vet open resources for use within history courses

Our maker table has been focused on collaborative poster art. Students in the library have the opportunity to sit together and de-stress by participating in large, collaborative coloring pages.

Library club has spent September organizing for the year

• Annabelle Liechty and Karneet Sidhu are our co-presidents
• Amanda Drill is leading the Reading Olympics Team
• Annabelle is leading Writer's Club and has developed a spooky short story contest for October
• Our first book club offering is local author Blair Thornburgh's Ordinary Girls

Parent Volunteer

• Pia Disanto, every Tuesday AM

Student Volunteers

• Jenna, Danielle, Megan and Maya are all serving as teacher aides

In the above graph, the bottom axis represents days in September. The right axis is the numbers of students signed in. Our average was 399 students a day.

• traditional book circulations: 731
• e-books: 925
• laptop circulations: 700
• charger circulations: 112

Total library circulations: 2,468 (last September was 1,382) #westreads!

September:

365 MLA projects created

126 APA projects created

59 Chicago projects created

West Libguides received 606 hits during the month of September.

The mission of the library program in the Downingtown Area School District is to provide a dynamic learning environment that instills essential 21st century literacy skills through direct and collaborative instruction and the use of a wide variety of print and digital resources. Our goal is to ensure that students have the opportunity to become inquiring and engaged global citizens who are empowered to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.

Find this library report and more on our blog: http://adventuresinlibrary.blogspot.com/

Email: mnass@dasd.org
Website: http://dasd.libguides.com/west
Phone: 610-269-4400
Twitter: @dwestlibrary