Monthly Report for Principal

News from your ECHS Media Center

Mr. F:

The Media Center is a central hub of communication, reading, and activities here at ECHS. In the month of September alone, there were several meetings that took place behind these doors. The work-based learning students met with Ms. L. to discuss how they have progressed in their different fields and gain an overview of how the semester should progress. Several collegiate recruiters have visited, including the University of Georgia, Georgia Southern University, and Armstrong Atlantic University, to speak with students who are interested in attending their respective institutions.

Tutoring and credit-recovery take place Monday-Thursday evenings with either the Graduation Coach or an Administrator for those students participating in these programs. In addition, detention is held here several days a week after school until 4:00 p.m. for those students who have had minor violations of the student handbook.

As well as serving these certain populations, ECHS teachers have met here with the Testing Coordinator to receive training on the implementation of the Georgia High School Writing Test. This training is mandatory and we are more than happy to open our doors and allow the teachers to use the facility for this purpose.

The computer tables in the Media Center and the computer lab adjacent to us have been booked solid at least 2-3 blocks each day since school opened. This is positive reinforcement that converting the room adjacent to the Media Center into a computer lab was a wise decision. The mobile lab has been staying out all day each day as well, and has not presented any technological issues thus far. Teacher feedback about the new way to reserve the computers is positive. They say that it is much more user-friendly and fair to those who do not have a planning period.

On a more exciting note, ECHS students are utilizing our services! There were over 300 items checked out in the month of September. There were 186 Fiction (58% usage) and 49 non-fiction (15% usage) books checked out. This number is especially high for the non-fiction category, since many projects and papers have yet to be assigned for the semester at this point in time. Our easy-fiction section even saw some usage from the patrons. Lastly, equipment (TVs, VCRs, DVD players, LCD projectors, etc.) accounted for almost 15% and DVDs/VHS tapes accounted for 10% of this usage.

In summary, the Media Center has been employed by many different groups for diverse reasons. As always, we are grateful for your continued support of our endeavors as we strive to serve such a wide range of individuals.

Respectfully,
jlg