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Southside High Library Catalog - DESTINY
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DISCUS
DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library, is
available for all Southside High School students to use
during school and at home. Resources such as,
Encyclopedias, Periodicals, and more are available. Access at home requires a password.
Please see the Media Center for a password.
Hours
The Media Center is open from 8:00
a.m. until 4:15 p.m. every school day. Students
must have a signed agenda to enter the Media Center
during a class period. Students may use the Media
Center before and after school without a pass. In
the even to standardized testing or other special events
the Media Center may be closed.
Circulation Policy
Print materials are circulated to students for 14 days.
Students are reminded monthly of overdue materials by
means of notices sent to fourth period teachers.
Additionally, students will receive overdue notices
weekly via e-mail. End of the year report cards
will be held for students who owe fines.
Media
Center (individual student use)
Students are encouraged to use the Media Center
throughout the day. Passes are required before and
after school. During the regular school day, students
must have a signed agenda to use the Media Center.
Passes may be written for research or school assignments
only. Passes should be written only by the subject
area teacher and should include the work to be
accomplished.
 Media
Center (whole class use)
Teachers should consult with one
of the media specialists to sign up for their
classes to use the Media Center. The Media
Specialists offer teachers assistance in using
information resources, planning research projects, and
incorporating information skills into the classroom
curriculum. Teachers are responsible for class
discipline in the Media Center. With prior
approval from a Media Specialist, teachers may send a
maximum of five students from a classroom. Each
student must have a signed pass with the assignment
clearly indicated.
Substitutes
Substitutes are not permitted to write passes to
the Media Center or to bring classes to the Media Center
unless they have consulted a Media Specialist in
advance. Laptop carts are not to be checked out by
substitutes. Unless previously arranged
with a Media Specialist, teachers may not leave Media
Center work as the lesson plan for a substitute. Please
do not ask a Media Center staff to make copies for
classroom use.
Computer Use
The Media Center is automated both
for Media Center management and checkout.
Networked computers are available for students and
teachers to use for research and word processing.
A variety of databases and access to the Internet are
available. Teachers wanting to use the computer
area only should sign up to use either computer lab 100
or 221. Please be sure you have read the
GCSD Acceptable Use policy
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