2. WELCOME TO OUR MEDIA CENTER

3. MEDIA CENTER STAFF Mrs. Bee and Student Assistants

4. Media Center Opens After Morning Announcements And Closes at 3:45

5. Media Center Rules Media Center Pass is a must. Always use inside voice. Do not reshelf books, place them in the cart. Keep yourself focused on your work; talking or wondering students will be sent back to class.

6. Media Center Pass 1.Laminated Pass with Teacher’s name. 2.Blue Media Pass Slip completed by teacher. Do NOT come to the Media Center without these passes from the teacher of the block you are. PRESENT PASSES UPON ENTERING

7. Checking Out Books Use your student ID #. Check 2 books at a time. Books are due on two weeks. May renew a book twice. Reference books cannot be checked out. Old issues of magazines may be checked out overnight.

8. FINES Overdue Books Pay attention to the Due Date on the back of your books. You’ll pay $0.10 per book and per day that your books are late.

9. Lost or Damaged Books If you lose or damage a book, you must pay for that book, or your report card will be held at the end of the year.

10. BATTLE OF THE BOOKS For all grades, Meets at 9 th block Team of 12 students Represent J.T. at the County & State Competitions J. T. Williams is the 2005-2006 CMS Blue Zone Winner

11. Using the Internet You must have a Media Center Blue Pass completed by the teacher as the example: Purpose: INTERNET RESEARCH Topic: ROCKS AND MINERALS You must have the Project RUBRIC. You may use the Internet 30 min. at a time. INTERNET is to be used only for research purposes.

12. We’re glad YOU ARE HERE!! Remember: READING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP YOU TO SUCCEED. HAVE A GREAT YEAR AT J.T.WILLIAMS !!!

13. Where in the world is Mrs. B. from? Fifth largest country in the world. World Cup Soccer champion 5 times. Exports more coffee and tobacco than any other country. One of world’s largest carmakers. Has the largest tropical rain forest in the world (Amazon Rain Forest). Native tongue is Portuguese.

14. Country: Brazil

15. City: Rio de Janeiro

16. Let’s Learn Some Portuguese Oi (OY) Hello Tchau (CHOW) Good-bye Sim (SEEM) Yes Nao (NOU) No Por favor (POR fah-VOR) Please Obrigado (O-bree-GAH-doh) Thank You De nada (CHUN NAH-dah) You’re welcome