• 2022/2023 Impact Report

Librarian

  • Library Card & Board Game Club meets every Thursday before school to learn new games and play old favorites with their peers and friends. This allows students to build school community, foster relationships, and use critical thinking and logic skills.
  • Library 8th grade Book Club meets every Friday after school to discuss their selected novel in depth. This discussion can include personal connections or revelations, character traits, events in the story, or the author’s craft. This group provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, examine and react to what they have read in a safe space among their peers.
  • The library hosts a Makerspace session biweekly for ALE students. ALE students can check out self-selected books and engage, play, and build using various hands-on games and STEM kits with their teachers and classmates.
  • The library has a robust, creative, and engaging Twitter presence. From featured fiction and holiday books, special month activities, and event spotlights to showcasing our book displays and student work, the EWMS Library Twitter page is vital for the library’s programming.
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9801
print books in collection
 
1691
ebooks books in collection
 
7932
print books checked out
 
5070
ebooks books checked out
 
Students standing in groups around book shelf studying papers that are placed on the top of the book shelf.

Teacher

  • The librarian partnered with a 6th-grade DATA ELAR teacher using TEKs 6.5e-g and 6.9a as the learning target to introduce biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs to our students. By rotating groups of 3-5 students through multiple stations, students could classify, analyze, evaluate, and deepen their understanding of this type of literature.
  • The librarian partnered with Science Instructional Coach to create a Body Systems Escape Room lesson using TEKS 7.12b as the learning target to assess students’ level of understanding. In groups of two, students were tasked to test their knowledge of body systems, solve the puzzle at each station, and find the secret codes to unlock and “breakout.”
  • The librarian partnered with the Spanish teacher to create a research lesson on Spanish-speaking countries using TEKS 1.A & 2.A & B as the learning objective. Students chose one country from a list of Spanish-speaking countries and used our district digital databases to research specific information to later present to their peers in Spanish.
  • The librarian partnered with a 6th grade science teacher to create review stations on Density using TEKS 6.5 and 6.6B. Students were partnered off, given an answer document, and traveled to each of the eight stations to use the informational texts to answer questions to review the concepts on their unit test.
 

Students standing in groups or pairs around book shelves studying papers that are placed on the top of the book shelves

Lesson Spotlight

The librarian partnered with the Science Instructional Coach to create and facilitate a hands-on lesson on metal, nonmetals, and metalloids using TEKS 6.6A. This lesson was framed as a Who Dunn It? or Clue type game where each student had to answer multiple choice questions about the characteristics of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids. Each correct answer resulted in a clue students would use to eliminate suspects, strategies, and weapons to figure out who was the true culprit of the crime. Students could use informational text, text features, and prior knowledge from unit lessons to answer the questions and solve the case. Students also practiced inferencing, analysis, and application skills while working on this lesson. Students were given immediate feedback about how much they knew about metals, metalloids, and nonmetals based on whether they solved the case correctly. If they were unsuccessful, they had to go back, check their answers, and try again.

 

Collaborator

  • The librarian collaborated with the cluster Instructional Technology Specialist to create lessons and content for Technology Club, focusing on learning to code using drones and our 3d printer. 6th-grade club members meet every other Tuesday in the library.
  • The librarian partnered with the campus family specialist to offer the Roosevelt Cluster’s parents the opportunity to learn how to sign on to Skyward, search the NEISD community events, create a district library account, and sign up for SORA. A light lunch was also offered during the presentations.
  • The librarian with the 8th grade science team created informational presentations and web quest activity on future magnet high school and career choices using the KUDER career interest assessment and NEISD Magnet school webpages.
  • The collaboration efforts between the campus science department and the library are by far the most gratifying of all the collaborative efforts this year. The library worked closely with the Science Instructional Coach and the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science teams to give our students engaging and powerful lessons and extensions throughout the year.

Collaboration Spotlight

The librarian, family specialist and instructional technology specialist collaborated, designed, and presented Plugged In Parents: Keeping Kids Safe, Happy and Healthy in the Digital Age to parents of the Roosevelt Cluster. Parents were offered a light lunch and an opportunity to discuss social media, digital citizenship, and how it affects our students. As a result of this collaboration, parents will make more informed decisions, and students will be safer using social media.

 

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Campus Leader

  • The librarian designed and created a library presentation for teacher in-service day and presented it to four rotating groups of teachers and staff. The presentation included the library and librarian’s roles in the school community, how the library can support, serve, and impact stakeholders, and other information applicable to the campus.
  • The librarian accompanied the National Junior Honor Society group to participate in the Mental Health Symposium at the University of Incarnate Word. Students and chaperones listened to key local mental health experts on bullying, kindness, suicide prevention, coping strategies, and ways to help themselves and others that may be experiencing common mental health issues.
  • The librarian hosted and facilitated the 3rd annual Struggle Bus Lunch, where faculty and staff were provided lunch (courtesy of the librarian) and information about library programming, services, and activities.
  • The librarian is an active and contributing member of the Campus Crisis Team, Campus Improvement Committee, and Campus Testing Committee and sponsors numerous clubs and programs, including the National Junior Honor Society.
 
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Students seated at a table with Chromebooks in front of them and a projector screen in the background.