Inverness Primary School
Media Center
David Young
Media Specialist
Georgie Conrad
Media Secretary/Support
Hours: 9:15 a.m. (or after morning announcements have finished) to 3:20 p.m.
Check Out Policy
Kindergarten students may check out one book at a time.
Students in grades one through five may check out two items.
No materials may be checked out if the student has an overdue book.
Please call if you have questions about items your child has checked out.
Parents may also check out materials.
Media Classes
Kindergarten and first grade students become familiar with quality works, types of literature, authors and illustrators.
Second grade students learn about the different literary genres, how the media center is arranged, and how to locate materials on the shelves.
Third, fourth, and fifth grade students are instructed in how to research a topic and in the use of various types of reference/research materials.
Collection
The IPS collection includes over 19,000 titles that are books, videos, student kits (books with audio casettes or compact discs), computer programs, DVDs, or professional materials.
Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader is a reading management system that provides teacher with an easy and effective way to monitor all forms of reading practice.
The media specialist puchases books and quizzes that support this program.
Titles currently available for each reading level or color dot can be accessed at http://www.invernessprimary.org/media/ARTests.htm.
Sunshine State Young Readers' Program (SSYRA)
The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education, is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades three to eight.
Students may participate by returning the Sunshine State Readers' letter to the media center.
This letter will be available in the fall of each year.
The titles for the current school year can be found at http://myssyra.org/grades3_5/pdfs/1011_List3-5.pdf.
FAME, Florida Association for Media in Education, announces the winner in late spring.
Morning Show (W.I.P.S.)
Each morning a group of fifth grade students produce a five minute program that is broadcast to all the classrooms.
Book Fairs
Two Scholastic Book Fairs, one in the fall and the other in the spring, are held each year in the IPS Media Center.
During each book fair there is one Family Night when the Media Center will be open.
These fairs offer a large selection of titles that students and parents may purchase.
Prior to the fair, a letter and flyer will be sent home
All proceeds from the book fairs are used to support the Media Center.
Contact Us
Inverness Primary School Media Center
206 South Line Avenue
Inverness, FL 34452
(352) 726-2632 ext. 239
(Please note: Visitors must check in at the I.P.S. main office before visiting the Media Center.)