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WELCOME TO THE PANTHER MEDIA CENTER!! The Place for Books and Research!! Please keep a check on this webpage for new information and updates on "all things" Panther Media Center.  A new library blog has been created to give SSHS students a platform for writing and publishing book reviews as well as a platform for discussing library and research topics. The blog will be limited to SSHS students ONLY. If you are interested in joining the blog, please go to the blog address below and follow the steps in the first blog topic, so that you can write book reviews. The blog's name is Mr. P's Panther Bookshelf and is located at http://pantherlairofbooks.blogspot.com/.  
Students are welcome to come and read or work on school projects before or after school, but they must show proof of their work and be on task. The Panther Library Media Center is a place of learning and study. Please be sure to sign in at the front of the library when you enter and sign out when you leave the Panther Library Media Center. Students must remain on the 1st floor when working on a project, reading a book, or studying for a test!! Students must receive permission to go upstairs to search for books. Students will be given a time limit for searching, and MUST return to the 1st floor to work or read! NO STUDENT(S) WILL BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN ON THE 2ND FLOOR UNSUPERVISED!! NO STUDENT(S) MAY USE THE 2ND FLOOR DOORS AS AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT! FAILURE TO RETURN TO THE 1ST FLOOR IN A TIMELY MANNER OR USING THE 2ND FLOOR DOORS AS AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR THE STUDENT!! STUDENTS - IF YOU BRING FOOD, DRINK {INCLUDING WATER}, OR GUM AND ATTEMPT TO EAT OR DRINK, YOU WILL BE WRITTEN UP AND SENT BACK TO THE CLASSROOM!! CELL PHONES AND I-PODS/MP3 PLAYERS WILL BE CONFISCATED ACCORDING TO SCHOOL POLICY!! The Panther Library Media Center will open at 8:05am {est} everyday except for Friday. To enter the Panther Library Media Center before 1st Block, students must use the left rear door {facing the library}. You must enter and exit through this door. Students MUST sign in on a visitor log located at the rear of the Panther Library Media Center. No students will be permitted to leave the library through the front doors until 8:25pm. Except for Thursday afternoon, the Panther Library Media Center stays open for students after school until 4:15pm {est}. During the school day and after school, Students MUST sign in on a visitor log located at the entrance of the Panther Library Media Center. If a student needs to stay later than 4:15pm, please see one of the media specialists to make a request for the library to stay open later than 4:15pm. This request must be given at least one day before the date the student needs to stay later than 4:15pm. Arrangements can be made for students to stay later than 4:15pm on most days. If the request to stay later than 4:15pm is granted, the student must leave when the media specialist has to leave. Students who stay after school must make their own travel arrangements. The library and the media specialists are NOT responsible for the student or student transportation before or after school. AR Quizzes can only be taken from 8:10 am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. Check with your AR teacher on their guidelines for AR quizzes.   
Are you ready to pound the Alabama High School Graduation Exams into an AWESOME SCORE?If you need that "extra training" or you just want be sure that you are ready for any or all sections of the AHSGE the next time the AHSGE is given, then go to the website listed below for "anywhere, anytime" AHSGE training!!! The USA Test Prep website has the following training resources for you to achieve your AHSGE goals: practice tests, tutorial questions, flash cards, review exercises, detailed test content description, and email review.To access this website go to the following address and supply the username and password provided to you from the counselors. Please be sure to read the quick start guide provided on the website.Alabama High School Graduation Exam Dates for 2009 - 2010Sept. 21 through Sept. 25, 2009Dec. 7 through Dec. 11, 2009March 1 through March 5, 2010 
If you need help with your homework, please visit the Homework Alabama website which offers both homework assistance and tutoring in math, science, social studies, and English. {Go ahead and brush up on your skills or get that extra help you may need in a particular subject}. To access Homework Alabama, click on the following web address: http://www.homeworkalabama.org/ 
Parents and Guardians - Looking for your student's progress in meeting his or her Accelerated Reader requirements, but can't seem to find out?? The Panther Library Media Center is proud to offer Home Connect from Renaissance Place. Home Connect is an online tool that will allow parents and guardians to check on their student's grades and progress {or the lack thereof} in meeting his or her class Accelerated Reader requirement. Home Connect also has the capability to send Accelerated Reader quiz results to parents and guardians via email within minutes of their student taking an AR quiz once email notification has been set up. Home Connect's web address will be listed below, but first you will need to do the following: (1) Click on the PRESENTATIONS link at the top of this page. (2) There is a PowerPoint entitled "Renaissance Place`s Home Connect Set Up Guide". Click on the word "Presentation" with a red square in front of it. Select "SAVE" (This will save the PowerPoint to your computer for easy use and it can also be printed out for future reference}. (3) After saving the PowerPoint to your computer, open the PowerPoint. You will be asked for a password, don't worry about a password. Simply click on the "Read Only" box. This will let you open it for reading and printing. (4) The PowerPoint will give you screen shots of Home Connect along with explanations of the information you will see on Home Connect screens. You will also be given specific instructions on setting up Home Connect email notification. (5) IMPORTANT - When you are ready to access Home Connect and set up email notification, you must get your student's username and password from them. This is the information you need to log in to Home Connect. The media specialist nor the student's teacher can give this information to you because we do not have access to it. Home Connect's web address is http://ar.lee.k12.al.us/renaissanceserver/HomeConnect/Login.aspx For ease of use in the future, it is recommended that you save this website in the FAVORITES list of your web browser. If you have questions concerning your student's Accelerated Reader requirements or grades, please contact their teacher. If you are having access problems or can not get the Home Connect Guide PowerPoint to download for you, please feel to contact me at pickard.robert@lee.k12.al.us {I will respond as promptly as I can, but please allow 48 hours for a response}.  While sitting at home relaxing, have you ever suddenly remembered, that you need to check and see if the library has any books for your research topic or how many books does the Panther Library Media Center have that meet your class's AR requirements? From searching for research paper resources to checking the availability and the AR Reading Level and Points value of a book, the Panther Library Media Center now has its catalog available online. You can even print out list of books that meet your AR requirements that are available from the Panther Library Media center. You no longer have to wait until the next school day, simply click on this address: http://destiny.lee.k12.al.us/ {Save this website to your Favorites List in your Internet Browser} Once the webpage loads, Click on Smiths Station High School. If you need help performing a search, go to the PRESENTATION link at the top of this page, there will be an instructional powerpoint on using the search capabilities of the catalog in the near future. It is not presently uploaded 
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