1815 Military Road - Columbus, MS 39701
Phone: (662) 241-7300
Jamie Davidson, Librarian
Kathy Robinson , Librarian
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1815 Military Road - Columbus, MS 39701 Phone: (662) 241-7300 Jamie Davidson, Librarian Kathy Robinson , Librarian |
8:00 am – 3:30 pm.
The library offers flexible access between these times. Students are permitted to visit the library before school and during the day for check out or research purposes with permission from their teachers and a signed planner. Students have specific times when their teacher(s) bring them to the library for check out.
All students have access to the Library Media Center. The Lee LMC operates both a fixed and a flexible schedule to meet the specific needs of faculty and students. Students are scheduled to visit the library for check out on an every other week rotation. Academic and discovery teachers bring students to the library for this rotation. Seventh grade students come one week on assigned days, followed by the eight grade students the next week. A monthly calendar is posted that outlines the library schedule.
At Lee Middle School we are dedicated to improving reading comprehension and developing life-long readers. All students are encouraged to check out books, read every day and participate in Every Student Reads @ Lunch program. Additionally, students who meet their assigned AR goals are recognized and rewarded by the librarians and their team teachers. We encourage you, as a family, to share books together and motivate your student to spend a minimum of 30 minutes reading for pleasure at home.
During fourth period, the lunch period, teachers read aloud to their students for approximately 15 minutes each day. Books are selected from a suggested reading list. Each student listens and enjoys two novels each nine weeks. This program has been very successful in introducing our students to the genre of Young Adult Literature and exposing them to a variety of authors and titles. Students take an AR test upon completion on each book.
The LMC has an outstanding collection of young adult fiction and a balanced non-fiction collection totaling about 16,000 volumes. Teachers have access to a varied collection of videotapes, DVD’s, and audiotapes. In addition we have the following electronic resources:
Electronic Card Catalogue: using the Caspr Library World Silver Edition.
The Internet
World Book Encyclopedia
The Magnolia Teen Book Award is an Award given each year to recognize and honor outstanding books chosen annually by students at Lee Middle School. This project’s purpose is to guide students to new novels and to stimulate, promote and encourage reading.
Magnolia Teen Book Award 2008-2009 Winner
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner
The 2009-2010 Magnolia Teen Book Award Nominees will be announced in November- voting will take place in April. Students must read at least 3 selections from the list to be able to vote.
We belong to a subscription book service Junior Library Guild- and receive the following levels – A, B, B+, C, C+. FM, MM, NM, SM- and receive 9 new titles monthly. You can access JLG at www.juniorlibraryguild.com. All but one level (A) are in the Middle School category on the left sidebar.
Students select books in their ZPD (zone of proximinal development) range as determined by the STAR test results. Students are STAR tested 3 times each year. There is a direct relationship between reading practice and performance on the STAR test.
AR Quiz List
LMS owns over 5600 AR quizzes. Books with quizzes are labeled with colored dots on the spine. The exact book level and points are listed inside the cover.
Upon completion of a book, students take a computerized AR test and receive points for successfully passing the test. Student records are sent home with grade reports 8 times per year.
AR Designations:
The colored dots represent the corresponding grade level of the given book.
Color |
Grade Level |
White |
1 & 2 |
Dark Blue |
3 |
Yellow |
4 |
Green |
5 |
Orange |
6 |
Red |
7 |
Lime Green |
8 |
Light Blue |
9 & 10 |
Black |
11 & 12 |
Lee Middle School Home Page - http://www.columbuscityschools.org/lee
Columbus Municipal School District Home Page - http://www.columbuscityschools.org
Teen Link - http://teenlink.nypl.org/index.html