1. H&M Potter SchoolH&M Potter School
Media Center ProposalMedia Center Proposal
By: Kimberly PascarellaBy: Kimberly Pascarella
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Melissa PascarellaMelissa Pascarella

2. Facts about H&M Potter
• One of four schools located in the Berkley
Township School District
• Serves 474 students in grades K-4
• Student population includes:
– Gifted and Talented
– Economically disadvantaged students
– ESL
– Special Education
– Regular Education

3. H&M Potter Media Center
• Students at H&M Potter rely on
the media center to conduct
research, extend, and
supplement the daily curriculum
• The goal of the media center is
to provide a warm and nurturing
environment to expose students
to all the potential benefits of
taking advantage of a fabulous
media center

4. How can we improve the H&M
Potter Media Center?
• Using media center technology we have
found the H&M Potter Media Center to be a
strong one, but it is not without areas in need
of improvement
• According to the Follet Title Wise system the
current collection is lacking in it’s reference
selection for a variety of reasons

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6. Collection Weakness…
Reference!
• Facts about the H&M Potter reference
collection
- represents only 2.98% of entire collection
- average age is 21 years
- collection does not support the needs of a
K-4 student population due to the reading
levels currently available

7. A $15,000 Goal
• $15,000 grant would provide H&M Potter with
the necessary items to improve the reference
selection and make a drastic difference in the
academic life of our students by allowing for
the following purchases
• encyclopedia software program
• reading reference books
• atlases, almanacs
• specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries

8. Encyclopedia Software
Program
• We would like to
purchase the
Encyclopedia Britanica
Online school edition
for our Media Center
• Students would have
access to this program
in school and at home
to assist with research
projects

9. Almanacs
• Adding a collection
of almanacs would
provide students
with the ability to
learn how to use
almanacs and
support current
research

10. Atlases
• The following atlases
would improve the
research selection in
the H&M Potter Media
Center
- My Picture Atlas
- National Geographic
Atlas for Young
Explorers
- Kids Road Atlas

11. Reference Books
• DK First Reference
Book set including the
following books
- First Animal
Encyclopedia, First
Atlas, First Spanish
Dictionary, First
Encyclopedia, First
Human Body
Encyclopedia, and First
Nature Encyclopedia

12. H&M Potter Media Center
Improvement Plan
Summary
• Outlined here it is evident that the H&M
Potter Media Center can benefit from an
improvement in its reference collection
• For $15,000 the Media Center can be
drastically improved therefore improving the
overall atmosphere and learning environment
at H&M Potter