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<br />88 <br />Page 24 <br /> <br />Live Homework Help has been added to the website. Staff will be working with <br />the School District Librarian to determine how best to make /inks between the <br />school homework centers and those at the library. <br /> <br />b.2.2. Work collaboratively with school media staff and teachers to support the <br />curriculum by surveying school needs and creating a more effective <br />communication system. (annually) <br /> <br />Youth Services staff members are working with the School District Librarian and <br />the school media center staff in supporting curriculum needs. YS staff presented <br />a storytelling workshop for school media center staff. <br /> <br />b.2.3., Explore models of extending school library use after hours as a community <br />learning center. (09/06) <br /> <br />Not completed. We are evaluaung the feasibility of this objective. <br /> <br />b.2.4. Develop an annual procedure to insure that every school-aged child has an <br />active library card. (annually) <br /> <br />We have been reducing barriers by waiving fines for students of classes that visit <br />the library and working with individual children to help them with their library <br />accounts. For the :r' year in a row, all 950 Kindergartens received a ribrary card. <br /> <br />b.2.5. Add one community program a year such as Bookstock and Harry Potter, <br />including expanding the Annual Youth Poetry Contest. (annually) <br /> <br />The library presented Bookstock II, a 2nd annual poetry contest, a Lemony Snicket <br />after-hours program, a KinderCard Super Saturday event. and wifl be presenting <br />a 50th anniversary of 'The Cat in the Hat" after-hours event in March. A huge <br />Harry Potter party is scheduled for Jury 07. <br /> <br />b.2.6. Implement bountiful popular book displays to generate enthusiasm for the love of <br />reading in the newly remodeled Children's Room. (07/06) <br /> <br />Completed 10106. <br /> <br />Goal 3: Actively support the efforts of students from 6th through 12th grades, <br />including emphasizing the love of reading. <br /> <br />b.3.1. Create a ''Teen Zone" in the library, a physical space where teens will feel <br />welcome, safe and where they can socialize. (01/07) <br /> <br />Not completed. To be determined by the plan for the second floor <br />reconfiguration. Schematic plan is close to complete. Estimate 09/07. <br /> <br />b.3.2. Increase access to different types of technology such as internet, gaming and <br />music. (07/07) <br /> <br />In progress. Increased Internet computers by 100% for social use. <br /> <br />b.3.3. Increase the number of programs for teens by 25% each year. (annually) <br />