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| Gautier Elementary Library Media Center |
| When does my child check out books? |
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| Library Schedule: Daily: The library is open 7:30 to 8:00 for AR Checkout Monday: Students may visit the library to return and checkout books. Mrs. Harper has several tutoring sessions when the library will be closed. Tuesday: Scheduled classes: Farling, Vaxter, Green, Hackler, Patrick, and Pearson. Wednesday: Scheduled classes: Carr, Lowell, Holloman and tutoring sessions. Some open checkouts Thursday: Scheduled classes: Furr, Hooks, Salisbury, Amonett, Astrov, and Wood. Friday: Scheduled classes: Headstart and Crane, tutoring sessions. |
| Kindergarten children do not check out books. Upper grades check out books when they visit they library according to the schedule above. Each class section is 45 minutes long with a library lesson or read aloud story at the beginning of the session followed by time to browse and checkout books. Although books are due in two weeks, students should plan to return books each week. |
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| When are books due? |
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| Books are due two weeks from the day they are checked out. Students may use the "Clifford Dog House" Book Drop Box to return books at anytime. |
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| How many books can my child check out? |
| All students are limited to two books. Children in Grades One and Two should be reading and returning books weekly. Older students who are reading longer chapter books may keep those books for two weeks. |
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| What is the Accelerated Reader Program? |
| The Accelerated Reader Program is a computerized quiz program. Students are quizzed on reading comprehension and receive a score and points based on the difficulty of the book and questions answered correctly. Students have individualized goals. Those who meet their goals may wear jeans and have a recess treat each grading period. Gautier Elementary has about 4,000 book quizzes available. You may find out if a book is an AR title by using the link from Gator Bytes home page or by viewing a notebook at the Gautier Public Library. |
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| What happens when a book is kept past the due date? |
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| Overdue notices are generally printed and distributed on Mondays. If a student beleives the book may have been returned, he should visit the library to help the library staff look on the shelves. The student should then look both at home and in the classroom. A student cannot check out any more books until the overdue book is either returned or paid for. |