Media Center
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Dassel Elementary Media Center
Mission
The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.
---Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1988), p.1
Programs
Weekly check-out classes with each class section that model effective and enthusiastic use of books as sources of pleasure and information.
Media skills classes, developmentally appropriate to each grade level, that teach students to access, critique, and effectively apply information.
Collaboration with classroom teachers and other professionals to integrate media and technology into the curriculum to promote students' highest achievements.
Access to a full range of information through the vehicle of technology in the form of computer-based learning programs and websites, electronic networks, and databases.