Glad to read of your success. We use planners for everything. No one moves
in the building without a planner- and that includes guidiance appointments.
etc. It also costs $5.00 to replace a lost one. We do have some students who
refuse to pay which means they are unable to go anywhere except class. It
does prevent them from coming to the library - but that is their choice. It
does work wonders for management and attendance purposes. It is now 8.30 AM
and I have already signed 30 agenda books for students to come to the
library during their study time - everything must be presigned for any
student to move within the building. I also require them to request using
"May I" and "please" - Some may believe I am being stubborn but it is
amazing how differently they treat the library and its staff and each
other - politeness counts!
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
585-342 -4000 x231
585-342- 4694 (FAX)
acuseo@bkhs.org
Education in the tradition of the Christian Brothers
FAC OMNIA BENE (Do all things well)
Bless the work.
Bless the day.
Come to aid us.
Angels stay!
Irish blessing
----- Original Message -----
From: "Connie Pappas" <connie@LITTLEDOGMEDIA.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:40 PM
Subject: LMC@Lunch
> I can honestly say I have tried EVERYTHING for lunches in the LMC.
> Tickets, special LMC lunchtime passes, daily passes with the date on
> them created in a Word table, teacher passes, stamps on the hand etc. I
> have done it all with mediocre success. I haven't been overly impressed
> with any of it. Kids would still sneak in and some teachers would send
> too many kids. It has been a massive pain that I just endure to give
> kids access. However this year I saw the light! We started using
> student planners and each student is required to have one. Even kids
> that might not be able to afford one are given a planner. You know the
> kind, those Premier Student Planners. We use them for nearly
> everything.
>
> Sometime in November the staff was discussing a lack of support from
> all the teachers for the planners. It was then that I decided we'd use
> the planner as the LMC lunch pass. WOW! Huge difference. No muss, no
> fuss. They show their planner when entering the LMC each and every day.
> We specifically check the front part for their name and then they are
> set. How liberating! I think the kids have helped reinforce their use
> with the teachers. Plus it has brought a whole bunch of other kids into
> the LMC who perhaps couldn't get one of the other passes.
>
> I marveled the other day when I saw about a 20 kids in one area of the
> LMC reading and another group studying, about 5 on computers. What a
> great vibe. Lunch in the LMC has been, I dare-say, a joy! Even my
> assistant mentioned it. Now that's really something! We get anywhere
> from 20-40 kids in the LMC at lunch so this little change made a huge
> difference.
>
> Ask kids for their input. Make it easy and let it reinforce good
> interactions with kids.
>
> Have fun.
> -----------------------------------------
> Connie G. Pappas
> Teacher-Librarian
> Skyridge Middle School
> Camas, WA
> -----------------------------------------
> http://www.camas.wednet.edu/sky/staff/lmc/index.html
> connie.pappas@camas.wednet.edu
>
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