Library Information

Library Hours

The library is open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. every school day.

Library Facts

AMS Library houses over 15,000 reference, informational and fiction books, videos, and magazines. Twenty computers are Internet networked and available to students for research. MISD has provided students with over 25 online databases to help enhance student learning. The library offers individual study areas along with tables for class work and homework plus a leisure reading area for the students use.

Library Calendar

For information on events and classes scheduled in the library, check out our monthly calendar.

Policies

Passes: Students entering the library before school and during school, must bring a pass from their teacher, and sign in. After school, no pass in required.

Check-Out: Students are allowed to check-out four items at a time. This could include books, magazines, and videos. Books are checked out for two weeks; magazines for three days, and videos for overnight. Books may be re-checked for an additional two weeks if needed.

Overdue items: Students will be charged the cost of the item when it is four weeks late.

Printing: Students are not allowed to print from the computers unless they have permission from the librarian or their teacher. If you print without permission, you will be charged ten cents per page. Be sure to only "click" on Print one time.

Internet: The Internet is to be used for class assignments only. It is not to be used for playing games, surfing the Web, or checking personal email at school.

Copy machine: There is a copy machine available in the library for student use. It is ten cents a copy.

Library Staff

The AMS library is staffed with one full-time librarian and student library aides each period. Mrs. Becky Frierson is a certified teacher with a Bachelor of Science in Education with an English specialty from Texas Tech University. She also has a Masters of Education from A&M-Commerce and a Learning Resources Endorsement from the University of North Texas. Mrs. Frierson began her teaching career here at Agnew in the classroom as an English/reading teacher.