LIBRARY FACTS: KMS Library houses over 19,000 reference, informational and fiction books, videos, and magazines. Twenty computers are Internet networked and available to students for research. MISD has provided students with online databases and encyclopedias to help enhance student learning.

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; Playaways for 1 week, magazines and videos for for three days. Books may be re-checked for an additional two weeks if needed.

Overdues: Students will receive an overdue notice for items not returned on time. After 4 overdue notices for the same item, a student will receive a bill for the item(s). The item MUST be returned or paid for as indicated on the bill. Students receive these notices as listed below. If the item has been returned, please bring the notice to the library and we will try to locate it.

7th Grade - Mondays
8th Grade - Thursdays

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 and must follow the district Student AUP. It is not to be used for playing games, surfing the Web, or checking personal email at school.

LIBRARY STAFF: The KMS library is staffed with one full-time librarian and student library aides each period. Mrs. Cheri' Toogood is a certified teacher with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Texas Tech University. She also has a Master of Library and Information Science from Texas A&M-Commerce. Mrs. Toogood taught English at Wilkinson and Agnew and served as librarian at Lawrence Elementary before coming to Kimbrough.