Calendar

Suggested Guide to Planning for the School Year - ideas to consider and calendar framework

Consider an orientation for new faculty (with refreshments and favors!) Plan student orientation Order Atlanta Journal Constitution for school year- call the AJC, be sure to get the education price. Can pay with Pcard. Magazine order through ST. Cox - and any independent publishers. Order materials for Banned Books Week and/or Teen Read Week Schedule Book Fair Decide what to do with old magazines. Keep? or share with teachers for their classrooms Send teachers list of materials still checked out from summer/last school year Find and check in any newly delivered books and equipment Coordinate the media center calendar with school master calendar.
 * AUGUST**

Recruit Media Committee Members Plan Media Committee meeting Inform the faculty of the process for requesting materials Banned Books Week Library Card Sign Up Month – Distribute AFPL Forms Decide on Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl participation - gather the team, make the plan, etc.
 * SEPTEMBER**

Teen Read Week
 * OCTOBER**


 * NOVEMBER**

Fulton County Media Goals and Objectives Due IF Available: SPLOST next year requests due soon SPLOST this year orders finished IF Available: Collection Development Request for next year due soon
 * DECEMBER**

Fulton County Tech Competition Caldecott and Newbery Award announcements Plan inventory process. Send circulation notices to teachers MLK Holiday Goergia Writing Assessment (8th grade) Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
 * JANUARY**

Consider participation in National Book Week and Children's Book Week Black History Month
 * FEBRUARY**

Women's History Month 3/2 Read Across America Day Conference on Children’s Literature (UGA) Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Fulton County Media Festival Give budget proposal to principal; develop this with school media committee Children’s Literature Conference at Kennesaw SU (K-12 interest) Complete local fund orders Georgia Writing Assessment (grades 3 and 5)
 * MARCH**

National Poetry Month School Library Media Month Fulton County Spring Holidays National Library Week El dia de los ninos (Children’s Day/Book Day) CRCT (K-8) Send circulation notices to teachers
 * APRIL**

Get Caught Reading Month Recognize volunteers Revise Student Handbook Media Center Section Revise Faculty Media Handbook (usually a section in faculty handbook) Promote FC Summer Reading Lists Promote AFPL Summer Reading Programs EOCT (End of Course Tests) for High School Courses All student books due (the week before the last week) All faculty materials due Fulton County Media Services End of Year Report Due Last day of school for students
 * MAY**