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Charlotte High School

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Media Center

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OUR MISSION

The mission of the Charlotte High School Library Media Program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. We will accomplish this mission by providing access to materials in physical and digital formats; by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas; and by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.

Access to Resources 24/7

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Destiny Library Catalog

The Destiny Library Catalog is a searchable database of the books in our print collection.  If you don’t see the book you needed, let a library staff member know.  Students may access the Destiny library catalog through ClassLink.

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Sora Digital Library

The Sora Digital Library provides access to ebooks and audiobooks.  Students may access the Destiny catalog and Sora digital library through ClassLink or by downloading the free Sora app on any device.

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Gale Research Databases

This resource now auto authenticates through your ClassLink page so that you do not need a separate password to use it off campus. Look for the app that resembles the image above. It provides access to journals, magazines, newspapers, e-books, images, and more. If you have any questions please stop by the library.

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Soundzabound Music Library

The Soundzabound Music Library provides students access to royalty-free audio for use in digital projects including videos and slide shows.  Please see a library staff member for the username and password.

PETERSON’S TEST PREP

Students and parents are encouraged to look into the Peterson’s Test Prep database.  Exam prep resources include practice tests, courses, and interactive lessons for users to learn and test their knowledge. Learners can use flashcards to memorize concepts, videos to refresh their understanding of specific subjects, and full-length test prep eBooks to explore on or offline. Practice exams are timed and automatically graded for review. While essay responses are not graded, once users submit their essays, they’ll see examples of high-scoring responses and explanations. 

Test prep content is included to support a variety of exams including: FSA, Advanced Placement, ACT, SAT, PSAT, CLEP, Accuplacer, PERT, ServSafe (Culinary), and more.

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Students access this robust database through the CHS Gale Research icon in ClassLink. 

 

 

The Blackwell Artman Media Center

 

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The Charlotte High School Media Center has been dedicated in honor of two former educators who were influential in the lives of many CHS students. Steve Blackwell came to CHS as an English teacher in 1972. In 1987 he began working part-time in the media center. He became a full-time media specialist in 1989, a position he retained until September 2006. Steve was also a wrestling, cross-country, and football coach. He loved helping students connect with great books and writers, with history and its lessons, and with the arts. He believed that creativity was an honor, which he shared generously through his music. George Artman, Jr., came to CHS in 1971 as a cornerstone of the Social Studies Department. During his 34 years at CHS, he consistently brought new and creative teaching methodologies to his history classes. He firmly believed that both the acquisition of knowledge and the development of individual values were critical to formal education. He engaged students through the use of war simulations, the Socratic Method, and evening discussions in the library.