Centennial High School renovated their media center for the future. It has potential to adapt and remain flexible for the revolving door of students over the next several years. The media specialist is aware that she does need to remain flexible because students' interests and needs will change as technology and education expectations change.
During the day, I observed the media specialist mentor the Reading Bowl participants. She said this club is mostly made up of ninth graders, yet they showed their sense of responsibility in preparing for the event by reading multiple books at a time and practicing through a pretend Q&A event.
The media specialist remarked that Tuesdays are often less eventful, except in the early morning. At the start of the school day, students will come into the media center, or learning commons as they call it, to return or check out books, socialize, complete homework, pick up lunch passes, or turn in graduation dues. For a span of about 30 minutes, easily 100 or so students floated in and out of the area. Fortunately, the media specialist has her media clerk so that they both were able to run around and assist people. I struggle enough with about 10 people as I prepare for class, middle school Crew, and other library duties. Watching this showed me how much the media center is necessary and a safe haven for students.
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