Learning through Books, Media and Technology

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1995 Administrative Leadership Award for Library Media Services

1995 President's Award Winner

1995 Technology Award

Editorial: Highlighting the Arts

Seurat, Haiku, Computers, Murals...

Keywords for the Fine Arts

Library Bids on Bach's Lunches

Quilting Gifts for the Community

Using the Arts to Understand

"Do We Get to Come Back Tomorrow?"

Intersecting disciplines

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Intersecting disciplines

Barstow Middle School

Social science and the arts meet and mingle at Barstow Middle School as a result of collaborative planning between classroom teachers and Kathleen Villeneuve, the library media specialist.

Marching band students with instructor Doug Kruse using the electronic research center in teh library.

In creating a "scrapbook of a trip to Egypt," sixth graders received travel information prepared by teachers, viewed slide and video images on the library's multimedia monitor; and then did the own research. Emphasis was placed on the culture as represented in the artifacts of ancient Egypt, such as drawings and paintings, architecture, and musical instruments.

Barstow students are not limited to classroom projects in this merger of culture and art. The music teacher, Doug Kruse, frequently uses the library to assist students in studying the history of the musical instruments they play in the school band.

A mix of cultures, each having distinct fours, arts, and music, has existed in Barstow for many years. Art and music are close to food preparation in popularity, when students share their own cultural heritages and research the special characteristics of other cultures.

• Barstow Middle School (grades 6-8, enrollment750)
  500 South Avenue G, Barstow 92311; (619) 255-6315
  Dale Russell, Ed.D., Principal
  Kathleen Villeneuve, Library Media Teacher
  Barstow Unified School District