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The second
principle of The Aspen Declaration of the CHARACTER
COUNTS! SM Coalition states, “The present and future
well-being of our society requires an involved, caring
citizenry with good moral character.” Indeed, our
first priority at GMS is to teach our students good
moral character based on the Six Pillars of Character
of the CC! Program: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility,
Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. For as Theodore Roosevelt,
our 26th president, stated: “To educate a person
in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to
society.”
Concomitantly,
our society’s well-being and prosperity are also
measured by our nation’s level of information literacy
and our wise, ethical, and useful application of information.
Hence, our second priority at GMS is to teach our youngsters
to be smart, for as Dr. Thomas Lickona, one of our nation’s
foremost authorities on character education says, …
"Down through history, education has had two great
goals: to help people become smart and to help them
become good."
Media/information
literacy skills are infused into all areas of the curriculum
using an interdisciplinary approach. The skills taught
are based on several documents:
Standards for School Library Media Programs in Maryland
developed by the Maryland State Department of Education
MCPS documents:
•School Library Media Learner Outcomes developed
by School Library Media Programs.
•Information Literacy Skills: A Shared Responsibility
– Clarifying Examples and •Curriculum Links
developed by School Library Media Programs.
•Information Literacy Skills: A Shared Responsibility
– Instructional Interactions.
Classes visit the GMS Media Center using a flexible
schedule with teachers signing up to use the Media Center
from various disciplines, including foreign language
and the arts. Media skills are integrated and applied
as students learn to use print, electronic/online, and
nonprint resources to access and use information appropriate
to the assignments and research students are engaged
in at any given time.
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