Mill Creek Towne Elementary School

Media Staff

Online Learning Resources

Important Note: You will need to be signed in to your MCPS Google Account to see many of these links. Your username is the same 6-digit number used in school to log in to a Chromebook. However, you need to add "@mcpsmd.net" to it. (Example: 123456@mcpsmd.net). The password is the same letters you use to log in to a school Chromebook. If you need any help with this, please email our Media Specialist, Mrs. Hines, at Bonnie_W_Hines@mcpsmd.org 

• Check out your Media online classroom for great books, tech tips, virtual field trips, and more! 
• Mill Creek Towne's Online Databases (PebbleGo, Britannica School, etc.) Direcciones en espanol aqui.
• Mill Creek Towne’s e-Book Collections
• Common Sense Media’s Collection of Great Resources
• Fun Online Learning Opportunities: Virtual field trips, great read alouds, online drawing lessons, and more! Mrs. Hines will continue to update this document as new opportunities arise.

Additional Online Resources: 

Vision

The Mill Creek Towne Media Center strives to foster loves of reading and learning in every member of the school community. This learning environment sparks students' curiosities and encourages students to research answers for today's issues, to think critically in a technological world, and to be respectful members of their communities.

Mission Statement: "Future Ready Library, Future Ready Students"

Mill Creek Towne's media center implements an instructional program that is inclusive, positive, and intellectually stimulating. Students, staff, and community members will have equitable access to quality print and electronic resources. Effective instruction and professional development will be provided by the media staff to meet curriculum standards and school wide goals. The media center will offer quality literature that promotes diversity and empathy to help prepare students to be well rounded individuals in a global society.

We are digital citizens at Mill Creek Towne!

This year all students will be learning how to use technology responsibly and safely. Click this Common Sense link to learn more about MCPS's commitment to digital citizenship, and how you can support your child at home.

Wondering what is appropriate for your child? Click here for reviews of current movies, games, and books.

Want to know what books are in the library? Click here or on the blue picture below to access our Destiny Catalog.

Be sure to click "Login" at the top of the page so that you can place holds and check your account! Click here for a video to see how.

Online Resources

MCPS offers free access to many wonderful online resources like PebbleGo, Britannica School, and Epic! e-books. Click here for links, usernames and passwords. 

Please note: Students will need to log in with their school Google account in order to open this document. 

Direcciones in espanol aqui. 

Username: the same 6 numbers students use on their Chromebooks in school. However, you need to add @mcpsmd.net after the numbers. Example: 123456@mcpsmd.net

Password: the same letters students use on their Chromebooks in school.

Morning Open Book Exchange Times

Students are able to exchange books outside of their regularly scheduled Media time every morning from 8:40- 9:00 A.M. Students are also welcome in the library throughout the school day with their teacher's permission.

Media Classes:

• All students in Grades PreK-3 are scheduled to come to the Media Center for a lesson and book exchange once a week. Students in Grades 4 and 5 come to the Media Center for a lesson every other week, but are welcome for self-checkout every day. 
• Students are encouraged to come to the Media Center to return, renew, or checkout materials, and/or participate in reading or research activities throughout the day with their teacher's permission.

Student Circulation Policy:

• Books are checked out to students for a two week period. 
• All materials may be renewed for additional time unless there is great demand and/or a waiting list.
• Students may check out and return materials anytime the media center is open.
• Students in Grades 4 and 5 are taught to exchange their own library books at our self-checkout stations so that they can return and borrow books throughout each day. 

Procedures for Overdue/Lost Books:

• Overdue notices are sent home once a marking period.
• There are no fines for late/overdue books.
• In the event a library book is lost or damaged, families are not required to pay for them. However, the media center will gladly accept donations to help offset the cost of replacing the materials. The donation can be in the form of a check made out to Mill Creek Towne, or a used copy of the book. Payment for these materials will be returned if the books are later found.