The Escobedo Library Media Center offers many resources and services to enhance each student’s educational experience, promote information literacy and supports the common core standards for a 21st century education.

Print Resources: The Escobedo Library Media Center houses over 25,900 books worth over $518,000. Fifty-eight percent of these reading materials are non-fiction books with informational text about people, places, events and cultures that support our math, English, reading, electives, science, and social studies classes. The other forty-two percent of our collection includes fiction novels in various reading lexile levels and genres. According to a TitleWise Collection Analysis done 8/14/19 the recommended number of titles per student in a library collection is 2 and we are fortunate to have 24.6 per student. Our collection contentiously grows through CCSD funds that are allotted to the school library and funds earned through book fairs. Mr. Heckler is constantly on the lookout for new titles to add to the collection. Make sure to stop in and suggest middle school appropriate books that you would like to see added.

Digital Resources: Students have access to 18 desktop computers, 2 laptop computers, 13 Barnes and Noble Nooks, 12 Chromebooks and 30 iPads for their online learning and research needs. They can use them to access the internet software programs, word processing, desktop publishing, and video/photo editing assignments.Web based programs are also an option to our 21st century learners and allow them to create digital projects from home or school through the use of an account. We have a growing eBook collection that students access through Follett Shelf (currently over 225 eBooks). We also have two 55 inch Smart TV’s with Huddle Spaces that allow up to 8 devices to connect to the TV’s for collaborative projects. These TV’s are nestled around horseshoe tables to make it even easier. We have a 75 inch AVer CP Series interactive display and a Chromebook. Click the link to learn more about it AVer Interactive Display.

Databases: The library subscribes to several online databases which can be accessed through direct links in the Pages section with the use of a password. Students are given username/password sheets in the Escobedo library. Our online databases come from scholarly sources and include information from newspapers, references, magazines,books and journals.  Please use these resources for any research and learning needs at school or at home.

Book Fairs: The library hosts two book fairs per school year. At the beginning and the end of the year we have a Scholastic Book fair in the Escobedo library.