KNS Media Center

Welcome to the KNS Media Center online site and the homepage for the Library and Information Literacy Program for Hilton Head Preparatory School students.

Here you will find links to our online catalog of print and multimedia resources and directions for accessing our subscription databases.

You can email the librarian to ask a question, reserve a time for a library class or reserve the KNS for a group meeting.

Library Hours
Monday-Thursday 8am to 5pm
Friday 8am to 2:30pm

Links

Educational Links
Book a Library or IL Class
Reserve KNS
Ask the Librarian

About the Media Center

Dedicated in September of 2000, the KNS Media Center features state-of-the-art technology. Included in the center is: a twenty station computer lab, wireless for individual laptop use, a cheerful, child-friendly "story-time" alcove, online library catalog and data-processing terminals, and teaching zones configured with computers, data projectors, CD & CD-ROM, DVD, and video audio/display equipment.

The KNS Media Center cataloging and circulation functions help students and staff find and borrow from over 14,000 print and electronic resources quickly and provides library staff tools to effectively match student and staff interests and curricular needs.

The Media Center was carefully designed to meet the varied needs of lower, middle and upper school students and their teachers. Ample room exists for large and small group meetings while the structure's architecture also provides private areas for quiet study.

Built with generous funding given by families and friends of Hilton Head Prep, the KNS Media Center embodies the spirit of the Prep community's devotion to academic excellence and student support by providing a modern and welcoming place for learning and interaction.

Lower School Media Center Programs

Goals of the Lower School Media Center Program

• To help each student discover the work of a variety of authors and illustrators and develop his or her own list of favorites
• To enable each student to locate, evaluate and use materials and information independently
• To acquire and maintain an up-to-date and balanced collection to meet the needs of each user and to support the curriculum of Hilton Head Preparatory School

Policies

• Each class visits the media center once each week, but students are welcome to visit at other times as the need arises
• Each weekly visit includes a story time or a lesson in how to locate materials plus time to check out books and take Accelerated Reader quizzes
• First graders are limited to one book per visit, but other than that, there is not an arbitrary limit on the number of books a student may borrow. Instead, each student is encouraged to be responsible and considerate and to return books when they are finished with them whether that is after one night or after two weeks
• There are no fines for overdue items, but we do ask for replacement of books that are lost or damaged beyond repair
• Parents are invited to use the media center's resources and check out reading material for their own use or for their children's use

Accelerated Reader

Beginning in first grade, students are encouraged to take computerized quizzes on books that they have read. Depending on the length and complexity of the books and the number of correct answers given, students can earn points. Recognition is given as students reach the milestones of 25, 50, 100, 200 or more points. At the end of each school year, the top readers are invited to a luncheon hosted by Dr. Groesbeck and the fifth grader with the highest point total is awarded the Amber McElhaney Award at graduation.