Media Vanessa Watson , media coordinator, knew in the second grade she wanted to be a librarian. After a short time at the Wilson County Public Library, she joined the staff at Smithfield Elementary School. Ms. Watson believes in the written word.
Books open up the student 's minds and release all the imagination stored inside.
Every class has an assigned media center time each week. Mrs. Watson teaches units on research skills, communication skills, and technology skills. The fifth graders enjoy performing songs for National Library Week and being videotaped for the entire school to review. Each week stickers are given to classes exhibiting good behavior in the Media Center. At the end of each grading period, the class with the most stickers in each grade level is given an ice cream party.