There are separate areas for research, free reading, and multimedia production. We also have a small television studio and produce a daily broadcast with news and features about the school. Student media assistants, lab technicians, and TV studio assistants take media courses as elective credits and are an invaluable resource in handling the daily operation of the media center. The audiovisual assistant tapes instructional television programs off-air upon request from teachers. General Information I. Philosophy - The media center subscribes to an open scheduling concept, which allows for individual, small group, and whole class use.
Teachers work with the media staff to plan units of study based on the curriculum.
Individual students may also utilize media resources before and after school, during break and both lunches, as well as during class time as needed. Our network, the Titan Network, has many wonderful programs for classes at McDowell High. Listed below is a sampling of these programs. Basic job profiles cover 250 careers, including more than 1,200 job titles. More than 1,000 articles from trade and professional journals are included.