Research Database: EBSCO Host

The newest addition to the district's library system is a powerful research database, EBSCO Host. Every student and teacher has access to this huge database that includes periodicals, global newspapers, professional journals, images, and video clips.

Students of all grade levels have access to abstracts and full length articles on a wide variety of subjects. This database is particularly helpful to our students doing research on current events and timely topics either domestic or global, including the sciences, health, ecology, government, politics, economics, and more. In addition, the district also provides the Points of View database, which gives students articles of opposing views on many debatable global issues.

For teachers conducting research for lesson plans or graduate courses, EBSCO Host is of great value. The professional library includes the ERIC database and many education journals.

Users have access at all times by going to the e-Library from the district's website. For log in and passwords, see your site's teacher librarian.

New Student Information System Approved

At the last Board of Trustees' meeting, Infinite Campus was approved for purchase and will become our new Student Information System. Infinite Campus will replace our antiquated SASI which will be phased out by the beginning of the next school year.

Infinite Campus stores student information including enrollment, attendance, grades, assessment data; it provides a parent portal, phone and email messenger services, and numerous reports (including state required reports). Health reports and transcripts can be generated.

Already, planning is taking place, and training for the Core Team will be done in early March. Key people will be thoroughly trained so they can be a resource to their job-alike peers as this new system is implemented in phases in the coming months.

Training will be available in different delivery formats: face-to-face, online, webinars (instructor led online), and coaching/tutorial.

More data modules can and will be added in the future; some are not yet available from the company, others are ready, but district will assess needs before acquiring them.

Stay tuned, as you will be hearing much more about Infinite Campus!