Welcome to LRMS Media Center

 If you are interested in the Battle of the Books Club, the website is located in the Students tab -> Clubs.

CommonsenseMedia Internet Safety Lessons

Grade 6  - Don't Feed the Phish!

Grade 6 - Who Are You Online?

Grade 7- Big Data Survey

Grade 7- Digital Footprints Survey

Grade 8 - Be Aware of What You Share Survey

Grade 8 - Social Media & Digital Footprints:  Our Responsibilities Survey

 Author Scott Reintgen Visit on Jan. 21, 2020

Donors Choose project "And the Story Continues!" fully funded in August, 2018. 
This project's focus was adding series books to the Media Center collection.  

Local author and former Lufkin student Scott Reintgen returned to Lufkin
on July 17 and August 7 for the release of Nyxia Unleashed.
215 books were sold!
Nyxia Uprising will be published in Spring, 2019.

Student Surveys:

Book Title Wish List

Reading Interest

Newspapers in Education (NIE)
News & Observer
See Mrs. Ruby for login information

LRMS Tools

Lufkin Library Catalog - Destiny

• Home page - Links to online resources
• Library Search - Find books in the LRMS collection

NoodleTools

• Use NoodleTools throughout a research project to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.  See Mrs. Ruby for login information.
• 6th Grade National Parks Investigation
  • National Parks Service information abour rock types - www.nature.nps.gov/geology/education/concepts/rocks.cfm
  • National Parks website for background information on specific parks - www.nps.gov
  • Badland geologic formations - www.nps.gov/badl/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
  • Devil's Tower First Stories - www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-stories.htm
  • Devil's Tower geologic formations - www.nps.gov/deto/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
  • Rocky Mountain National Park geological activity - www.nps.gov/romo/learn/nature/geologicactivity.htm
  • Research guides for all three rock types - www.nsta.org/scope1809

Battle of the Books Club

• The Battle of the Books Club is for students who like to read but LOVE competition.  Students read books from the North Carolina School Library Media Association list which is published for each school year.  The LRMS students prepare for the county compeititon held in late February.  If you are interested in Battle of the Books, see Mrs. Ruby and tell her "BOB sent me!"
• 2019-2020 Middle School Battle of the Books List

Mrs. Ruby Reads Blog

• Do you need a book recommendation?  Follow Mrs. Ruby's blog and check out a good book!

Lexile Levels

• Find the right book for your Lexile level.

Wake County Public Library

News & Observer

WRAL News