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West Laurens Middle School is located in rural Laurens County, Georgia and serves students in grades 6-8. Many students come from low-income households and over 40% qualify for free or reduced lunch. Test scores are higher than state averages but the school library's collection of 12937 books is aging, with 13% in poor condition. The school wishes to purchase 500 new non-fiction books focused on social sciences, natural history, technology, geography and history for $12,500 to update the collection. They plan a family event to introduce the new materials and encourage greater library use.

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West Laurens Middle School is located in rural Laurens County, Georgia and serves students in grades 6-8. Many students come from low-income households and over 40% qualify for free or reduced lunch. Test scores are higher than state averages but the school library's collection of 12937 books is aging, with 13% in poor condition. The school wishes to purchase 500 new non-fiction books focused on social sciences, natural history, technology, geography and history for $12,500 to update the collection. They plan a family event to introduce the new materials and encourage greater library use.

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Lois Lenski Covey Foundation

2013 School Library Grant Application


(The Foundation will consider library programs administered by public or private schools serving economically or socially at-risk children.)
West Laurens Middle School 6-8th School name __________________________________________________ Grades served ___________
332 West Laurens School Rd Dublin GA Zip _________ 31021 Physical address ______________________________City_______________ State ____

same Mailing address ______________________________City_______________ State ____ Zip _________ (if different from physical address)
Debra Nichols Media Specialist Intern Name of contact person _____________________________________ Position ____________________

wlms.lcboe.net School website address _________________________________________________________________

A. TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY


Tell us about the community in which your school is located. (Setting, economic conditions, and special circumstances are appropriate.)
Our Community can be described as part rural/part small urban. We are located in Laurens County, which is the third largest county according to land mass. Since the city is in the center of the county, the outlining towns are considered to be rural areas. Many of the students live in low socio-economic situations, in either single parent households or multi-family households.

B. TELL US ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL


1008 Number enrolled ______

43 % Percentage qualified for free or reduced lunch programs ______

Percentage of students reading below grade level: _________% Specify the percentage reading below grade level in individual grades:
39.7 45.9 30.1 7th _____%; 8th _____% 1st ____%; 2nd ____%; 3rd ____% 4th _____%; 5th _____%; 6th _____%;

Tell us about pertinent school challenges and achievements. (Evidence of outstanding service to children is appropriate.)
We have challenged our students to consistently do their best and perform well on standardized tests. Our students consistently score higher than the state average on most, if not all, of the sections of the CRCT and on the 8th Grade Middle School Writing Assessment. We have also had the highest score for an individual on the writing assessment.

C. TELL US ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY


42 Age of facility: _______ years

Square footage of library: ________

1 Number of full time library staff: _____


0 0 Number of part time library staff _____, who work a combined ______ hours weekly.
35 hrs. Number of hours per week library is open during the school year: __________

Please attach a two photos representative of the interior of your library. If you cannot provide photos, explain why here:

Number of library computers for students to use:

2 _________

125 Number of student computers elsewhere on campus: _________ (This includes all computers for students; including those in computer labs on campus no matter their location, computers on mobile computer carts, and classroom computers set aside for students.)

Number of individual pre-K through 8th grade students that use the library at least once a week: 662 _________ individual students
(A number must be provided. It is important that this number accurately reflect the use of the library by individual children. Please estimate, as accurately as possible, the number of children that use your library in a weeks time. Do not count multiple visits as separate children.)

How many childrens books (books published for children pre-school through 8th grade) are in your 12937 collection? _______ (Do not include reference books, text books, or classroom collections.) In what condition are the childrens books? Provide percentages.
37 % Excellent (new and in good condition) ___

40 % Good (not new, but in good condition) ___


10 % Fair (well used, but not overly-deteriorated) ___
13 % Poor (significantly damaged, close to unusable)* ___

*If more than 10% of collection is in poor condition, provide explanation:


Many of our books are in poor condition due to the age of the books and due to the normal wear and tear that popular books go through.

What special programs does your library offer children to encourage reading and library use:
There are two separate items that are done to encourage reading amongst our students: 1)Each grade level sets Accelerated Reader requirements that students must meet each 9 weeks. This counts as part of their reading grade. In addition to receiving a grade, they are also rewarded each 9 weeks with a party. If they meet their goal all four 9 weeks, they receive a certificate at Honor's night. 2) We also encourage our students to read the books that have been selected as Georgia Book Award Nominees. If they read 10 out of the 20 books, they are rewarded with a day from school. We take the students to see a movie at the local movie theater, then take them to a local park and feed them hamburgers, chips, drinks, and a dessert. If the students read all 20 of the books, they receive a trophy at Honor's Night.

D. TELL US HOW LLCF GRANT FUNDS WILL BE USED


What type(s) of childrens books do you need?
We would purchase non-fiction books, within the subjects of: social sciences, natural sciences, technology, geography, and history.

How was this need determined?


This need was determined by running an analysis of our collection in Titlewave. This analysis showed that the above mentioned subject areas are furthest away from the recommended percentages.

How many childrens books are needed, at what total cost?


500 Number of books: _______
12500 $ _______

Total cost: How was this cost determined?


At approximately $25 a book, it would cost $12,500 to purchase 500 books.

What special plans (events, displays, publicity) do you have to use the acquisition of additional books to encourage greater library use and foster a love of reading?
A parent/student night of reading and activities would be planned to introduce the new books and their subject matter.

E. TELL US ABOUT YOUR LIBRARYS CHILDRENS BOOK EXPENDITURES


What are your historic and projected expenditures for the purchase of childrens books? (Books published for children pre-school through 8th grade.) Use the table below to document dollar amounts from the last three years, and your projected amounts for
2013-14. Do not include a hoped-for Lenski Covey grant in 2013-14 projected amount. Include only book-purchase dollars. Do not include dollars for non-literature items (overhead lamps, supplies, etc.). Complete budget information is required. We cannot accept applications where any of the below cells are blank; use 0 if appropriate.

$ from Administration
2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11
4500

$ from Grants
0

$ from Donations
0

Other Income *
1800

Total **
6300

4500
4300

0
0

0
0

2000
1700

6500
6000

* other fundraising such as book fairs, bake sales, etc. ** sum of previous four cells in this row

Provide the source(s) of grants:

Provide explanation for each year that your childrens book budget did not receive funding from administration (column 1 above):

F. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (optional)


If desired, give additional information that you feel would be useful to our directors in considering your application by attaching no more than one extra page. The appended page needs to contain explanatory text that you have written yourself. Do not append book lists, printouts of state/local income data, or collection age lists. Check here if you have opted to add information: How did you learn of the Lois Lenski Covey Foundation library grant program?
Internet Search

[email protected] 478-290-5721 Contact email address ____________________________ Phone number _______________

04-09-13 Signed:______________________________________________ Date: _______________


(print document and sign by hand before mailing)

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