Anastasia Martin, Library Media Specialist

Welcome to the Semmes Elementary Media Center!

SES Library Catalog

https://mcpss.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?site=174&context=saas03_0139762

Hours of Operation 8:15-3:00

Semmes Elementary Summer Reading

Grades 1-2 see the attached file located in the Latest News section titled Summer Reading Lists http://semmes.mce.schoolinsites.com/ for books lists and instructions.

Grades 3-5 students should read at least 2 AR books over the summer and should plan to take AR tests when they return to school.  Please encourage your child to read a lot over the summer! Utilize this website http://www.arbookfind.com/ to help your child find books on his/her reading level (ZPD). 

The Mobile Public Library summer reading program is from June 3^rd through July 29^th http://slp.mobilepubliclibrary.org/. Register at your local Mobile Public Library location. Kids read books this summer, turn in their reading log to the Mobile Public Library, and earn LEGOs. Read 20 books or more & earn entries to win an iPod shuffle.

Big Universe has over 11,000 ebooks and over 4,000 AR ebooks students can enjoy at home this summer on a tablet or laptop. To search for the AR books available on Big Universe go to the Big Universe library tab and choose the “ATOS” link.

Sign in to Big Universe at https://www.biguniverse.com/signin. For grades 3-5 the student login is the same username (e.g. jdoe1234) and password (e.g. 5678) to sign in a MCPSS computer. The group username is mcpss. For grades K-2 the username is student id (e.g. 1940609108) and the password is initials + birth year (e.g. ah1998). The group username is mcpss.   

Open a good book and start reading today!