Media Center

Media Center Contact Information

Media Specialist: Jenny Stark
Media Clerk: Rhonda Honea
E-Mail Ms. Stark (preferred contact method)
Phone: (678) 745-2300

Welcome!

The mission of the North Gwinnett Middle School media program is to pursue excellence in all areas by encouraging reading for pleasure as well as for information acquisition; building responsible creators and consumers of information; providing collaborative, inquiry-driven learning experiences; and creating a welcoming environment designed to encourage exploration and discovery.

In the NGMS Media Center, we encourage students to take ownership of their reading interests as they self-select reading materials. Parents, you are invited into this process! We encourage you to discuss reading interests and habits at home with your child to encourage lifelong readership.

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General Information

MEDIA CENTER HOURS

Monday - Friday
8:55 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

CHECKOUT

Students will visit the media center with their Language Arts classes every two weeks. Individual students are always welcome during our operating hours with a pass from a teacher.
Students may check out up to three books at a time. Books are loaned for a 2-week period.
While NGMS does not charge overdue fees, we encourage students to return items as soon as they finish to allow other students access to popular materials.
Books that are more than two weeks overdue will be marked lost. Fines for lost books are as follows: $10 for paperbacks and $20 for hardbacks.

PRINTING

Students may print a limited number of black-and-white pages in the media center using the media center computers. To use this service, students need to visit within the operating hours and log onto a desktop student computer. Color printing is not available.

Summer Reading

NGMS Required Summer Reading

All students should read this summer in preparation for next school year. Students do NOT need to submit a formal written assignment as part of the summer reading program; however, students must fully read their selected books and be prepared to use knowledge from those books in their Language Arts classes for an activity in the fall.

Rising 6th Grade

Incoming 6th grade students should read 500 minutes from any books that they self-select. All students who complete the 500-minute summer reading challenge, The Great Bulldog Reading Adventure 2025, will receive a special treat in August.

How to Log Your Reading:

If you attended one of our four cluster schools (Roberts, Suwanee, Riverside, Level Creek), you will log reading through your elementary school Beanstack site (linked below). If you attended another elementary school, you will print and record your reading on the linked reading log. The summer reading challenge The Great Bulldog Reading Adventure 2025 will be published on Beanstack by May 26th and will close on July 25th.

Roberts Elementary School
Suwanee Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School
Level Creek Elementary School
Printable Reading Log (for all other elementary schools)

Reminders for Beanstack:

Username: Student ID number
Password: 4-digit birth month and day (ex. Feb. 8 is 0208)

After logging in, click the red Log Reading button in the top left corner of Beanstack and scroll down to select “Log Minutes.”

Favorite Books for 6th Grade

Rising 7th Grade

Incoming 7th grade students should select and read TWO fiction novels of their choice. Books will be discussed in class in August. Optional: Complete a graphic organizer to help you remember your book. You may use either the Notice & Note organizer or the Window Notes organizer.

Need a book suggestion? Try a favorite 7th grade novel!

Rising 8th Grade

Incoming 8th grade students should read TWO books from any genre. Students should focus on their own reading interests to make their selections. Click the link below to see some of the most-loved 8th grade books in the media center.

Optional: 8th grade has realistic fiction and dystopian fiction reading units if you would like to choose books from those genres to best prepare for the new school year.

Most-Loved 8th Grade Books

Reading Clubs

Book Fair and Other Events

The Fall 2025 Book Fair will be held October 24-31. If you would like to volunteer at our Book Fair, contact Ms. Stark.

Through fundraising events (like the Book Fair) along with generous contributions from the NGMS PTSA, the Media Center frequently hosts in-person author visits and field trips for our students. Watch for updates in the school newsletter and teacher communications regarding events for the 2025-26 school year.

Volunteer Opportunities

Parent volunteers make a difference in the Media Center. Volunteer responsibilities include assisting with check-out/check-in, shelving books, helping with special projects or displays, staffing the bi-annual book fairs. Volunteers are needed on a regular or one-time basis. Contact Ms. Stark at for more information.

If you are a NGHS or GSMST student interested in volunteering for service hours, please contact Ms. Stark for available opportunities.

Parent & Student Resources

Branch Out Beanstack GCPS Bookmobile Digital Citizenship GCPL

Online Research Library

Research tools are available through the Online Research Library, which includes 60+ databases. The link to access the ORL is inside the student portal, which students will see after logging in to their Chromebooks.

Reading Support

How can you support your child in growing as a reader? Encourage your child to find books that interest him/her. Ask Ms. Stark or a librarian at the public library for help matching books and interests! Set aside 20 minutes per day for child to read for pleasure. Let him/her self-select a book, magazine, or article to read during this time. Engage with your child about what he/she is reading! Read together or ask questions about the book.

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