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Mission

The Hickory Ridge Middle School (HiRMS) Media Center (MC) exists to support students, teachers, and the HiRMS community as we read, learn, think, and grow together. HiRMS Media Center: for the info nerd, the book lover, the curious, and the ones who just wanna talk.

Vision

The Media Center will be the heart of a robust instructional program that values reading widely for pleasure and reading critically for the development of understanding. It will equip students and teachers with skills necessary for critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity while providing a broad array of resources to support these skills. Resources will not only reflect the interests, lives, and histories of our students, but they will open doors to new regions and perspectives, providing students with a foundation for building a responsible and compassionate mindset toward local and global issues.

Values

• We believe that every child can learn.
• We believe in getting books in kids’ hands. A book exists for every reader - we just have to find it.
• We believe the definition of “a reader” is not limited to those who like to read books.
• We believe that people deserve access to broad perspectives and information so they can make their own decisions and form their own beliefs. Our role is to help them access and use information.
• We believe that both individual and collaborative thinking skills are essential, and everyone has something to bring to the table.
• We believe that every person who walks through our doors is a treasure.