Welcome to the Mary K. Widener Media Center at Timber Ridge Elementary School.
Our Media Center Mission Statement.
Our Timber Ridge mission is to be a positive place for learning where children and adults grow in knowledge, skills, and respect. The mission of our media program is to facilitate collaboration with classes to enhance standards-based learning throughout the school and to encourage students to become life-long learners and readers.Back to Top
How does the Media Center work towards achieving this mission?
The Mary K. Widener Media Center welcomes students, staff, and parents to explore and enjoy our resources, which have been selected to support and enhance the curriculum offered at Timber Ridge. The Media Center houses a collection of both print and non-print materials and provides access to the Internet. Throughout the school year, students receive guidance and instruction to enable them to find and retrieve information from both print and non-print sources, including our Cobb Virtual Library. Students are introduced to both fiction and non-fiction books to enrich their learning experinece and their appreciation of different genres of literature. The Media Center staff also strives to provide technical guidance and support for staff and students as they explore and research the world of information through technology.Back to Top
We begin by mentioning our parent volunteers who are so very important to the operation of the Media Center, assisting daily with the circulation and processing of books and other materials. Volunteers are organized by a PTA chairperson. Recognition to our many parent volunteers is important because they make our Media Center such a pleasant place to visit!! Working with students to check-in and check-out thousands of books each year and then shelving these items is a huge job. The hours donate by our volunteers contribute so very much to the operation of our Media Center. The Media Center staff includes Kathie Parks and Cindy Farrant. Kathie Parks grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and came to Georgia in 1970 to attend UGA. After completing graduate school at UK in 1975, Ms. Parks began her career as the librarian in a Business College in SC. Her degree as a Children's Librarian brought her into elementary school media centers where she enjoyed 5 years BC {before children}. In 1984, Ms. Parks moved to Marietta. In 2000, Ms. Parks accepted the position of Media Specialist at Timber Ridge Elementary. Cindy Farrant was born in upstate New York. Ms. Farrant attended college in Johnstown, NY. She has lived in Marietta with her family for the past 10 years, moving here from New Hampshire. Ms. Farrant has worked in the Media Center since 1998. She was voted by the Timber Ridge faculty to be the 2006- 2007 School Professional, an honor she certainly deserves.Back to Top
The Media Center at Timber Ridge Elementary was given the name of Mary K. Widener Media Center to honor the school's first principal on the occasion of the school's tenth anniversary in 1999.Back to Top
Access our Timber Ridge Media Center catalog online.
Return to the Media Center Home Page & click on the DESTINY icon of a "happy globe." Find Timber Ridge in the list of CCSD schools, and open that link! And PRESTO, you have access to our Media Center catalog!!Back to Top