Welcome to the Mary K. Widener Media Center at Timber Ridge Elementary 
School.

1. Our Media Center Mission Statement.
2. How does the Media Center work towards achieving this mission?
3. The Media Center Staff.....
4. A bit of history.....
5. Access our Timber Ridge Media Center catalog online.

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.

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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.

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The Media Center Staff.....

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.

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A bit of history.....

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.

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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!!

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