Hopkins School District #270

Media Specialist George Rota, Media Paraprofessional Linda Leighton, and Technology Support Specialist, Scott Van Vleet, welcome you to our media center web site. Our purpose is to provide a connection between our school community and information media.

Mr. Rota meets with students regularly to work on computer, information and literacy skills, and other special projects, such as our weekly news show. Ms. Leighton directs our book checkout and maintains the organization of the media center. Mr. Reed supports the technology component of student learning.  

Our Book Collection

Our media center has a book collection of over 14,000 titles. Students have a scheduled media time each week. Materials are checked out for a two-week period but may be exchanged at any time.

Our Information Classroom 

This space in the media center has many functions.  It is used for small-group instruction and for staff meetings. With our 30 MacBook computers and wireless network, we are able to have classes do flexible research where students can move around the whole media center to access information.

iMac Lab

We have 30 networked iMacs. Classroom teachers can schedule lab time in 30-minute blocks. Students at Glen Lake are taught skills ranging from basic computer use to movie presentations and interactive Internet sites. Technology is integrated into our curriculum in every grade level for every subject.

TV Studio

Each sixth grade student plans and prepares a weekly news show that is broadcast to the school. Our monthly broadcasts can also be seen on local cable access channel 17 on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and Mondays at 6:30 p.m.