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Welcome to the Catalina Elementary Media Center

Fueling Curiosity, Inspiring Readers, and Helping Students Take Flight!

The Media Center at Catalina Elementary is the heart of our school, a vibrant, welcoming space where students develop a love for reading, explore new ideas, and grow as lifelong learners. Our goal is to support academic achievement while nurturing imagination and creativity.

Students visit the Media Center regularly to check out books, engage in interactive literacy activities, conduct research, and participate in schoolwide reading challenges. We also provide access to digital resources, technology tools, and collaborative learning experiences that empower students to become confident, independent thinkers.

With the guidance of our dedicated media specialist, the Media Center plays a key role in supporting classroom learning, promoting digital citizenship, and encouraging every child to read, lead, and succeed.

At Catalina Elementary, we believe that every great journey begins with a good book and our Media Center is ready to help students take off on that journey!

 

Media Center Staff

Payal Trivedi

Media Specialist 

  • Orange County Public Schools uses Follett Destiny’s Library Management System to catalog all materials maintained in the school library media center. The Destiny Library Catalog can be accessed by hovering over the Media Center tab on this website and selecting the “Destiny Library Catalog” option from the dropdown menu.

    The public has access to search any school’s library catalog for available titles. The brief video below demonstrates how to search a school’s library catalog.
     


    Spanish Video

     
    Additional library media materials can be accessed through the following links or on LaunchPad.

  • Orange County Public Schools' collection development procedures are documented on School Board Policy IJL - Library Materials Selection and Adoption. Library media materials, whether purchased or donated, are selected by a school district employee who holds a valid educational media specialist certificate. Our school’s collection development plan can be accessed using the link below:

    • Collection Development Plan [Hyperlink the school’s individual plan here]

  • Instructional Materials
    A list of all instructional materials, including those materials used to provide instruction required by Section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, are linked below.

     

    All supplemental instructional materials, purchased by the school or district, are linked below:

  • A list of all materials, specifically books, required as part of a school or grade-level reading lists are accessible below.

    • School and Grade-Level Reading Lists [Hyperlink to school specific reading lists]

  • Our school's classroom libraries are available to the public at the link below and may be searched by title or author.

    • Beanstack [Hyperlink to school’s specific Beanstack URL]

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