MS/US Media Center General Policies

The Middle/Upper School Media Center is intended as a place for study, research and reading, and also as a gathering place and an inviting space for rest and recreation. Considerate and mature behavior is expected of all students; disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.

What IS permitted in the media center:

  • Quiet conversation
  • Group discussions
  • Laptop use
  • Study and research
  • Homework and tutoring
  • Both assigned and leisure reading
  • Listening to music with headphones
  • Card games
  • Board games (please put away materials when you leave the media center)
  • Video games, unless they become disruptive or violate the Technology Acceptable Use Policy. Please use headphones if the video game you are playing makes noise.
  • Drinks with lids.
  • Study carrels and the reading room can be used by any student at any time unless previously reserved by someone else; see a library staff member for a key.

What is NOT permitted in the media center:

  • Food is not permitted anywhere in the Bertelsmann Foundation Building.
  • Talking that is so loud as to be disruptive to others
  • Running
  • Throwing
  • Pushing, hitting, etc., even in fun (roughhousing generally)
  • Sitting on one another's laps
  • Moving any of the tables (students may move the chairs, but are expected to put them back where they found them)
  • Listening to music without headphones
  • Talking on or taking pictures with cell phones; students are permitted to make cell phone calls or take pictures with their phones in the lobby area only.
  • Any deliberate damage to library materials, furniture, shelves or displays. If there is accidental damage, please notify a library staff member so that repairs can be made.

Reminders: the Dress Code, the Technology Acceptable Use Policy, the Honor Code and all other rules and expectations of the Academy are in effect in the Media Center at all times. Library staff members and library volunteers have the authority to correct any unacceptable behavior that they witness.