Clinton High School Library Statistics - 593 Students

500% consecutive yearly increase in books read compared to 2015-2016

2017 - 2018
Student Population: ​593
​Number of Student Visits in  the Library: 11,264           ​

The Library as an Interdisciplinary Classroom
Art: 518
Bank: 178
Community Events: 920
English: 1,454
Guidance: 926
Inclusion: 856
Library After School: 198
(New program only 6 months of data)
Math: 778
Music: 178
PE:  167
Science: 898
Social Studies: 1,462
VHS: 1,097
World Languages: 454​

Clinton High School Library Website  2017 - 2018
Pageviews-Website                 Unique Visitors-Website  
​7,992                                           2,312
Top 10 Books Checked Out in 2017-2018
1. Dracula : The Graphic Novel : original text version by Jason Cobley
2. Cirque du Freak Series by Darren Shan
3. The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco
4. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Series by Heather Brewer
5. Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde
6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
7. Vampire knight Series by Matsuri Hino
8. Wolf Children Ame & Yuki by Mamoru Hosoda
9. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
10. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas : a fable by John Boyne

THE LIBRARY IS A CLASSROOM
Often the argument is put forward in the media that physical libraries, and librarians, are irrelevant today because of technology. Working with young people daily, I know how critical human interaction is. Students don’t know what they don’t know. And dependence on the free Web and the new independence that the Web gives student researchers often results in substantial research “holes.” A student’s research improves when he or she poses a question to a human rather than a fictional butler.
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Thoughtful research is a training ground for adult life. Good research habits require creativity, training, and much practice; and that research involves careful strategies and materials beyond the free Web. Topical research—merely finding and retelling information in a state, president, or country report— has no relevance in an information-rich landscape. I know how to assist teachers in guiding their students to learn how to ask the questions that will make research a meaningful learning experience.

Designing Web-based instruction and assessment tools that measure students’ use of information technologies, as well as their mastery of content standards is my forte. I have expertise in database searching that my teaching colleagues will never have time to develop. My responsibility is to ensure that students and faculty develop skills of information literacy, so that they know how to access, evaluate, analyze, organize, document, and communicate information in effective and ethical ways. 

I am adept at molding the library into an interdisciplinary classroom, whereby students from every academic discipline visit, or makes use of the library’s resources. I have also been able to grow a book collection that achieves a 500% consecutive yearly growth in books read. 

Mr. John Vaporis, Librarian
Clinton High School Library
2016-2017
​Hundreds of new book titles
500% increase in books taken out compared to 2015-2016
10,491 students visited the library
The Library Website received 4,609 page views
There were 1,003 unique visitors. Almost twice the population of the high school, therefore the Library Website is also serving the greater community.

Month             Students Visiting the library  Pageviews-Website  Unique Visitors-Website 
November       1,258                                          451                                    87
​December(v)  1,316                                           283                                   99
January            1,417                                           782                                   110
February (v)     980                                            350                                   86
March              2,029                                          730                                   110
April (v)            1,309                                          647                                   135
​May (T)              1,732                                         965                                   175
June                   450                                           398                                  201
                       10,491                                          4,609                                   1003
                

(V) This month contains a vacation week​
(T) Testing this month (AP, MCAS)
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