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About Our Media Center

Orange County Public Schools' library media programs are the hub of our schools and provide equitable access to resources that engage students in learning. Through promoting reading appreciation, teaching digital and information literacy skills, facilitating inquiry through both independent and collaborative learning, library media programs contribute to ensuring that every student has a promising and successful future.

 

Media Center Staff

Howard M.S. Media Specialist

Kelly Douglas

Email: Kelly.Hager@ocps.net

  • 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.

    2026 New Book Purchases

    Howard families we are happy to announce that we are in the process of ordering some great titles that our students have requested, titles that have been lost from our collection, new graphic novels, new biographies, and new fiction. Over 800 new titles! 

    Please Provide feedback by Friday, January 30, 2026 if you have any concerns or comments about the purchase of these titles. If you do not reply by the stated date, that will be received as approval of the order.

    You will find the new lists below:

    Click here for the 2026 Graphic Novels booklist

    Click here for the 2026 Biographies booklist

    Click here for the 2026 Student Requests booklist

     

  • 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:

  • 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 list]

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

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