Library

Mrs. Ashley Drewery
Librarian
662-342-2289
Welcome My name is Ashley Drewery. Please allow me to tell you a little about myself.
I am a 2000 graduate of South Panola High School in Batesville, Mississippi. After graduation I attended Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi and graduated with honors in 2004. I began my teaching career at Batesville Middle School where I taught fifth grade for four years . In 2009 I got married and moved to Southaven, where I joined the wonderful Southaven Intermediate School staff. There I taught third grade for one year and then returned to fifth grade for 6 years. I was super excited to make the move to Southaven Elementary School in 2015 to become your librarian.
My husband, Justin, and I have two children, Waylon 9 and Karsyn 4. Waylon is in 4th grade and Karsyn loves going to PreK with all of her friends. I enjoy the smell of new books, reading, cooking, and spending time with my family.
“Everyone is a reader… some just haven’t found their favorite book yet.”
Southaven Elementary Library Media Center's vision is to become a 21st Century environment that promotes learning in all students grades kindergarten through five by being a fun, safe, productive place to read, write, research, and create.
The mission of Southaven Elementary School Library Media Center is to provide our students and teachers with a text, resource, and technological rich learning environment that will spark creativity, foster a love of reading, promote research skills, and aid in implementation of the Mississippi College and Career Ready standards.
Southaven Elementary School Library Media Center Goals:
- Students will learn to venture out and read a variety of different texts.
- The SES library media center will be a safe haven for students and teachers to research and select texts.
- Students will be provided with a plethora of book genres to encourage the development of life-long reading.
- The SES library will provide a wide range of resources for teachers to grow and expand their lessons.
- Students will be encouraged to read, write, and research on topics they enjoy.
- The library will become a favorite place for our young readers to expand their growing knowledge.
Links
Research
MAGNOLIA is a statewide consortium funded by the Mississippi Legislature which provides online research databases for publicly funded K-12 schools, public libraries, community college libraries, and university libraries in Mississippi.
http://magnolia.msstate.edu/k12/elementary.asp
KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.
https://www.alarms.org/kidrex/Factmonster.com combines essential reference materials, fun facts and features, and homework help for kids.
EBooks & Online Reading
Destiny
https://dcsms.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?context=saas51_2322480
Username: JLGELM Password: JLGFREE
https://jlg.ipublishcentral.com/
MackinVIA
https://www.mackinvia.com/enter
Site Name: Mississippi Distance Learning Primary
Username: mde20201 Password: mde20201
Games & Learning
The Stacks
https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/home/?esp=CORPHP%2Fib%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FNAV%2FKids%2FTab%2FSTACKSHP%2F%2F%2F%2F
Kids A-Z
https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login
Classroom Magazine
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Teacher Resources
Destiny
https://dcsms.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?context=saas51_2322480
Teacher Professional Development