Library

Library Welcome to the Belton Middle School Library! Library hours are from 7:50 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. We are open before classes start from 7:50 - 8:15 and during the 3 lunches for checkout, research or reading.

BMS school librarians are Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Hitt.

Phone number 215-2816

E-mail address: cynthia.allen@bisd.net

Library Catalog

The BMS Library Catalog can be viewed online. Click here to search the catalog.

K-12 Databases and Britannica online

User and password information to use with K-12 Databases and Britannica online for student research:

Click on the links on the Belton Middle School home page. Ask the librarian or one of your teachers for the username and password. When you get online, it’s also possible to create an individual log in so that you can save your resources for referring back to later.

Click here to get to the databases and Brittanica.

Accelerated Reader

To see all the AR books, please access

http://bisdar.bisd.net/RenaissanceServer/HomeConnect/Login.aspx

Parents log on to Home Connect with their child's username and password.

Parents may also see their child's AR tests scores.

Library Checkout Policies

Students may check out 2 books at a time, and keep them for as long as two weeks. They may also renew the books one time. Overdues are .10 per day.

AR books will be checked out through LA classes.

Texas Lonestar 2008-2009

The Texas Lone Star books are the top 20 Young Adult novels recommended by Texas Librarians for Grades 6-8. They're great reads in a nice variety of genre.

2008--2009

1. Berryhill, Shane. Chance Fortune and the Outlaws
2. Bryant, Jen. Pieces of Georgia: A Novel.
3. Flinn, Alex. Beastly.
4. Hale, Marian. Dark Water Rising.
5. Halls, Kelly Milner. Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures that
6. Harper, Suzanne. The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney .
7. Haydon, Elizabeth. The Floating Island: The Lost Journals of Ven...
8. Holm, Jennifer L . Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf: A Year Told...
9. Korman, Gordon . Schooled.
10. Kostick, Conor. Epic.
11. Lurie, April. Brothers, Boyfriends, & Other Criminal Minds.
12. McNish, Cliff. Breathe: A Ghost Story.
13. Resau, Laura. What the Moon Saw: A Novel.
14. Salisbury, Graham. Night of the Howling Dogs.
15. Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars.
16. Scott, Michael. Alchemist: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. .
17. Smith, Roland. Peak.
18. Sonnenblick, Jordan. Zen and the Art of Faking It.
19. Stead, Rebecca. First Light.
20. Stewart, Trenton L. The Mysterious Benedict Society.

Texas Lonestar Rock n Read Luncheon in May, 2007