Burnette Elementary Media Center

In the Burnette Media Center, we encourage our students to develop a love of reading and become lifelong learners. We provide a safe space to dream, experiment, learn, and discover.

The Burnette Media Center will be the hub of learning at BES. We will provide a warm and welcoming environment where students can access a wide variety of diverse books in multiple formats. We will provide a variety of materials for students to pursue and share knowledge, interact, and communicate.

Self selected, independent reading is vital if we want our children to love reading. In the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report: Fifth Edition , 91 percent of children ages 6-17 agree that “my favorite books are the ones that I have picked out myself.” Encouraging our children to read what they love and read for fun is the most important job we can do if we want them to be lifelong readers.

Our children are growing up in a world surrounded by technology. Most of our students use technology on a regular basis. At Burnette, we are committed to helping our students learn digital citizenship skills in order to learn, communicate, and collaborate safely and responsibly. Digital citizenship skills are taught in our computer science specials and during research lessons in the media center.

Students at Burnette Elementary have the opportunity to visit the Media Center on a weekly basis.

Kindergarten students may check out 1 book at a time. First grade through third grade students may check out 2 books at a time. Fourth and fifth grade students may check out 3 books at a time.

The loan period is for two weeks, but students are welcome to bring the book to us and we will renew it for another two weeks as long as it is not on hold for another student..

There are no fines for overdue books.

Fines for lost or damaged books are $15, as set by Gwinnett County Schools.

Fines may be paid using MyPaymentsPlus.com.

If you do locate a lost book after paying for it, please return it to the Media Center and you will be issued a refund!

• Use caution when placing a book and water bottle in the same bag. Make sure water bottle is tightly closed.
• Make sure your hands are clean when reading or handling a library book.
• Do not write, draw, or color in a library book.
• Use caution when eating or drinking while reading a library book.
• Do not leave library books outside.
• Keep your library books in a special place. We recommend keeping library books in your child's backpack.

Join us in the Million Minute Challenge this school year! Students can log reading minutes in Beanstack. Students log in with their GCPS student number and birthdate in MMDD format.

The challenge ends April 30, 2025.

We are hosting a Literati book fair this fall! Our book fair will open Friday, November 15. We will be open the following week, Monday through Thursday, November 18-21, during school hours, 8:20 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Our online fair is already open! You can start shopping ahead of time and access online exclusive deals. Any books purchased before our fair opens will be shipped to school at the beginning of our fair.

Don't want to send cash? Use the online link to purchase a gift card for your student instead!