Media Center
The Media Center is the resource center of the school for students, teachers, and the parent community. In the Osceola Media Center you'll find a wide variety of activities all designed to inspire and motivate the young mind.
VPortal Resources
VPortal, available directly from the school website, is full of wonderful free resources. Students will navigate VPortal for online learning and can find additional resources when work is complete. Sign in with the student’s email address – alphacode@vcs2go.net. For example, 1abcd@vcs2go.net. Password is the student’s 8-digit birthdate, i.e., 01052010.
- BrainPop: A trusted learning resource supporting core and supplemental subjects, reaching millions of learners worldwide.
- Code Studio: A nonprofit organization dedicated to introducing computer science to students. The Code Studio has step-by-step lessons that help students learn coding in an exciting way.
- Reading Counts: A computer-based reading program that uses basic comprehension questions to encourage reading. It can be found in VPortal in the Digital Resources folder.
- Britannica School: A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School.
- TumbleBooks and TumbleMath: from home, TumbleBooks and TumbleMath provide your students with a huge library of books at their fingertips, anytime they want.
Online Reading Resources
- Epic: Epic! is an American kids subscription-based reading and learning platform. It offers access to books and videos for children ages 12 and under. The service can be used on desktop and mobile devices.
- Laptop: www.getepic.com/students choose student use class code: mnc9878
- iPad- Download iOS app from "Self Service Kiosk" (VCS Device) or iOS app store (personal device) choose student and use code: mnc9878
- Media Class Code: mnc9878 (If your teacher uses Epic please use their class code). Choose your grade level (does not matter which one you choose) I created several of each grade level.
- TIME for Kids Free Digital Library: TIME for Kids is offering free subscriptions for the remainder of the school year TIME for kids
- Scholastic Learning at Home: Day-by-Day projects to keep students reading, thinking, and growing Scholastic Learn at Home
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Media Center Access
The Volusia County School district has a process in which parents can select their student's level of access to the school media center collection each year:
- Unlimited (Students default to unlimited access if Media Center Access Form is not filled out.)
- Limited
- No Access
Parents can access the form to tell the district their preference using the link below. The parents' choice will be recorded in Destiny, the district's library book circulation system.
- Media Center Access Form (Reminder: Parents do not need to fill out the form if unlimited access is requested.)