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What's Happening in Kenton County
Senior Thanksgiving Luncheon
(hosted by the City of Erlanger and the library)
November 19, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County Library
Reservations only by calling 859-962-4000
Reservations only taken after November 1, 2010
Family Christmas Event
(hosted by the City of Erlanger and the library)
December 5, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County Library
Erlanger LibraryCheck out all the fun teen events going on at the Kenton County Library-Erlanger Branch http://www.kentonlibrary.org/events/index.php?ptype=3&loc=2&kw=
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Dear Parents:
As we enter a new school year, we wanted to let you know what you may expect from your kids’ after-school experience at the Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County Public Library. Over the past few years we have had increasing numbers of elementary, middle and early high school students in the library after school. We welcome all students and are very happy and proud to be a safe and fun spot for them to come, hang out and do homework. But we also need to make sure the library remains a comfortable place to visit for all of our patrons.
To that end, we are going to be more consistently enforcing our Code of Conduct and here’s what it will mean for library patrons of all ages:
Rule 1 (and only 1): Everyone must abide by the rules of the Library. In addition to the Code of Conduct, the “golden rule” is that it’s everyone’s library – therefore:
a) If you behave in such a way as to prevent anyone else from using the library, you must stop.
b) If you will not or cannot stop behaving in a way that negatively impacts other patrons or staff, you must leave the premises – including the grounds.
The kinds of behavior that we see most often in the after-school crowd are fights (both verbal and physical), loud physical play, disregard of staff’s directions and loitering in the parking lot (which includes skateboarding, smoking, and other activities which are expressly forbidden in posted library policies). All of these behaviors disturb other users, monopolize staff, are often dangerous to the student and other patrons, and generally interfere with the operations of the library.
If any child is behaving in any of the above described ways, we will make our expectations clear to them. They can stay in the library if they behave. If they cannot or will not behave after being sufficiently warned, we will suspend them from the library and its grounds for the day or longer, depending on the infraction. We will follow the same procedure in every case and suspensions will escalate for habitual offenders.
If the young patron is over 12 years of age, we will not notify their parents. If the child is 12 or under, a staff member will call a parent or guardian and ask for them to pick up their child. If we cannot reach a parent or no one arrives within 15 minutes to remove the child from the building, we will call the police to handle the situation. According to the library’s Safe Child Policy, children 12 and under should not be in the library unaccompanied by an adult at any time.
We hope you will share this information with your children if coming to the library is part of your child’s after school routine. I hope we can depend on your assistance with keeping the Erlanger Branch library a comfortable and pleasant place for everyone. We know you have as much interest as we do in keeping your children safe and behaving well. All staff members have been trained in the procedures described above and we will enforce these rules consistently and keep records of every suspension so that we can share that information with you should your child be suspended. We will be very happy to discuss any problems with you at any time. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly at sbanks@kentonlibrary.org or by phone at 962-4001.
Best regards and great thanks,
Sue Banks, ManagerUsing Twitter for Tichenor Communication-similar to the district page that you receive school closing tweets
1. Sign up for Twitter (if you are already signed up with Twitter, just add TichenorKy tweets to follow)
a. Log on to http://twitter.com
b. Click the “Sign up now” button
c. A new web page will appear. Complete the information to sign up for Twitter. When finished click the “Create my account” button.
d. Click the “Skip This step” button if you don’t want to invite anyone else to join and if you don’t want to follow any famous “Tweeters.”
2. Modify Account Settings
a. To avoid receiving unnecessary emails from Twitter, the district strongly recommends that the following steps be taken.
b. Log into Twitter.
c. On the main menu bar at the top of any Twitter page, click “Settings.”
d. You will be taken to the settings page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the checkbox beside “Protect my tweets.” Click Save.
e. Next, at the top, click the “Notices” tab.
f. Uncheck all boxes on the notices tab and hit save.
3. Follow the TichenorKY .
a. On the main menu bar at the top of any Twitter page, click “Find People.”
b. On the page that appears, type “TichenorKY” in the box and hit the “search” button.
c. You may find multiple search results, but the correct user 1) is called “TichenorKY,”
2) will state that it is the “Official Twitter Page of TichenorKY,”
3) will include the district logo:
d. Click the “Follow” button beside the “Tichenor” name. The “Follow” box will change to a check mark with the word “Following” beside it. You are now following TichenorKY tweets!
4. Receive Tweets on your cell phone (optional).
a. As soon as you complete step three above you will begin receiving tweets from TichenorKY on your Twitter home page. If you would like, you can also receive tweets as text messages on your cell phone. To set this up complete the steps below.
b. On the main menu bar at the top of any Twitter page, click “Settings.”
c. Your account information will load. Click on the “Devices” tab.
d. On the page that loads, leave the “+1” box untouched and in the larger box put in your mobile phone number.
e. Click the button beside “It’s okay for Twitter to send txt messages to my phone. Standard rates apply.”
f. Click the “Save” button.
g. You will be instructed on screen to send a small text message to Twitter. Do so.
h. Wait for a text message from Twitter stating that your cell phone has been verified (This can take from a few secs to a few hrs).
i. Click on the “Home” link at the top of the page.
j. Click the “Following” link beneath your username on the upper right side of the screen:
k. Scanning down your list you will find “TichenorKY” as a user you are following (In fact, it may be the ONLY user). Click it.
l. On the TichenorKY homepage you should see a box that says “Following” and “Device updates OFF”:
m. Click the gray box and turn Device updates to “ON.” You will now receive a text message whenever the TichenorKY count is updated. The text usually arrives in less than a minute after the update was made.
n. Neither Twitter nor the school district charges for this service. However, standard text messaging fees DO apply.
5. Follow other district “tweeters” (Optional)
a. Now that you’ve started using Twitter, you don’t have to stop with just following the TichenorKy main page. You can also follow other official district pages.
i. Erlanger-Elsmere School: erlangerelsmere ii. Lloyd High School: lmhsJuggernauts iii. Lloyd High School Guidance: juggsguidance iv. Arnett Elementary: arnettfalcons v. Howell Elementary: DorothyHowell vi. Lindeman Elementary: lindemanlions vii. Miles Elementary: mileselementary
TichenorKy Tweets