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K-12 Library Media Program

Modesto City Schools has set the benchmark in standards-based library instruction for districts across the state.

I love to read Modesto City Schools (MCS) K-12 Library Media Program is a collaborative effort that is fully integrated into the school's curriculum and is central to the learning process. This ensures that the entire educational community effectively uses ideas and information, enabling students to be full, productive, and independent members of an educated society. Modesto City Schools employs credentialed Teacher Librarians at elementary, junior high and high school sites. Additionally, Library Assistants are at the elementary and high school level. In 1998, MCS Teacher Librarians developed Information Literacy Standards that were aligned with California English Language Arts Content Standards. In 2004, MCS Information Literacy Standards were used as a blueprint for the California School Library Association Recommended Information Literacy Skills K-12.

Program Website: K-12 Library Media Program

After School Learning Program

Staying after school doesn't mean you're in trouble.

Every school day the After School Learning Program provides academic help and guidance, enrichment, and recreation to students in a safe and supportive environment. The program is in session until 6 p.m. at sixteen elementary schools (for students in grades 1 to 6) and at two junior highs (for students in grades 7 and 8). Students get academic help with completing their homework as well as additional instruction to improve their abilities in reading, math, and writing. Students involved in the after school program have been shown to be doing better in school.

MCS Newsletter: Staying After School Doesn't Mean You're in Trouble

Program Website: After School Learning Program

A Diploma in Every Hand!

Strategic Plan 2008-2011

This action plan represents our renewed commitment to educational achievement for every student by name, regardless of their background or 'circumstance.'

Our Goal is clear:
A diploma in every hand;
a rewarding career in every future;
...a contributing member of our global society.

MCS Strategic Plan: A Diploma in Every Hand

Child Development Programs

Paving the Way to a Brighter Future, and a Diploma in Every Hand...

Research shows us that a positive preschool experience can effect not only a child’s school readiness, but can have a lasting, lifelong impact on their development.

That is why, at Modesto City Schools (MCS) we have contracted with Federal and State funding sources to provide over 1,400 students with a Head Start or Preschool program and the time to begin applying for these programs is now.

Please visit the MCS Child Development Programs website for additional information on all our programs—Head Start, State Preschool and Latchkey.


Colors and counting at Head Start		Latchkey students creating paper mache dinosaur