U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS)

FKHS Media Center

Educational Resources

Atomic Learning: http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home

Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday. The short, easy-to-view-and-understand tutorials are an integral part of a professional development program, a valuable curriculum supplement, and an anytime/anywhere training resource.

United Streaming http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm

A digital video-on-demand and online teaching service to help improve students' retention and test scores; it is aligned to U.S. state and provincial standards. Discovery Education DVDs, CD-ROMs, and videos feature cutting-edge, high-quality content, and they cover all curriculum areas--science, math, health, language arts, social studies, and more. These award-winning programs engage students and bring key concepts to life.

Online Databases

Newsbank Products: www.infoweb.newsbank.com

Newsbank offers online historical and current events. Newsbank provides news articles covering topics in government, politics, social issues, culture, literature, discoveries, inventions and much more.

 

Galde Research Products:   www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/912online

Gale Research offers comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information such as opposing viewpoints, a student resource center,  and a science resource center.

 

Proquest Products:  www.proquestk12.com

Proquest provides access to information from periodicals, newspapers, multimedia and image collections, out-of-print books, dissertations, and scholarly collections in various formats. Our ever-changing archives include more than 5.5 billion pages of information, spanning 500 years of scholarship, in formats that range from print to microform to digital.

 

 

Hours of Operation

Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri : 7:20 am - 3:20 pm

Wed:  7:20 am - 1:20

Students may use the media center, with permission, any time during operating hours for:

  • Studying
  • Reading
  • Research

Material Checkout

  • Non-reference books:  May be checked out for 2 weeks with the option to renew 1 time.
  • Reference books, pamphlets, and magazines:  May be checked out for overnight use only.
  • Students will be held accountable for any unreturned items.
  • Students with overdue materials are not permitted to check out other materials until their record is cleared.

Collection

Reading Counts, Science, Mystery, Humanities, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Biographies, Careers, History, Romance, Social Issues, and Religion

 

Additional Services

Textbook check out.

Access to Educational Resources

Atomic Learning and United Streaming  and online databases require a user name and password to access.  User names and passwords can be obtained from the Media Center.

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Address

  • Building 7501
  • 266 Maine Street
  • Fort Knox, KY 40121-6812

Phone

  • Main (502) 624-6647
  • Guidance (502) 624-5332
  • Principal (502) 624-3697

Fax

  • Principal (502) 624-6171
  • Guidance Office (502) 624-6548