Regular Library Hours
The library will open for regular business on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Regular hours are:
Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 3:45 pm, Friday 7:00 am - 3:00 pm.
If you are visiting during your Off Roll period please sign in and out on the clipboards when you first enter the library.
EBSCO Discovery
Search our library book catalog and databases all at the same time. You will need to login with the library username and password (on the back of your ID card) to access the full text. You can export any citation now directly from Discovery into Noodletools. Click on Cite in Noodletools or see your librarian for help.
AP Summer Assignments
Click on the sun to access the summer assignments.
Research Award Announced
The $100 Research Award went to senior, Zach Wong for his essay “The Roads That Diverged on a Yellowed Page” written for Mr. Graber’s AP Literature Class. The class honorable mentions are 9th grade, Mathew Sun’s essay “De-extinction: Revival or Replacement?” for Ms. Roy’s Honors English, 10th grade Joshua Wong, “Stem Cells: Embryo to Massive Ethical Dilemma” for Ms. Holzhauer’s English 4 and 11th grade Kayla Kressin’s essay “Journey to the Moon” for Mr. Lewis’ AP US History. Congratulations to all participants on their outstanding research.
Sync
This
is a free audiobook program that offers a weekly pair of audiobooks;
one a classic and the other a contemporary YA title. The titles are
available for download to your Overdrive app for one week. They are
free and once downloaded never expire. This summer there will be a
total of 36 titles offered. Click here to see a list of the 2018 Sync audiobooks. Don't miss out on any, sign up to receive text alerts when the next titles are available by texting syncYA the number 25827.
READ Photo Contest
Contest winners were announced May 22. Take a look at all our winners on the video. Posters will arrive soon in the library. THANK YOU to all photography students for some amazingly read motivators.
The READ photo contest occurs each April at PHS in celebration of
National School Library Month. Professional photographers and district administrators judge each class and come up with 1st, 2nd and 3rd places as well as a Grand Prize.
Students and staff voted for their favorites. Their winning photo is the Readers' Choice Award. All award winners receive a monetary prize from the PHS Foundation.
Susan Meissner, Poway alumni and author, visited April 19
Susan Meissner will be came to Poway after a tour for her new book, As Bright as Heaven. This acclaimed new novel is set
in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, and tells the
story of a family reborn through loss and love. Mr. Graber's and Ms. Roy's classes enjoyed hearing Ms. Meissner speak during 2nd period. Mr. Frank Barone, a former PHS English teacher attended and read a poem, Butterflies, that he wrote in honor of Ms. Meissner's new book. Check out one of Ms. Meissner's books. They will be on display through April.
Bill Toone visited PHS March 29 at lunch in B5
PHS enjoyed a conversation with Bill Toone, EcoLife Founder & Director, Member of PHS Alumni Hall of Fame, past California Condor Recovery Program Biologist about his lifetime involvement with conservation.Cecil Castellucci visited PHS February 16.
Thank you to all who participated in making this a wonderful author visit. To see more pictures visit our Past Authors' Visit page. Ms. Castellucci also answered via email all the questions she did not get to during her visit. Click here to read the questions and answers.
To find out more about our author, visit her website at https://castellucci.wordpress.com/
PHS Library Advisory Council
The library is recruiting for a new student advisory council. The council will advise on all matters regarding library services including space, collections, programs and technologies. This is a great community service opportunity and will look great on your resume/college application. Meetings will be held monthly at lunch. The first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 27. Click here to apply. For more information visit the Library Advisory Council web page.
JSTOR
Historical Newspapers 1690-2000
We now have access to Newsbank's America's Historical Newspapers database. The username and password are on the back of your student ID cards. We are using this as a replacement for Proquest SIRS Decades which no longer exists.
Manga purchases?
We will be using the proceeds from our Barnes & Noble Bookfair to
purchase Manga. Let us know what series you would like more of as well
as any additional series you would like us to add. Click here to give us your suggestions.
Faces of the Future
Our 30 seniors that were selected for the FACE Fraternity for Academic and Civic Excellence Award have their posters now on display in the library. If you are not able to stop by and see them in the library they are also on the FACE facebook site or on the Visual Photography's Face site. Congratulations seniors and make plans now to earn your way to a spot on the wall in the years ahead.
Library Peer Tutoring
Peer tutoring begins Wednesday, September 5. The library will have free student tutors available for one hour directly after school on Monday from 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm and Tuesday - Thursday from 2:35 pm - 3:35 pm. There is a tutoring table inside the library where you can ask tutors for help or ask the library staff and we will take you over and get you started. Stop by and take advantage of this opportunity early!
Studying for the SAT, ACT, ASVAB?
Try Gale's TERC (Testing & Education Reference Center). TERC
offers practice tests and online study books for PSAT, SAT and ACT tests. Login with our school
username and password, then you will register to store all your
personalized test prep information.
For help logging in or registering click here to view a quick how-to.
Historical Newspapers 1690-2000
We now have access to Newsbank's America's Historical Newspapers database. The username and password are on the back of your student ID cards. We are using this as a replacement for Proquest SIRS Decades which no longer exists.
Manga purchases?
We will be using the proceeds from our Barnes & Noble Bookfair to purchase Manga. Let us know what series you would like more of as well as any additional series you would like us to add. Click here to give us your suggestions.Faces of the Future
Our 30 seniors that were selected for the FACE Fraternity for Academic and Civic Excellence Award have their posters now on display in the library. If you are not able to stop by and see them in the library they are also on the FACE facebook site or on the Visual Photography's Face site. Congratulations seniors and make plans now to earn your way to a spot on the wall in the years ahead.
Library Peer Tutoring
Peer tutoring begins Wednesday, September 5. The library will have free student tutors available for one hour directly after school on Monday from 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm and Tuesday - Thursday from 2:35 pm - 3:35 pm. There is a tutoring table inside the library where you can ask tutors for help or ask the library staff and we will take you over and get you started. Stop by and take advantage of this opportunity early!Studying for the SAT, ACT, ASVAB?
