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.

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 9^th grade, Mathew Sun’s essay “De-extinction: Revival or Replacement?” for Ms. Roy’s Honors English, 10^th grade Joshua Wong, “Stem Cells: Embryo to Massive Ethical Dilemma” for Ms. Holzhauer’s English 4 and 11^th 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 audio book program that offers a weekly pair of audio books; 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 audio books.  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 amazing 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 vote 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 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, and past California Condor Recovery Program Biologist about his lifetime involvement with conservation.  

We have recently subscribed to JSTOR a digital library that "provides access to more than 10 million journal articles, books and primary sources in 75 disciplines".  Reference to JSTOR articles is common when searching Google Scholar.  JSTOR is also included in our EBSCO Discovery search results.  Login with the username and password listed on the back of your ID card.  If you would like basic JSTOR search strategies watch this brief YouTube video or read over the JSTOR Quick Start Guide.