PHS Library Update

Welcome back to school! I'm hitting the ground running in the PHS Library for 2024 with MORE new books hitting the shelves this week. As we approach exams and the start of the new semester, you might be looking for a book to read. Checkout one of the top 10 circulated books of the school year!

The PHS Library is thankful to have recieved a Rainbow Library from GLSEN. "The Rainbow Library is a GLSEN program that sends LGBTQ+ affirming text sets to schools across the country — for free."

Those of you considering College after High School might be thinking about the various College Admissions Tests (ACT, SAT, AP, TOEFL iBET, IELTS and Admissions Essay Writing) that you'll need to take and what you need to score.

Did you know that MeL provides access to LearningExpress Library College Admissions Test Prep Materials free of charge?

The PHS Library has a variety of ACT and SAT test prep books and flashcards for check out! Feel free to stop by and check them out to bring home or form a study group during Homeroom!

Trying to find a book? Browse on our online catalog in Destiny Discover. You can see what's new, if a book is checked in or out and place holds. Don't see what you're looking for or have a recommendation? Fill out the form below.

The PHS Library has purchased a subscription to Junior Library Guild in an effort to grow some of our smaller areas in the Fiction collection! Be on the look out for new books monthly!

Students are welcome to come to the library on their lunch to work on computers, study and relax as quiet alternative to the cafeteria. Students are welcome to bring their lunch and can eat at any of the tables!

To help keep lunch in the PHS Library a great thing for everyone, please remember...

• Clean up after yourself. There are two large trash cans by the front doors.
  
• No food at the computers. This helps keep our labs clean and functional.
• Be mindful of volume. A productive hum is fabulous! To maintain the integrity of a quiet alternative to the cafeteria, please use indoor voices.

Life is too short to read a book you aren't interested in or enjoying! If you've been given the opportunity to pick your own Choice Reading book for class or are looking to read outside of school but don't know where to start, check out these resources!

• Your Librarian is an excellent resource and reading wizard! Be it your school librarian or public librarian they'll be happy to help guide you towards a book that you'll love. That being said, email ME! I'll want to know what the last thing that you listened to, read or watched was and LOVED. That will help me match you up with some solid options.

• Project Lit is a grassroots Twitter movement to push for more diverse and representative reading in young adult literature. Twice a year, they announce the newest list of Project Lit picks by age group and book clubs around the country read and discuss! Check out our chapter on Twitter @ProjectLITPCCS

• Checkout book review sites like School Library Journal, Kirkus, BookRiot!

Rachell Genesky, MLIS

A Lunch & 6th hour planning

School Librarian

Plymouth High School

She/Her

Email: rachell.genesky@pccsk12.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/pccsk12.com/phsmediacenter
Location: Plymouth High School, N Beck Rd, Canton, MI, USA
Phone: (734) 582-5616
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