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S.T.E.M. Early College High School

April 2025

S.T.E.M. EarlyCollege High SchoolApril 2025

National Poetry Month National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month April 2025
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Poetry Contest Poetry Contest

Calling All STEM Students!

Show off your creative side! Submit your best poem—whether it’s a Haiku, blackout, concrete, or any other style—for a chance to win a gift card. We can’t wait to see your poetic genius in action! ✨🎉


**Poem must be an original poem written by you. Only one entry per student. **


Entries will be accepted April 1 - 21, 2025.

Winners will be announced April 28, 2025.

1st Place - $30 GC

2nd Place - $20 GC

3rd Place - $10 GC

Enter Your Original Poem Here

Want to know how your poem will be judged. Click on the rubric below. Four judges will rate each poem according to the rubric. The highest scored poems will win.

Poetry Contest Rubric

National Library Week! National Library Week!

National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. - ala.org

Be a part of BiblioTech's Student Advisory Be a part of BiblioTech's Student Advisory

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New Books New Books

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The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Lady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms, without marriage. Well, without marrying a man, that is. But the law of the land is that women cannot inherit. So when her father passes away, she does the only thing she can: She disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital city of the Kingdom of Fromage to start over as Count Camembert.

But it’s hard to keep a low profile when the beautiful Princess Brie, with her fierce activism and great sense of fashion, catches her attention. Camembert can’t resist getting to know the princess, but as the two grow closer, will she able to keep her secret?

A romantic comedy about mistaken identity, true love, and lots of grilled cheese.
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Stay Dead

In the aftermath of a car accident that claimed the life of her senator father, sixteen-year-old Milan finds herself adrift, expelled from her third boarding school. Milan’s mother, who has assumed the senate seat, diverts her private plane to pick up her daughter. But on their way home, a bomb rips off a wing and the plane crashes in the mountains. In her final moments, Milan’s mother entrusts her with a key. She reveals it will unlock the evidence that so many people have already died for—including Milan’s father. The only way Milan can survive, her mom tells her, is to let everyone believe she died with the other passengers.

​Milan is forced to navigate a perilous descent in freezing conditions while outwitting everything from a drone to wild animals. With relentless assassins on her trail, she must untangle the web of deceit and save herself and countless others. Will she piece together the truth in time?
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Dungeons and Drama

Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.

Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she’ll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.

But Riley didn’t realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game…or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...
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Harvest House

Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at a new rural attraction: Harvest House. He’s excited to take part in the fun, spooky show—until he learns that an actor playing the vengeful spirit of an “Indian maiden,” a ghost inspired by local legend, will headline. Folklore aside, unusual things have been happening at night at the crossroads near Harvest House. A creepy man is stalking teenage girls and young women, particularly Indigenous women; dogs are fretful and on edge; and wild animals are behaving strangely. While Hughie weighs how and when to speak up about the bigoted legend, he and his friends begin to investigate the crossroads and whether it might be haunted after all. As Moon rises on All Hallow’s Eve, will they be able to protect themselves and their community? Gripping and evocative, Harvest House showcases a versatile storyteller at her spooky, unsettling best.

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Nothing Like the Movies

For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: the strong-willed girl next door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off for college to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck. Wes was left dealing with the fallout, which ultimately meant losing Liz in the process.

Flash forward months later, and Wes and Liz find themselves in college, together. In a healthier place now, Wes knows he broke Liz’s heart when he ended things, but he is determined to make her fall back in love with him.

Wes knows Liz better than anyone, and he has a foolproof plan to win her back with rom-com-worthy grand gestures she loves. Only . . . Liz will have none of it! Wes has to scheme like a rom-com hero to figure out how to see her. Even worse, Liz has a new friend . . . a guy friend.

Still, Wes won’t give up, adapting his clever plans and going hard to get Liz’s attention and win back her affection. But after his best efforts get him nowhere, Wes is left wondering if their relationship is really over for good.

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Strong Like You

Walker Lauderdale hasn’t cried once since his dad went missing. And even though everyone says he’s dead, Walker won’t give up hope. He knows his father is out there, somewhere, cutting a wild trail through the Ozarks like always. But when a relative threatens to kick Walker and his momma out of the family home, Walker realizes he has no choice but to look for his dad—a search that leads him straight to a drug-addled and dangerous man named Lukas Fisher. While attempting to balance life as a normal fifteen-year-old boy and star player on the football team, Walker begins a desperate search across the hills of the Ozarks for the man who, for better or worse, taught him everything he knows about strength.

Book Club Book Club

Our last Book Club meeting has been moved to Tuesday April 22nd. I still have a few copies of the the book Under the Mesquite. Please come by the library to pick up a copy.

We still have Girl Scout cookies! We still have Girl Scout cookies!

Cookies are available for purchase in the library until we sell out. We still have Samoas, Do-si-dos, Trefoils, Tagalongs, and Toffe-tastic cookies.

Free Books Free Books

Last month I conducted inventory. Books that were over 5 years old and hadn't been checked out in 5 years were removed from the library inventory. I have placed the books on a cart by the printers. Please feel free to come in and take as many as you like.

Library Policies Library Policies

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Your STEM Library

Library Hours:

Monday - Friday 7:40am - 4:15pm


Click the link below for the Library Website.

You should also be enrolled in the Library Canvas Course. (Please let the librarian know if you are not.)

  • Chromebooks & Hotspots : Checked out for the entire school year. Hotspots that run out of data can be exchanged if a new one is available.
  • Books: Limit 3 books. Books are checked out for 3 weeks. Overdue books will be marked as lost after 90 days.
  • Ebooks & Audiobooks: Checked out from Follett Destiny, MackinVia, and Sora.
STEMECHS Library Website

More than Just Books More than Just Books

The library has more than books to check out.


  • TI84 and TI30X calculators (Available for Fall or Spring College courses)
  • HotSpots (They are checked out to you for the school year. Data automatically renews every month.)

We also have supplies such as binders available.

Games, Puzzles, Arts & Crafts...

Come by during lunch to play games, work on a puzzle, color, etc.

Library Schedule Library Schedule

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Apr. 1 - ACT Testing (Library closed until testing is finished)

Apr. 9 - STAAR English I & II

Apr. 16 - STAAR Biology & U.S. History

Apr. 23 - STAAR Algebra I

(Library may be closed during STAAR testing.)

Ebooks and Audiobooks Ebooks and Audiobooks

Students and Teachers please feel free to email me if you have any questions. I am here to help and I would love to hear from you.

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With Sora, you can get free ebooks and audiobooks from your school and the San Antonio Public Library! (You DO NOT need a SAPL library card.)

  1. Install the Sora app from the Apple App Store of Google Play Story, or click on the Sora picture.
  2. In Sora, find our school district (Harlandale ISD)
  3. Sign in: Username = Student ID# Password = First 4 of Last name (all caps Last 4 of SSN followed by ! (eg. ABCD1234!) For teachers it will be the same as your SSO login.
  4. Browse the Explore tab and borrow a book. Your book will open so you can start reading right away.

To connect to the San Antonio Public Library (SAPL)

  1. Open the menu (three lines on top right).
  2. Tap the plus sign to add another library.
  3. Find the San Antonio Public Library and click add.
  4. When you are ready to check out a book from SAPL it will ask you to sign in.
  5. Choose Harlandale ISD (NOT SAPL) to sign in and use the same information as above.
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Librarian - Teresa Rodriguez

Email: teresa.rodriguez@myhisd.net
Website: https://harlandale.libguides.com/STEM/stemearlycollegehighschool
Phone: 210-989-3506
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STEM-ECHS-Library-334905386920942
Twitter: @STEMECHSLibrary

Mission Statement

The S.T.E.M. Early College High School Library’s mission is to cultivate a love of reading and to encourage the effective and ethical use of ideas, information, and technology.

Teresa Rodriguez
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