DonorsChoose Request Is Fully Funded!
Thank you to anyone who liked, shared or donated towards the DonorsChoose project to support a culturally diverse, reflective and responsive nonfiction collection refresh! We're excited to announce that as of this past weekend, we are fully funded and awaiting the shipment of books to add to the collection.
Top 10 Books Checked-out of Plymouth HS Library This School Year (so far):
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Carol by Suzanne Berne
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
The Mummy Congress by Heather Pringle
Reality Boy by A.S. King
Help Finding a Book for Choice Reading
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!
Bookmark our new website!
In an effort to create a library media one stop shop for PHS students and staff, we have put together a new website! Users will have the ability to browse our print and digital collections, access resources for classes that Mrs. Genesky works with, revisit old newsletters and more! Add it to your bookmarks!
Sora & You!
PCCS is excited to announce district wide access to Sora by Overdrive as a means of providing current, culturally relevant eBooks and audiobooks to our students and families. At no cost to your family, students, staff and PHS community members now have access to this online platform 24/7 on any internet enabled device.*
*An internet connection is necessary to download the ebook/audiobook. Once downloaded, it can be read/listened to offline.
To access Sora by Overdrive
- Download the app
- Select I have a setup code at the bottom of the page. Enter wcssdcmi
- Click the dropdown menu arrow and select Plymouth-Canton Comm School District
- Click Sign in
- Sign in with your PCCS Google login credentials
Libby
Libby is an online reading app through OverDrive and supported by Canton and Plymouth District Libraries. You will need your CDL or PDL Card information to set up your account.
Contact Me
Rachell Genesky, MLIS
School Library Media Specialist
Plymouth High School
@rvgenesky
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
Twitter: @LibraryMediaPHS