PHS Library Update

2020 was a curveball but that didn't stop our P-CEP community from reading! Check it out our year in review below!

Setting a goal for anything can be overwhelming and anxiety inducing but it doesn't have to be!

• Do you like to read? There's no right answer to this question. If you do, great! You can push yourself to read more, less or consider different genres. If you don't, no problem! Consider a reading goal to push yourself to consume media in a new way.
• Think about your "why". As with most things, knowing your "why" gives you some investment and purpose to what you're doing. So what's your "why"?
• Where are the books coming from? You have access to eBooks and Audiobooks through Sora by Overdrive as a PCCS Student and through your Public Library. You also have access to print books through your PCCS Libraries and your Public Libraries. If you're goal is to read only print books, make sure you have a way to get to the library to pick up your books!

Once you're ready to set your goal, you'll want a way to track it! We really enjoy utilizing Goodreads and BookRiot! We also love the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge and encourage you to utilize it as a jumping off point.

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!

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!

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

1. Download the app
2. Select I have a setup code at the bottom of the page. Enter wcssdcmi
3. Click the dropdown menu arrow and select Plymouth-Canton Comm School District
4. Click Sign in
5. Sign in with your PCCS Google login credentials

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