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All students and staff, return your library books to the library!

Return library books inside the library.
Return textbooks outside the library building on wood carts.
Check out summer books! Students may check out an unlimitted number of books.

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Return your books! Check out Summer Books!

All students and staff, return your library books to the library! Return library books inside the library. Return textbooks outside the library building on wood carts.Check out summer books! Students may check out an unlimitted number of books....

Library Collection Development Policy Update

As reported in April, CVUSD is preparing a Collection Development and Reconsideration Policy for its libraries. A top priority for our school libraries, the policy is being developed by CVUSD library staff and Education Services. Using research conducted this year on best practices for school libraries at the local, state and national levels, library staff and Education Services officers will work together to draft a policy for CVUSD Libraries. The policy will guide the ongoing development of the libraries' print and digital collections across the district. A collection development policy is a foundational policy that all libraries have and which guides the healthy development of library collections over time. CVUSD Libraries have been operating without one for some time.The draft policy will be submitted to the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent for Education Services for review. It will be submitted to the Board for approval. In August, all library staff will be trained on the draft policy in anticipation of its approval, in some form. Further training will be provided to all appropriate school personnel in 2025-2026.Questions can be directed to Emily Stambaugh, District Librarian of Record....

Library sparkles after last cleanup event

On May 15 after school, a dozen students from all grade levels volunteered for the last Love My Library cleanup event of the year. They made the library sparkle!Book shelves in non-fiction and biography were emptied, cleaned and reshelved. All library tables were cleaned and readied for the summer. Vacuuming and dusting helped the library sparkle!Thank you, CVHS students! It takes a village to keep this valuable community asset in top shape. The Love My Library program has been a pilot program during academic year 2024-2025 to experiment with allowing food in the library, like a cafe, while also providing avenues for students to give back and clean up through structured, library-coordinated events. Part of the library's positive behavior strategies, the Love My Library program has shifted the library-student relationship to a constructive approach to addressing the health and vitality of their community learning space.Next year, the library will continue the program and add a Library Volunteer Program, which will include some aspects of the Love My Library events....

May 12-16: Library Schedule

May 12: Library TA InterviewsMay 13: Library TA InterviewsMay 14: Library TA InterviewsMay 15: Library Closed for Inventory and Love My Library Cleanup event after school. Last day to volunteer!May 16: Library Closed for InventoryThe Library will reopen May 19th for summer reading check outs and instructional services....

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