Emily Stambaugh
Representatives from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters were on campus September 24 and 25 at CVHS Library to assist students who are 16 years and older to pre-register or register to vote.
Students engaged in fun trivia questions, picked up registration forms and asked questions about registering to vote.
CVHS Teachers can now place immediate holds or place holds for future dates on multiple copies of the same title using Destiny Back Office. With new faculty privileges, teachers can see real-time inventory and availability, including for Book Club titles. Teachers can also place holds for longer periods of time than typical circulation periods.
This applies only to library holdings, and it includes Book Club titles. (Textbooks must still be coordinated with Ms. Oliver.)
For more information and how-to videos, visit Teacher Services: Reserve Books on the library website. For step by step instructions, visit our FAQ How can I reserve books in advance for a class?
As part of ongoing improvements to the Library Management System (LMS) and in a collaborative effort between the CVHS Library and CVUSD IT, all CVUSD teachers now have accounts in Destiny with faculty privileges.
As vital partners in educating students of all ages in 21st century media and information literacy skills, teachers require access to their school library and its systems. Teachers are often the first people to introduce students to the world of information (print and digital) that is at their fingertips through the library.
All other CVUSD staff will be given library accounts over the next few weeks as will general cleanup of accounts. In addition, other authentication methods are being explored by the Library and IT to facilitate access for all district users.
More information about teachers' accounts in Destiny can be found on the Teacher Services: Library Cards and Privileges Page.
Open Trojan Time at CVHS Library for the week of September 9 is Study Hall for Juniors and Seniors.
Students must register in advance. Register on Teachmore with Ms. Stambaugh and the Library Events Calendar.
Study Hall is a time for Juniors and Seniors to do homework and work on group projects.
CVHS Library launched Athena's Cooperative Cafe in August 2024. The cooperative cafe supports teachers, students, and the environment.
What is a cooperative cafe?
A cooperative service is one that is sustained by a community. Athena's Cooperative Cafe is sustained by CVHS students, teachers and staff for the benefit of all. Contributions in-kind (that is, non-monetary contributions) are managed by trained library student assistants as part of their service learning assignments at the library. Teachers, staff, students and parents can make contributions (see below.) Student clubs and staff can make use of the coffee grounds for gardening projects.
What is service learning?
Service learning connects academic study with community service to help students solve real world problems and learn through critical reflection.
Athena's Cooperative Cafe provides an opportunity for students to support our teachers, staff and fellow students with a warm beverage to brighten their day!
Certain project challenges provide learning opportunities in several areas:
Pokorny, Kym. “Used appropriately, coffee grounds improve soil and kill slugs.” Oregon State University Newsroom. 23 June 2023. [article link]
Find other articles like this in the library's Environmental Science and General research databases.
Who are our Baristas?
Baristas are Juniors and Seniors taking the Library Assistant Course at CVHS Library. As part of the course, Library Assistants rotate assignments, including the ever-popular Barista assignment, at the library. Baristas rotate once per month. Please thank them for their work when you see them at the front desk!
Who else is learning?
Student clubs interested in reusing the coffee grounds and tea bags to improve school gardens can partner with Athena's Cafe. Please inquire at the library front desk. This is a great opportunity for environmental science learning and sustainability practices!
Faculty and staff are also learning to interact more with our Library Assistants as vital contributors to our learning community.
How can you contribute?
Teachers, staff and students can contribute a box of tea, a bag of coarse ground coffee, or a box of pre-packaged hot chocolate mix at the front desk of the library anytime. Library Baristas will take care of restocking, apportioning supplies, preparing drinks and breaking down the cafe at the end of the day.
Please contribute:
Thank you for your contributions!
CVHS Library sparkles after the Love My Library Cleanup event on September 24th.
More than two dozen students generously volunteered one hour of their time after school during the first Love My Library cleanup event. They removed all of the books from the bookcases in Realistic Fiction and Romance sections, cleaned the bookcases and returned the books. Study tables and chairs between the printers and in the Quiet Zone were also cleaned top to bottom.
Students received a “Certificate of Appreciation” and some fresh baked corn muffins.
Thank you to all of our volunteers!
The Love My Library cleanup events are part of a pilot program involving a new food policy in the library. Students and staff volunteers can register for future Love My Library cleanup events on the library events calendar. Students and staff who wish to bring food or eat in the library participate in these monthly events to help preserve the the library collections and maintain the community facility. It takes all of us to keep it clean!