CVHS Library launches its Friends of the Library program with information for families about volunteering and contributing to the library.
Families will find:
Visit the “Families” section of the library website:
Visiten la biblioteca para observar la ofrenda dedicado a nuestros queridos ya difuntos. Celebramos su presencia viva y su recorrido a Mictlán.
La exhibición fue realizada por los alumnos de CVHS de las clases de Español Avanzado y Cerámica. Los estudiantes investigaron la historia y el significado cultural de este día. A través de presentaciones, los alumnos de Español Avanzado inspiraron a los estudiantes de Artes Cerámicas para crear calaveritas, papel picado, velas y flores de cempasúchil.
Agradecemos a las profesoras Christensen y Bittner por su dedicación y liderazgo.
CVHS Library received its first self-checkout station! Students and staff can check out books independently.
Library self-checkout is a crucial service for independent reading and self-directed learning.
Studies show the more self-sufficiency and choice young people have in the entire process of reading, the more likely they will become lifelong readers. And lifelong readers perform better on many social indicators (income, career, wellness, longevity.)
A big thank you to the families who contributed to the library via the ASB to support library technologies. And thank you to all of the staff that made this happen and who will sustain it over time, including Harry Hui and Nalong Vongtharangsy, David Prinvale, Library Paraprofessionals and TAs.
Students and teachers can now access the library's subscription citation manager, NoodleTools, through their Google accounts.
Visit the academic writing guide on the library website to get started (or click on MLA Citation & Paper Format).
Detailed account setup instructions are on the database page for NoodleTools.
CVHS Library announces its first Subject Guide to support Modern World History. Subject guides connect teachers and students to library resources in a specific subject area or topic.
The Modern World History guide is tied to curriculum standards and provides access to the primary and secondary sources discussed in the textbook as well as additional resources in the library (in print and digital format.) By using the guide, students and teachers can broaden their learning about key moments in history from the Enlightenment to present day with excellent information resources.
The first page of the Modern World History guide provides comprehensive access for most topics covered in high school. The secondary pages of the subject guide focus on specific units, in this case, a specific historical period (e.g. the Industrial Revolution.) Over time, the secondary pages will be built to cover additional units (e.g. the Great Depression), and additional resources in all formats will be featured (books, eBooks, documentary film, etc.)
Subject guides appear on the library website:
Subject guides can also be accessed in the library's main search menu:
For more information about subject guides for teachers and department chairs, and how to request priority development of a guide for your department, please visit the Teacher Services page.
The library sparkles after the Love My Library cleanup event on October 23.
More than two dozen students generously volunteered one hour of their time after school to help clean the library. They removed all of the books from the bookcases in the Science Fictions and Fantasy section, cleaned the bookcases and returned the books to the shelves. Study tables and chairs between the printers and in the Quiet Zone were also cleaned top to bottom.
Students received a “Certificate of Appreciation," baked cookies and pre-Halloween treats.
Thank you, to all of our volunteers!
The Love My Library cleanup events are part of the Positive Behaviors (PBIS) Take the Pledge pilot program involving a new food policy in the library. Students and staff who wish to bring food into the library participate in these monthly events to help preserve the the library collections and maintain the community facility.
Register for future Love My Library cleanup events on the library events calendar. The next events are on November 14 and December 19.