Library News

CVHS Library is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Library Archives! Join us for a ribbon cutting ceremony and presentation at lunchtime January 29th. 

Explore CVHS history and local history through primary sources. Sixty eight (68) years of school yearbooks and historic issues of the Olympian! Yearbooks will be on display.

Please register to attend. All students and staff are encouraged and welcome to attend.

Preview the archive! Explore the Finding Aid created by student curator, Garett Marenco. Garett will give a short presentation about the process of organizing the archives and possible future projects. As a student curator, he can tell you about some really interesting things he found in the archive.

Reporters from the Olympian and photographers will capture the ribbon cutting moment. Join us to celebrate!

CVHS Library will be closed to students and staff for inventory on December 11 and 12. 

All library staff (Ms. Stambaugh, Mr. Prinvale, all library TAs) will take inventory of the non-fiction collections. 

Inventory is performed in the winter and late spring to ensure the library holdings and the catalog are accurate and resources are discoverable to all students and staff. Half of the collections are assessed in the winter and half in the spring to minimize disruption of library services. 

Library Student Assistants learn valuable real-world skills as part of a CTE learning unit about inventory management. Students learn to take inventory in a cultural heritage organization.

Thank you for your patience while we perform this essential service!

Castro Valley High School teachers, students and staff now have access to JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection through the library. Check it out on the Library Database A-Z list. The database landing page has access information and more.

The JSTOR Collection contains over 2,600 journal titles from the major academic societies, associations and industry publishers worldwide. 

Subject areas: Arts & Sciences, Life Sciences, Business, Jewish Studies, Lives of Literature, Public Health, Security Studies, Sustainability, and Primary Source collections. Images can be searched by many facets (e.g. “graphic design”)

Journal title list and holdings.

JSTOR is a premier e-Resource for students in Advanced Placement and Honors courses. Please use it in AP and Honors courses to prepare CVHS students for college-level research. CVHS students will gain access to the full research version of JSTOR in their future college and university libraries. 

Teachers, please register for a lunchtime PD session in Fall 2025-2026 if you would like a hands on walk through or if you would like to learn from your fellow teachers, workshop style.