Dedicated To Excellence In Education
Welcome to PSJA Early College High School Library!
The Library has some exciting opportunities in store for you this school year. Our staff is ready and excited about this coming year and is committed to making the library your favorite place in the school. Our mission is to help all students and staff succeed. The Library maintains a rich, well balanced collection of print and electronic materials. We are devoted to helping students gain the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to successfully manage the vast amounts of information available to you.
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BRIGHT SUMMER READER
A BIG Congratulations goes out to our PSJA Early College High School BRIGHT SUMMER READERS, Callista Tamez, Samantha Alvarez,,Trinity and Kayla Tijerina. Students attended the 25th Annual Celebration held at the Boggus Ford Arena. We had over 900 students and parents in attendance during our Enchanted Reader event. #BEARSREAD
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The 2017-2018 Taysha's Reading List was recently announced and this year the committee has selected some amazing titles by some familiar YA authors. So, start putting some titles on request to hold you over during the next few weeks. Be aware that this list is created specifically for teens in high school.
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Battle of the Books : WE WANT YOU ON OUR TEAM
STOP BY THE LIBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION : TEAM MEMBERS MUST READ 6 NOVELS
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ONLINE RESOURCES
Log into MackinVIA™ to access your school's eBooks and educational resources. When you log into MackinVia you get access to all resources.
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ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE!!!!
Teacher's lets challenge your students to read a million words before December. Students are rewarded for reading and reaching their reading goals. This will impact fluency and achievement. Students can select a book of their choice, read the book and then take an Accelerated Reader test online. For every book read and tested students names will go in a box to get a chance to win an Ipad mini, a letterman jacket, a Bear mug and restaurant gift cards. A drawing for prizes will be every six weeks... Let's get our students excited about reading!!!!!.
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Students visit the Library for a Step-by-Step Guide in completing a Capstone Project
In order to successfully graduate seniors are required to complete a capstone project. Capstone projects are research papers where students get to examine and research a specific topic on a real world issue. To kick-off our senior capstone projects we begin with a series of presentations in the library by local authors. Seniors were invited to the library for our first presentation on the importance of reading and writing. Special thanks to Mr. Joe Haske author of North Dixie Highway, Daniel Manuel Mendoza writer, literary critic, and essayist. He is the editor of Stray Dogs: Interviews with Working-Class Writers (Down and Out Books, 2016, and Mr. Juan Ochoa STC Professor and author known for his creative writing set on the Texas/Mexico border during the early years.
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BANNED BOOKS
During Banned Book Week September 22-28, students had a opportunity to checkout books banned. When a book is removed and or challenged it must first be challenged and looked at by the American Library Association. Only a minority of the requests actually make it through banning the book most because of inappropriate content. So many students showed interest on books displayed in the library on Friday
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Looking for Literacy Stars at PSJA ECHS
Students are rewarded in the library for reading a great book; these prizes include a letterman jacket, a BEAR mug, a mini-iPad and a gift bag. Teachers lets challenge your students to read a million words or more before December. Students can select a book of their choice, read the book and then take an Accelerated Reader test online. For every book read and tested students names will go in a box to get a chance to win an IPAD mini, a letterman jacket, a Bear mug and restaurant gift cards. A drawing for prizes will be every six weeks... Let's get our students excited about reading !!!! #BEARSREAD
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MACKINVIA REGION ONE
Congratulations PSJA ECHS Teachers and students for leading the way in using research databases and resources in the library for the entire Region One area.
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Click on the link for online resources for Summer Reading books
Stop by the library for a copy of the book
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LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE
Use your writing skills, select your favorite book and tell us how the author's work changed your view of the world.
Stop by the library to get more information.......
LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE GUIDELINES
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Attention all Book Club Members: Join us for lunch at the 1st book Club meeting
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