Staff Update: SBAC & CAASPP 101

Resource Snack Time: SBAC & CAASPP 101 (bit.ly/rst-sbac) - These curated resources came together thanks to collaboration from this week’s Literacy Committee meeting with Lin Kuzmich, Robin Ballarin, John Hoadley, Cece Boehme, Jen Romanowski, Jodi Kohler, Don Rutledge, Marilyn Cabral, and Suzanne Sannwald.

The resources are intended to help provide our staff with a shared vocabulary and set of reference documents, and they complement information shared by Robin regarding our campus-wide, cross-curriculum work toward WHHS literacy goals.

Thank you to Literacy Committee members for helping co-create, review, and revise these resources. Also, a special shout out to John Berray, another member of our Wolf Pack family, for reviewing information and sharing the helpful “BONUS” resource.

Staff Update: Discovery Search, EBSCO, and Books You Loved When You Were Little(r)

Resource Snack Time: What is a Discovery Search (bit.ly/rst-discovery) - GUHSD is launching a new "Discovery Search" tool for searching across online library databases. Access this week’s Resource Snack Time to learn more about how a discovery search functions, and as always, just contact Suzanne (ssannwald@guhsd.net) for any help using online databases and finding information.

GUHSD & EBSCO Online Database Enhancements Fall 2019 - If you are a power user who uses online databases frequently with students, this is a more in-depth update for staff regarding all the updates (including the discovery search setup) that have been made to EBSCO this past fall.

Books You Loved When You Were Little(r) - You still have time to participate in this “for fun” survey. It’s been awesome to see the responses that we’ve gotten. For instance, Mr. Goodman shared a book he remembers being read aloud to him: Poems for Young Children, which was read to him by his mother. He even found it and emailed a photo! If any others out there get nostalgic and want to share photos of old favorite books to be included in library social media posts in February, you can email them to Suzanne.

Staff Update: Reading Resolutions

January 2020 Calendar: New Year, New Decade! (bit.ly/jan2020cal) - Happy New Year! Print a copy to follow along with this new calendar for the new year.

Inkwell Literary-Art Magazine Accepting Student Submissions (bit.ly/submitinkwell2020) - If you know of students who create original artwork or creative writing, encourage them to submit their work for publication in our annually published literary-art magazine.

Resource Snack Time: 2020 Reading Resolutions (bit.ly/rst-2020) - The new year often inspires people to create resolutions. What about setting some “reading resolutions” for 2020? Hard copies of the handout are also available at the library help desk.

Library News: January 2020

January 2020 Calendar: New Year, New Decade! (bit.ly/jan2020cal) - Happy New Year! Print a copy to follow along with this new calendar for the new year.

Inkwell Literary-Art Magazine Accepting Student Submissions (bit.ly/submitinkwell2020) - If you are a student who creates original artwork or creative writing, submit your work for publication in our school’s annually published literary-art magazine. The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 6, 2020. Need inspiration? Check out the digital 2018-19 Inkwell.

Best Books of the Decade (bit.ly/rst-decade) - For the end of the year (and decade!), GUHSD Teacher Librarians reflected on memorable books from the 2010s. See what they shared and access other 'best books of the decade' lists. 

2020 Reading Resolutions (bit.ly/rst-2020) - The new year often inspires people to create resolutions. What about setting some “reading resolutions” for 2020? Hard copies of the handout are also available at the library help desk.