PHS Media Center
Media Specialists
Katie Purcell
Sophie Ducote
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday
7 am – 3:30 pm
"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."
by Margaret Fuller
Our Policies
*You do not need a student ID card to check out materials from the library.
*All materials must be properly checked out before leaving the library.
*Books are checked out for 2 weeks and may be renewed if needed.
*We do not charge late fees, but you will be unable to check out anything else until you return the overdue books.
*Students are required to pay for lost or damaged books.
*Computers are available for student access, unless they are reserved by a teacher for a class assignment.
*The internet is available only for researching school related projects.
*Students shall not bring food and/or beverages into the library.
*Only 3 students, with a pass and assignment, allowed from a class at any one time.
"In the case of good books, the point is not how many you can get through, but rather how many get through to you."
By Mortimer J. Adler
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Cat Chat Room@PHS Media Center
Come check out the Cat Chat Room in the Media Center. We are open every Wednesday from 7-8 and we’re selling cocoa, coffee, tea and breakfast snacks. All items are 50 cents and we’re talking about books!
Sophie’s Choice Book Club
Our book for the last Nine weeks is
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. Junior is a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. His story told through his cartoons and narrative reveals many instances of unfairness, and prejudice both inside and outside the Reservation.
Assignment for Luncheon
Recount two such instances from the book. Then, explain how the characters involved coped with the instances of unfairness or prejudice.
Secondly, compare one of the the experiences with something you have experienced in your life (or some life experience that was unfair or prejudiced that you know about) with the instances you picked from the book. Do not use anyone's real name as you write about this. Also, compare how the fictional characters coped to how your "real life" characters coped with their experiences.
Post your comments on the Web Blog, or submit papers to Media Specialists. Completing this assignment will guarantee you an invitation to the Sophie's Choice Luncheon/Book Discussion. Deadline for this assignment is May 23rd. If you have any questions about this assignment, please don't hesitate to ask .
"I love doing normal things - movies,
shopping, going out with friends,
and reading."
By Christina Aguilera
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One Book, One Putnam
One Book, One Putnam Planning Committee unanimously chose the book Call of the Wild by Jack London.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. It is designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture.
"The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same book."
Katherine Mansfield
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