The library is open and ready to serve you. For those returning, there are some new and exciting changes.

First off, please welcome Dr. Joe Pendleton, who comes to HPHS from Booker T. Washington. He replaces Ms. Harrison and his background in Fine Arts will bring some excellent new ideas to the library.

Good news for Students! You may now print 2 pages of black and white free of charge each day of school. After 2 pages, the cost is 10 cents per page. This policy is to make printing faster, more affordable and convenient for everyone. We ask that you do not abuse free printing by taking advantage of multiple periods. The continuation of the policy depends on everyone’s honesty.

Thank you Scots Library users for you support!

Sync Audiobooks is giving away 30 free titles this summer.  Two per week.  

Download and listen for free painless summer reading.

Check it out!

Get the scoop on the HPHS required summer reading here.

Check out all of these books at the library!

For choice reading suggestions click on the

Book Love tab.

Happy Summer Reading!

Course	Summer Reading Title and Author	ISBN #
English I Standard	Choice Reading *
English I Pre-AP and English I Pre-AP TAG	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet By Jamie Ford	978-0-345-50534-7
English II Standard	Choice Reading *
English II Pre-AP and English II Pre-AP TAG	Lord of the Flies By William Golding	978-0399501487
English III Standard, English III AP, and English III AP TAG	Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell	978-0316017930
English IV Standard	Grendel	978-0-679-72311-0
English IV AP and English IV AP TAG	The Poisonwood Bible By Barbara Kingsolver	978-0-06-078650-2

All library books and materials are now due. 

Please turn in these items and pay your fines ASAP!

Don’t make us call home!

According to The New York Times, the new SAT is reading-heavy in both the reading/writing sections and the math sections of the test.

Some changes according to experts are, “longer and harder reading passages and more words in math problems. The shift is leading some educators and college admissions officers to fear that the revised test will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading” (Hartocollis). Exposure to a lot of varied reading and building reading stamina can help you score better on the test.

Where’s the best place to find reading texts?  The HP Scots Library of course! We’ll help recommend books to build your reading stamina, broaden your knowledge of literature, help you succeed in college and beyond, and inspire you to become a lifelong reader.

 

Hartocollis, Anemona. “New, Reading-Heavy SAT Has Students Worried. “The New

     York Times. The New York Times, 08 Feb. 2016. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.

 

Yesterday the American Library Association announced the top books, audio books, and videos for children and young adults.

Full list

Your HP Scots Library has most of these books ready for check out today!  Come see us and check out a great read!

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults.

Winner:

      Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

Printz Honor Books:

       Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

      The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Winner:

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin

Finalists for the award:

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle

First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim Grove

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson

This Strange Wilderness:  The Life and Art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens

Winner:

     Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Finalists:

     Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas

     Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert

     The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

     The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

     All Involved by Ryan Gattis

     Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

     Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis

     Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

     Girl at War by Sara Nović

     Half the World by Joe Abercrombie

     Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton

     Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia

Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta

     The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen

 

Happy Award Winners Reading!