As the 2024-2025 school year progresses, Mrs. Peterson is excited to welcome students to the high school library, which has multiple workspaces that are flexible, mobile, and modular. These spaces are available for students to use independently, as a whole class, or in a group setting. This has been particularly useful already, as Student Council students are in the library during CCT again this year, and Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Vucsko, and StuCo spent the first part of the school year preparing and executing Homecoming 2024!
We’ve also welcomed all freshmen English classes to the library for an overview of services the library can offer as they become more independent in their education and needs. They took a quick tour of the library, then completed a scavenger hunt to test their knowledge. Teams raced each other, and winning teams received the ultimate prize-candy!
We are always working to diversify our collection with works by minority and LGBTQ+ authors and non-mainstream formats, which includes expanding our graphic novels collection to include anime and manga publications. Our graphic novels collection is continuing its nonstop growth. Mrs. Peterson always makes a large book purchase to start the school year, and our collection of new books this year is so large, we needed overflow space!
As we are always searching for the most intuitive structure for our student body to explore the library, Mrs. Peterson continues to weed our nonfiction and fiction sections, while utilizing principles of dynamic shelving, which allows for more space to face books out for easier student access and appeal. This has enhanced our circulation and ease of use exponentially.
With the ability to change and adapt as necessary, the CCHS library is always working to meet the needs of our students and staff however they need us.