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Artwork by Lily Engblom-Stryker, grade 11
The Artist’s Journey: How we got to now, and how we keep going
VSAA’s library is ready to support you as you explore “How we got to now” AND “How we keep going.” This is a great time to explore how historical events inform the present. What do you want to learn about? Civil rights? Women’s suffrage? Dancers or visual artists? Poetry? Historical fiction? Check out a book, learn how we got here, and slow down to recharge so you can keep going!
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Library News
Visit the Past to Understand the Present
In Austin Kleon’s book Keep Going, he advises readers to “read old books…almost every problem you have has probably been written about by some other human living hundreds if not thousands of years before you.” If you’re feeling alone or blue about current affairs, getting to know an author from long ago can help you [...]
Former VSAA teacher featured in NY Times
Former VSAA teacher Angela Haseltine Pozzi founded a nonprofit association called Washed Ashore that collects garbage washed up on the Oregon coast and turns it into art. The nonprofit has so much demand for their work--art, cleanup, and curriculum--that they can't keep up. Find out more
Listen to audio books on your Chromebook
Do you like audio books? If you have a library card with Fort Vancouver Regional Library, you can check out audio books for free and listen to them at home on your Chromebook. Visit libbyapp.com and have your library card number ready. You can link the app with your card and even place audio books [...]
Reading for fun is important!
School is a place to learn to read and also to read to learn. Students begin learning letters and sounds and by the time they are through the primary grades they are reading longer passages and beginning to understand that reading is a skill they will need in all subject areas. Sometimes students begin to [...]
Talk to the librarian
Angela Vahsholtz-Andersen
Teacher librarian
360-313-4600 | email
Checking out books in the time of COVID
VSAA’s library is open for circulation, although we have to adapt to fit the times. You may make book requests through this Google form. You can use it either to make a request for a specific book or ask for a recommendation. You can also search the school’s catalog to see what we have available. You will be informed via email when your books are ready for you, and they may be picked up AND dropped off at the school during office hours which are 8-4, Monday-Friday. Books will be quarantined for a week between patrons, so you can be assured they are virus-free.
Need help? Ask the library staff!
Services we provide:
- Chromebook and other technical assistance
- Co-teaching (from planning to implementation and even assessing)
- Resource searches
- Individual and whole class lessons about information literacy
- Book recommendations
- Games, small toys and playing cards to cheer you up
Helpful links
Make your brain WIDE with diverse books! Recommendations:
Online Resources
CultureGrams
World cultures
eLibrary
Research portal
ProQuest
Research database
World Book
Encyclopedia
Grammarly
Tools to improve writing
MLA Citation Maker
Works cited creation
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary & thesaurus
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer
Washington State Library
Research & collections
