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*Santa Clarita Public Library Summer Reading Program & Free lunches!

The SCV Public libraries have opened registration for their summer reading program for this year. It's a great way to encourage students to read over their break with a chance to win prizes. Here's the link to sign up now. https://santaclaritalibrary.beanstack.com/reader365

Also, students can pick up FREE lunches during the summer. Here are the details:
June 8 through July 24 to kids ages 18 and under,
Monday through Friday, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Locations: Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Branch 18601 Soledad Canyon Road, and at the Old Town Newhall Branch at 24500 Main Street.

* Library Services

We look forward to seeing all of our students in the SV Library to use our library services. Here are some of the things we can do for you:

- You may borrow up to 6 books/magazines at a time. We have over 16,000 books and 10 magazine titles to choose from

- Meet up with friends to do your school work together or even just to play some of the many board games we have

- Get homework help from our credentialed teacher librarian

- Relax and enjoy our silent reading/work area with soft, comfy chairs

- Use computers which can print in color or black/white

- Purchase most school supplies

- Charge your cell phone in a free and secure, locked cabinet

- Enjoy our MakerSpace Tuesday activities or attend our quarterly Lunchtime Presentations at lunch

*How to log in to our E-books from Destiny

1. Log in to our library catalog using your Google username and password, or your UN = ID #, PW = 6 digit birthday

2. Search for a book in our library's catalog. If it has an

icon next to the title, it's an e-book

3. Click Open

4. To sign in, click "Access through your Institution"

5. Search with our school's zip code - 91351 - then click on Sierra Vista and sign in with Google

6. Click on "Access Now - e-book" And you're in!

7. NOTE - if you are off-campus, the username for EBSCO is sierravista1 The new password is listed HERE in this login chart.

We also have the EBSCO ebook App in your Waffle with ebooks

*SORA e-book App in your "Waffle" for Reading e-books
Sora provides free e-books for you to read. To access, all you need to do is click on your Apps Waffle in Google, then click on the icon that looks like this:

You will be able to search for Santa Clarita Public Library e-books in this app as well by clicking on the three horizontal lines in the top right-hand corner of the app, and adding our local library. The Sora app is also available for smart phones and is Kindle compatible. Our district code needed for the phone app is hartca

For more information and a video demo of how Sora works, click HERE for a presentation from the Canyon High School's teacher librarian, Miss Gilpin.

*E-Book Talk Videos - All of these e-books are in our SV Library Catalog

e-book: "Benched" by Cristy Watson; 560 lexile - Realistic drama - Click HERE

e-book: "Catla and the Vikings" by Mary Nelson; 640 lexile - Historical fiction - Click HERE
e-book: "Under the Ashes" by Cindy Rankin; 690 lexile - Survival story - Click HERE

e-book: "The Loch Ness Monster" by Jean Flitcroft; 770 lexile - Supernatural fic. Click HERE

e-book: "The F Factor" by Diane Gonzales Bertrand; 780 lexile - Realistic drama. Click HERE

e-book: "Lorenzo and the Turncoat" by Lila & Rick Guzman; 800 lexile - Historical fic. - Click HERE
e-book: "The Warriors" by Joseph Bruchac; 810 lexile - Realistic drama - Click HERE
e-book: "Not a Chance" by Michelle Mulder; 860 lexile - Realistic drama. Click HERE

*After you've read one of our SV Library Books, Click HERE to view a How-to video to post a review for all students to see.

*Santa Clarita Public Library Links:
Click HERE to email a request for a free city public library card by mail
Click HERE to go to the free homework help, and other frees services such as music downloads, databases, e-books, and more from city's public libraries.
Click HERE for information about their teen activities.
Click HERE for a how-to video from the public library, showing you how to get live homework help in all subjects from 1:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.

* Help your SV Library buy new books at no additional cost to you!

Here's a free and easy way to help us buy more library books. Just add our library to your Ralphs Rewards card. Every time your family shops at Ralphs Supermarket or Food 4 Less and puts in your phone number or scans your Ralphs card at the checkout counter, we get a percentage of the sales. How easy is that!? Please ask your parents to help us by doing the following:

1. Go to www.ralphs.com/
2. On the top right, click either "register" or "sign in"
3. Once you're into your account, click on your name in the upper right corner
4. Scroll to the bottom to "Community Rewards"
5. Search for Sierra Vista Jr. High Library; our ID code is RF737
6. Enroll and that's it!

If you need assistance or don't want to enroll online, you may call Ralphs Community Rewards at 1-800-443-4438.

Thank you for your support.