Archive for January, 2012
We are so fortunate at Mira Costa to have a strong school library. So many schools in California and across the U.S. do not. Carl Harvey, AASL (American Association of School Librarians) President has posted a petition on the Whitehouse.gov site in support of school libraries. Here’s the text: “WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Ensure that every child [...]
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January 29, 2012
If you have a smartphone or iPad, you can now access our library catalog via our new Destiny Quest app. The free app, available through the Apple iTunes App Store or Android Marketplace, runs on iPhones, iPod touches and iPads with iOS 4.2 or later and on Android 2.1-2.3.7 phones. Here’s some of what you can [...]
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January 23, 2012
Mira Costa students, staff, and library volunteers had a huge treat on January 13 meeting best-selling author Andrea Cremer when she visited our library. Ms. Cremer shared how she became a professional writer, where she gets her inspiration, the historical background she applies to her work, and the discipline required to complete a novel and [...]
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January 21, 2012