Did you see The Odyssey this summer?

It was a little tricky getting the new display into the library,

Come to the Makerspace in August and help us fill the Star Jar!

Come in to vote for This or That! So far tea won over coffee, vanilla beat chocolate, and dogs beat cats!

Welcome back!

The books missed you!

Breakfast burritos to welcome the teachers back! (Fun fact: I am a vegetarian!)

I asked ChatGPT, "what are the most popular books that high school students enjoy?"

The Book Club book for August/September is Legend by Marie Lu

Come in and check out our cook book collection!

I made this sign to welcome our visitors from the CTA and NEA.

We got new end carts. If you take a book off of the shelf and don't know where it put it - it goes here!

We are having fun ME Time crafting Mondays - come in to help make decorations for the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration!

Happy 70th birthday, SGHS!

The Library Club table at Club Rush (featuring Acornelious the squirrel)

Spooky Season is here at the SGHS Library!

The library table at the lunchtime South-east Asian celebration.

Homecoming 2025 is here! Stop by the library at the Alumni Carnival to Take a Trip Down Memory Lane!

Books with maps are some of the best books!

Come in and check out our new books, including these new nonfiction titles!

The holidays are here. Come in and check out a book to enjoy the gift of reading!

Happy Birthday Jane Austen!

The new Matador Makerspace is now having its soft opening! Come in to try acticites like coloring and puzzles.

The game of the month for January is Uno. February's game is Connect 4. You can play these game in the library.

Come in thei February and check out books with NO ROMANCE...

...or you can CHECK OUT A ROMANCE!

It's Black History Month!

Getting ready for the New Year!

It is Women's History Month!

This month's featured game in the Makerspace is chess!

We also have Lego in the library for March

The MUG is thriving in this weather.

It's AANHPI Heritage Month 2026!

May is Pride Month in the library (since Pride is really over the summer and we are closed for the summer)!

My first day in the library. Dynamic shelving!

There was an earthquake and one book fell off of the shelf.

Recommend a book today!

The Dream Center brought me a veggie burrito!

All the new manga are now on the shelves!

The library at night. I hope everyone had a great Back to School Night!

I'm putting in an order for new books today. Fun! Be sure to suggest books for the next order here.

Ms. Olivas brought me some soup!

From September 15-October 15 the SGHS Library celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!

September 22-28 is Banned Books Week, an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to the harms of censorship.

The staff got pizza for lunch today thanks to Modern Woodmen - a connection made through Community Schools! Yum!

Spooky Season is fast approaching!

The new books I ordered have started arriving! They will be on the shelves soon.

October is Filipino American History Month! Come check out our books about Filipino culture and by Filipino authors.

Thank you to the School Community Coordinators who helped me make these signs with library terminology.

October is in full swing at the library. Come check out our selection of spooky books!

It's almost time for election 2024!

The Dream Center students set up this altar for Dia de los Muertos in the library. Come by and visit!

I'm working on making it easier for you to identify books in a series. Let me know if there is a series you want me to order!

It is fall in the library - the perfect season to cozy up with a good book. Come in and check out our display for Native American Heritage Month!

I love a good series - come in and see our First in a Series display featuring The Hunger Games, The Inheritance Games, Once Upon a Broken Heart, and more!

It is winter time in the library. Come in and check out a book to take with you to read over the break.

Not sure what book you want to read next? Come in and unwrap a mystery!

A new book order just arrived! Be sure to come in to the library to check out a book/return books before Winter Break!

This light is pretty!

I got a present! Thank you for thinking of the librarian :)

Romance novel display.

Valentine's Day is almost here!

It's Black History Month! Come in to the library to check out our display of books by Black authors and about Black culture.

We love Black History Month at the SGHS Library!

Happy New Year!

Let's celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the library by checking out a popular book!

For some reason I think this sign is really cute. Won't you take one of these books home today?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's Women's History Month at the SGHS Library. Stop by and check out a curated selection of biographies of famous women.

The last batch of new books for the year is here and many of them are already available for checkout!

Thank you to the Poder students who held their college fair in the library today. Great work!

For Coming Out of the Shadows Week, the Dream Center held a make-your-own bookmark event. Thanks for inviting me!

Stop by the library to check out books by undocumented immigrants including We Are Here to Stay and Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card.

A new sign for the Dream Center!

Thank you to Superintendent Dr. Jaramillo for coming to speak during our ME Time Women's History Month event.

April is National Poetry Month!

April 23rd is Shakespeare's birthday. Happy 461st birthday, Will!

It's time to Spring into Reading!

April is Arab American Heritage Month - come in to check out a curated selection of books by and about Arab Americans!

This week is Assistant Principal Appreciation Week. Can you guess which AP likes these snacks?

Come to the library in April-May to check out our display of books that feature LGBTQ characters!

It is fun to come up with new ideas for book displays. If you have any ideas, let me know!

Class of 2025! Come in and take a look at college and career planning guides.

Congratulations to the class of 2025!

Today was the grand opening of the Matador Unity Garden on campus. What a great event! The culinary students even made this pasta salad.

My favorite part of the garden is the beautiful California native wildflowers.

It's Asian American, Hawaiian Native, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May!

I tried my hand at some book spine poetry!

Today during ME Time in the library we had fun making magnets!

Today at lunch we had the first Book Club meeting in the library! The book we read was Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven.

Today was the Community Schools Restorative Justice Art Showcase and lunch in the MUG. So proud of these students!

Retirement Tea in the library!

The library volunteers helped me pick some new bookmarks to order and now they are here!

That's a wrap for the 2024-2025 school year. Enjoy your summer!