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Welcome to the library for Petersburg High School & Mitkof Middle School!
Reading
Reading
Book Seer: What to read next?
Librivox (public domain audio books)
Project Gutenberg (public domain ebooks)
Note: as always, use discretion when searching for pictures & media and creating online accounts. Ask an adult for help if you need it!
Digital Literacy For Parents & Students
Digital Literacy For Parents & Students
See our DIGITAL LITERACY page with resources on:
Saying no to texting & driving: IT CAN WAIT!
Blue light, sleep, & health
Protecting Your Identity
Cyberbullying
Great Resources!
Great Resources!
Check Movie, App, Book, or Game reviews at:
Parent's Ultimate Guides: Info on popular apps or games like Fortnite, TikTok, Instagram, and more
Read the Screenagers Blog for parent tips and family discussion topics on managing tech
Learning resources to Check out!
Learning resources to Check out!
Discover, Explore, Wonder
Discover, Explore, Wonder
Library Happenings
Library Happenings
Digital Citizenship lessons in the middle school and high school
Teachers may sign up their classes for research lessons with Ms. Cotta
Events: 2-sentence Spooky Story Contest, Book Club, Unplugged Week
Learning stations: explore technology, art, and literacy
Creation Stations: digital and oral storytelling, art projects related to reading, magnetic poetry, writing comic stories
Student Librarians: our TA's schedule a class period to work in the library. See Ms. Cotta about being a library TA.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To help students become:
To help students become:
• avid, proficient readers
• effective users of ideas, information, and technology
• skillful researchers and problem solvers
• confident, ethical users of information technologies
• critical, media-literate evaluators of information and media messages
About our librARIAN
About our librARIAN
Ms. Carissa Cotta has been a librarian for 13 years and an ELA teacher before that. In addition to administering the secondary library, she teaches in-person and online classes, monitors study hall and VHS students, and is the advisor for the PHS yearbook.
Ms. Cotta's focus is helping students develop a love of reading, igniting students' curiosity for exploration, collaborating with teachers on grade-level curriculum and research projects, and increasing awareness of healthy digital habits. She enjoys hiking, camping, snow skiing, reading (of course!), and spending time with friends and family.
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