VIKING Library
Welcome to the library for Petersburg High School & Mitkof Middle School!
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
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!
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!
Discover, Explore, Wonder
Library Happenings
Digital Citizenship lessons in the middle school and high school
Teachers may sign up classes for research lessons with Ms. Cotta
Learning centers: explore technology, engineering, 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.
Past events: Book Club, Unplugged Week, Scripps National Spelling Bee
Our Mission
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
Carissa Cotta has been a librarian since 2011 and an ELA teacher prior to that. In addition to administering the secondary library, she teaches in-person and online classes.
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.