March 2023

 

March is National Women's History Month! To find out more about this official month-long celebration of the history and contributions of women to the development of our nation, you can click on this link: https://womenshistorymonth.gov/

SBHS Library celebrates National Music in Our Schools Month

March 2023

March is National Music in Our School's Month! To find out more about this official month-long celebration of music and music education in our nation's schools, you can click on this link: https://nafme.org/programs/miosm/

Want to write your own songs? Learn about KPop? Read a great music related novel?

Check out these great music books from our Library display today!

GHS Library Celebrates African American History Month

February 2023

February is National African American History Month! To find out more about this official month long celebration of the history and contributions of African Americans to the development of our nation, you can click on this link: https://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

Great Books on Screen 2022 Contest Winners

December 15th, 2022

The winners of the Great Books on Screen 2022 contest have been chosen! From the many entries this year, these are the four lucky winners.

 

Great Books on Screen 2022 Contest!

November-December 2022

To celebrate the 2022 big-screen and streaming adaptations of Along for the Ride, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice and The Summer I Turned Pretty, our Library will be holding a contest giveaway of the original novels that these four movies are based on.

This year's four prizes include:

One copy of Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

One copy of the graphic novel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

One copy of Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice

One copy of The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

To enter the contest, you just need to checkout any print book or magazine from our Library during November/early December. Each time you checkout items from our Library, you’ll get a chance to fill out an entry ticket for the contest. The official drawing for the prizes will be held December 15th, so get down to our Library and checkout a great book today!

GHS Library celebrates Veterans Day

November 2022

During the month of November, the GHS Library honors our staff and their families who have served in the United States Armed Forces with a Veterans Day display. Come by the Library to see the contributions of some of our GHS staff or check out a great military history book today! Thank you to Mrs. Armstrong, Mr. Brittain, Mr. Gardenhire, Mr. Jacobsen and Ms. Schacht for participating in this year's celebration.

It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories From the American Revolution to Afghanistan edited by Jerri Bell and Tracy Crow - This inspiring anthology is the first to convey the rich experiences and contributions of women in the American military in their own words - from the Revolutionary War to the present wars in the Middle East. 

Patriots From the Barrio: The Story of Company E, 141st Infantry: The Only All Mexican American Army Unit in World War II by David Gutierrez - As a child, Dave Gutierrez hung on every word his father recalled about his cousin Ramon, "El Sancudo", and his service in World War II, where he earned a Silver Star, three Purple Hearts, and escaped from the Germans twice. Later, Dave decided to find out more about his father's cousin, and he discovered that Ramon Gutierrez was a member of Company E, 141st Infantry, a part of the 36th "Texas" Division that was comprised entirely of Mexican Americans - the only such unit in the entire U.S. Army.

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell - Four US Navy SEALS departed one night in 2005 for the Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive. This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that followed.

American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm by Gail Buckley - A moving tribute to the military’s unsung heroes, American Patriots tells the story of the black servicemen and women who defended American ideals on the battlefield, even as they faced racism in the ranks and segregation on the home front.

Navajo Code Talkers by Nathan Aaseng - A concise history of how a group of Navajo Indians were recruited by the United States Marines Corps to create and employ an unbreakable secret code on the battlefields of the Pacific during World War II. Based on their own Navajo language, this code frustrated every effort by the Japanese to break it and helped the United States to secure victory in the Pacific.

Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad by Robert Asahina - An excellent history that chronicles the Japanese American combat participation in World War II in the segregated US Army infantry units of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. In time these units merged and, exhibiting formidable mastery of infantry combat, compiled a combat record in Italy and France that it would be an understatement to call distinguished.

GHS Library Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month

November 2022

November is National Native American Heritage Month! To find out more about this official month long celebration of the contributions of Native Americans to the development of our nation, you can click on this link: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/native-american-heritage-month.htm

GHS Library Celebrates National Hispanic American Heritage Month

September 15 - October 15 2022

September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month! To find out more about this official month long celebration of the contributions and cultures of both Hispanic and Latino Americans you can click on this link: National Hispanic American Heritage Month or this link: Hispanic Heritage Month - National Archives

Banned Books Week

September 18 - September 24 2022

September 18th through September 24th is national Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of our freedom to read. Exercise your right to read by checking out a Library book today or pick up a Banned Books Week button at our GHS Library! Check out the Banned Book Week website for related remote events and activities.

Watch this video about the Ten Most Challenged Books of 2020 from the American Library Association.

GHS Library celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month

June 2022

GHS Library celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May 2022

AP Test Prep Guidebooks in our Library

 Spring 2022

Need help with studying for the upcoming AP tests? Our GHS Library has test guidebooks for every AP course offered at Gresham High. Why buy a guidebook when you can borrow one for free? Check out one of these test prep guides today!

If you need more help preparing for the upcoming AP tests, Learning Express Library has AP test review guides and sample tests ready for your use. Just click on this link - AP test study guides and sample tests and then click on the "Prepare for College" button to find these resources. Are you a new user? You'll need to go to the Learning Express Library page, click on the Sign In/Register link and then the Register link to create your own account to start using this resource. If you need help logging in, check out the Learning Express Library FAQ page for more information about log-ins and accounts. Learning Express Library is free to all Oregon students, so log on today for more AP help!