Foothill High School Library

        

        Daniel Bradford, Head Librarian

         Julie Minor, Library Assistant 
 

Home of the Foothill Falcons 

Library Hours

  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday:

       7:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

                                 Wednesday:

        8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

                                      Friday:

        7:15 a.m. to 2:48 p.m.

 

Foothill High School Library
Foothill High School
4375 Foothill Road
Pleasanton, CA 94588

ph: 925-646-6626
alt: 925-646-6646

WELCOME TO OUR LIBRARY

 

 


February Books of the Month
That's right, BOOKS--the California Young Reader Medal books for 2009-2010!
 
1. Saint Iggy by K.L. Going

2. Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Foothill students who want to vote for the statewide winner of the 2009-2010 California Young Reader Medal contest will:
 
1. Read all three books (we have sixty of each title!)
2. Vote before March 30, 2010
3. Be entered in a drawing to win a free set of all three books--20 students will win!


Ask the library staff or your English teachers for the books and more details!

Saint Iggy
by
K.L. Going
 
"Do something that contributes to the world."
 
That's the advice Iggy Corso's principal gives to him after suspending Iggy indefinitely from school for something Iggy didn't do.
 
But how can Iggy make a difference in the world?  He doesn't do drugs, even though he was born addicted to crack. He lives in a city housing project, in an apartment filled with furniture that his stoned and drunken father collects from the street. Iggy's mother is an addict who has been AWOL for a month.
 
But Iggy doesn't feel sorry for himself.  And he's determined, against all odds, to prove that everybody--his teachers, his principal, his own parents--are wrong about him.

 "You're always going to hate me...for something I did when I was thirteen."Story of a Girl
by
Sara Zarr
 
Deanna Lambert was only thirteen when her father caught her in the back of Tommy Webber's Buick.  Even though it's three years later, Deanna has to live with the consequences of that night:  an unfair reputation as the school's "bad girl" and a father who won't even look her in the eye.
 
Desperate to move out of her unhappy home, Deanne gets a summer job to start saving money.  Little does she know that her job at a crummy pizza place will make her face her past head-on--because one of her co-workers is Tommy Webber.
 
Story of a Girl was written by Pacifica, California native Sara Zarr.

"I want the world to pay attention to me."
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by
Sherman Alexie
 
Arnold "Junior" Spirit--the son of an alcoholic absentee father and a long-suffering mom--decides to take a chance, get off the "rez" and attend a "white" private school in Rearden, Washington so "the world will pay attention to me.". 
 
To Arnold's surprise, once he becomes a "part-time Indian", he leaves the world of bullies and bullying behind and encounters new friends who share some of his interests. 
 
His basketball team meets up with old classmates on the court, and a battle of both bodies and cultures begins.  The author, Sherman Alexie, based this book on his own experiences as a Native American teenager.

 
TECH TIPS

Click on the picture above to get the Tech Tip for January 2010:

How To Download and Convert YouTube Videos!

Do you have a "Tech Tip" that would help students and teachers?

If so, email it to:

falconlibrary@gmail.com


 If you want to read ANY book series in order, click here to search:




 


Click on the Gale button to go directly to Gale Student Resource Center

THE PASSWORD FOR GALE IS "falcons" 

(use all "lower case" letters for the password, please!) 

 


 

WANT TO LOOK FOR A BOOK?
USE OUR LIBRARY CATALOG--CLICK ON THE SPYGLASS!  

Click here to log into Zangle!

You'll need your user name and password to log in.  If you didn't get these at registration, you can get them in the Foothill High office.


Click on the house to visit the Foothill High Home Page!

 

      


    DIGITAL LIBRARY

Your 24 hour a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year online library!


SIRS is for researching CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
PROQUEST is the world's largest magazine and newspaper database.
To go directly to SIRS, click on the picture below.
To get the username and password for HOME ACCESS to SIRS/ProQuest, please email Mr. Bradford at:
You will get a response to your email
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year!
To use both, click on the picture below.
Click on "MY PRODUCTS PAGE" 
This will log you onto both databases!


For research assignment links, click on the photo.

 

 


"This library has something offensive to everyone.  If you are not offended by something we own, please complain."--Dorothy Broderick, librarian

If you have any questions about the Foothill High School Library, please ask!

Email your questions to: falconlibrary@gmail.com


Check Out Our

NEW BOOKS

(list updated Jan. 22nd 2010)


 

 


 



 

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Foothill High School Library
Foothill High School
4375 Foothill Road
Pleasanton, CA 94588

ph: 925-646-6626
alt: 925-646-6646