The mission of the Windham High School Library is to promote literacy, learning, critical thinking, and the educated use of information and resources to all students so that they may successfully learn and compete in an information-rich world.
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VISION
MISSION
ANNUAL REPORT
2017-2018
Total Number of Items
Number of Items per Student
Fiction Age of the Collection
Non-fiction Age of the Collection
Age of Total Collection
INSTRUCTION
CURRICULUM &
NUMBER OF CLASSES RECEIVING
DIRECT INSTRUCTION
September 14
October 25
November 11
December 28
January 23
February 14
March 20
April 18
May 44
CIRCULATION&
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
CIRCULATED TITLES
1. It: A Novel
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
3. The Good Braider: A Novel
4. A Long Walk to Water
5. Sign Language: A Novel
6. The Fault in Our Stars
7. Shadow Scale
8. Carrie
9. A Wrinkle In Time
10. The Sun is Also a Star
TOP 10
TOTAL
CHECKOUTS
4,388
INTERLIBRARY
LOAN
26
STUDENT
SIGN INS
13, 678
WHS
At Risk
Basic
Exemplary
16, 478
16.9
1998
1990
1995
Total Number of Items
Number of Items per Student
Fiction Age of the Collection
Non-fiction Age of the
Collection
Age of Total Collection
11,550
11
1996
2006
2002
15,750
15
2001
2011
2007
13,650
13
1999
2009
2005
Maine does not have standards for library collections but standards from other states, such as South Carolina, can provide insight into the current state of our collection. While we continue to improve our statistics each year, our collection remains in need of significant updating.
ONLINE RESOURCES
TECHNOLOGY&
WINHDAM HIGH SCHOOL
SEARCHES...
Searches Retrievals
Gale Virtual Reference Library 4,746 5,144
Science in Context 2,059 1,427
World History in Context 5,394 4,196
Classroom Video on Demand 1,495 2,050
MARVEL is upgrading!
As of July 1st, Maine's Virtual Library will be changing and will offer library patrons around the state (including our students) access to top-notch research resources from Gale/Cengage and other outstanding content providers. For a sneak peak check out this link MARVEL 2018 and use the password chickadee to enter.
READING &
LITERACY
Books, Bytes &
BAGELS
The library and instructional technology team hosted the 3rd annual Books, Bytes and Bagels professional development event. Teachers tried 3D printing and virtual reality!
Discovering Water
Thanks to dedicated WHS students, faculty and staff at the Portland Water District, Discovering Water is now an interactive iBook available through the iBook Store on Apple products or at discoveringwater.org.
IBOOK
BOOK
CLUB
The library hosted both student and faculty book clubs this year. We took a trip with the students to see the movie Ready Player One after reading the novel and showed the faculty The Darkest Hour after reading Churchill and Orwell.
READ
READ
2018 Reading Challenge
Students were challenged to read 12 books over the course of the year. No rewards. No gimmicks. Just reading for the fun of it! Check out some of our
recommendations sent via Google Classroom.
