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Authors Lisa McMann and Becca Fitzpatrick come to PHS this Thursday,at lunch in K-1. |
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| When you stop by the library and sign up to attend the author visit, your name will be entered into a drawing for the newly released Gone.
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The library will be closed at lunch on Thursday to host the authors' visit. |
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Authors: Lisa McMann and Becca Fitzpatrick |
   For more about these authors visit their websites: Lisa McMann or Becca Fitzpatrick. Check out their books today! |
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We celebrated the renwal of our Proquest history databases (thank you, PHS Foundation) with a research contest. |
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| Friday's Question: President Carter at a press conference on January 17, 1979 stated: "Certainly we have no desire nor ability to intrude massive forces into Iran or any other country to determine the outcome of domestic political issues. This is something we have no intention of ever doing in another country." |
Winner: Mr. Dohm |
Thursday's Question:  The pictured sculpture is named Lenore. Her sculptor was Augusta Savage. She was a Harlem Renaissance artist. |
Winner: Mr. Young |
| Wednesday's Answer: A former name for America Online (AOL) was QUANTUM computer/communication services. | Winner: Mr. Bowers |
Tuesday's Answer:"Pony Bob Haslam was a rider for the Pony Express, he lived between 1860 and 1894. He was famous for being the first man to ride across the country with the news of the election of Abraham Lincoln." (McMillan and Anderson) |
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Monday's Answer: The Cowra Outbreak was a mass escape of Japanese Prisoners of War at Cowra, Australia in 1944. But the attempted escape was a failure: more than 200 of them died, about a 10th from suicide. |
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12/9/2009 Need drug information? Try searching with our widget below. You will need the database login information on the back of your ID card. The reference tab is a good place to start.
11/20/2009 Thank you for your participation in our New Moon contest. Stop by the library to check out a good book to enjoy over your Thanksgiving break.
11/12/2009 As November 20 finally draws near, we are celebrating the arrival of the next in the Twilight series' movies with a New Moon trivia contest. Each day next week we will post a clue involving a person, place, thing or incident in the book. The clue will be posted in the library before opening and on the website after the start of first period. The first person answering correctly will be awarded a prize. Correct answers and prizewinners will be announced at the end of school daily. So, "the wolf's out of the bag now"(Embry Call). Are you ready for the challenge? |
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11/5/09 College Week Live is happening all this week. You need to register to take advantage of this virtual conference where you can hear speakers, talk to college representatives and even students attending the represented schools. Don't miss this amazing virtual event. |
10/30/09 Thank you M.E.Ch.A. club for the Day of the Dead exhibit . The club co-presidents are featured in the picture. Stop by the library for a closer look.
Gale Free Trial until 11/27/09. To help us locate academic journals for our senior project research Gale has provided access to 2 of their broadest College/University databases. They can be searched from the links below or included in a Gale PowerSearch. Login and password are on the back of your id card.
10/29/09 BestFest America Film Festival is an international film festival for young filmmakers (high school/college). Congratulations to 4 PHS students nominated for awards. The festival this year is all day, Nov. 7 at the UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley Hazard Center. The filmmakers up for awards and links to their videos are below(caution... view at home, do not ask to override).
Ian Lipson's and Dan Raker's Macbeth Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/user/PHSdigitalMEDIA#p/search/0/BHT-GBxCNbk |
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Mike Staley's and Trevor Valenzuela's Aquos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W72QUPsDWfQ |
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Thank you Megan Pfeiffer for sharing this commendatory news.
11/16/09 Trial for SIRS Researcher has now ended.
SIRS RESEARCHER Trial - This is another exceptional Proquest resource for controversial issues research. So you sophomores and seniors needing another database, click on the link: http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=3017492 and the password is welcome. |
10/22/2009 The poll results showed that most of you agreed we should keep the book. Out of respect and truthfulness, I will annotate the catalog record for the book and put it in the fiction section.
10/19/09: The questions Fragments raises are concerns about repressed memory and trauma therapy, problems surrounding autobiographies and memoirs, truths behind oral history and primary source materials. Since the book was published dozens of articles and several books have been written debating the concerns. Many libraries across San Diego have retained the book in their collection, changing the shelfing location and subject headings from nonfiction to fiction. They have purposely decided to keep the book. What do you think the PHS Library should do with the book? Make your opinions known. Take the poll and let your voice be heard in the comments area.
10/14/09 Timeline of Events:
1995 |
Fragments published in German by Suhrkamp Verlag |
1996 |
Fragments published by Schocken in English, |
1996- 1998 |
Reviewed and Awards, PHS Library purchases the book |
1998 |
Journalist, Daniel Ganzfried publishes article in Swiss weekly magazine accusing Wilkomirski of being a fraud. |
1999 |
Historian, Stefan Maechler hired by Wilkomirski's literary agency to investigate the Ganzfried accusations. To read an article by Maechler published about the book controversies follow this link. |
1999 |
Maechler's 137 page report published. Suhrkamp Verlag withdraws all copies of books, stating "the account was no more than a vivid fantasy". (full article).. |
2002 |
DNA Testing proves that Wirlkomirski not the Jewish child survivor of the Holocaust he claimed to be, but rather the Swiss Protestant boy, Bruno Grosjean, relinquished by his single, working class birth mother at the age of two. For more follow link. |
2003 |
Questions surrounding the merits of the work continue to be raised by historians and literary scholars. The truthfulness of the book is no longer in question but does what remains still have value? Historian, Froama Zeitlin states Fragments "merits' reside in a ferocious vision, a powerful narrative, an accumulation of indelible images, and the unforgettable way in which a small child's voice is deployed in an unfeeling adult world, during the war and thereafter”. Zeitlin, Froama. "New Soundings in Holocaust Literature." Catastrophe and Meaning: The Holocaust and the Twentieth Century. Eds. Moishe Postone and Eric Santner. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003. 177.Google Book Search. Web. 16 Oct. 2009. <http://books.google.com>, |
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Jeff Holt reads Fragments for Ms.Kawasaki-Williams history class. |
10/14/09 Listen to the interviews with Ms Kawasaki-Williams and Jeff Holt about Fragments. Tomorrow a timeline of events surrounding the controversy.
| Student, Jeff Holt interviewed about Fragments. | History teacher, Ms. Kawasaki- Williams speaks out on Fragments. |
10/12/09 This week we begin our analysis of Fragments. Today it's arrival and initial reviews. Tomorrow, audio interviews with Jeff Holt and Ms. Kawasaki- Williams reviewing their reaction to the book.
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Fragments: Memories of s Wartime Childhood. Reviews & Awards
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10/7//09 Banned Books week is over but here at Poway High School we have a challenge on a book on our shelves. Next week we will be asking for your opinions about whether a book should stay or go.
10/5/09 Friday's winners were Mr. Bowers and Alonna Rankin. They guessed correctly with just 2 clues, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky. Eight additional staff and students are runners up. Stop by the library to claim your treat. |
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10/2/09 Ms. Sullivan and Claire Berstresser were our winners yesterday. We had 12 runner ups that all need to come by and pick up their treat. Good luck with today's final (and possibly most difficult) banned book. |
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10/1/09 The 3rd banned book was The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Check out that title and others by Ms. Walker at the library. Stop by the circulation desk to see if you are one of our contest winners. |
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9/30/09 Congratulations to the 5 that correctly guessed Tuesday's Banned Book, Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. Let's see if you can figure out today's challenged title. |
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9/29/09 Stop by the library to see if you won. First staff and student each day win a prize; all others with correct answer win a piece of candy. Yesterday's banned book was To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. |
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9/22/09 Thank you for your Manga suggestions. We will be purchasing more soon. Until then enjoy reading your favorites online at One Manga (thank you, Cassidy).
Library Hours have changed this year.
We are now open from 7:00 am -
3:00pm.As of 10/19/09 Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 4:30 pm. Fridays until 3 pm and professional growth Mondays, we open at 8:45 am.
