Whales for a Cause

Don't you just love it when a collaboration comes together? Our School and Community Leadership students in Mrs. Geller's class colored Vineyard Vines Whales from the Mepham High School Library MakerSpace to raise money and awareness for No Kid Hungry! A total of 154 whales were collected and displayed around the school library. #WhalesForACause #mephamgivesback

Poetry & Short Story Reference Center

There are a few databases that have not look familiar to you at the Mepham High School Library. One of them is the Poetry & Short Story Reference Center. "A rich full-text database of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, plus thousands of short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets and other sources."

Content Includes:

• More than 370,000 full-text poems, both classic and contemporary
• More than 55,000 full-text short stories, both classic and contemporary
• More than 4,000 full-text dramatic works
• More than 2,600 audio recordings of poets reading their own works from the Academy of American Poets, poets reading works of other poets and podcasts from The Poetry Foundation
• High-quality videos provided by the Academy of American Poets and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
• More than 440 full-text explications of both classic and contemporary poems
• More than 1,100 full-text e-books focused on poetry, drama and short stories
• Teaching and learning guides
• 180 lesson plans/labs from the Poetry Foundation
• Poetry Showcases from The Paris Review

JSTOR

We have a new database at the Mepham High School Library. It's JSTOR! "JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines." The database was purchased as a recommendation from the College Board for AP Capstone, but ALL STUDENTS here at Mepham have access to it. Please see Mrs. Stack in the library for the unique username and password.

MHS Library Orientation 2019

Hey Mepham Pirates! Are you new to Mepham High School? Part of the Class of 2023? Click below to view our 2019 library orientation video. It is a virtual tour of your fabulous library in under six minutes!

Banned Books Week | September 22-28, 2019

Banned Books Week is celebrated this fall from September 22-28. Take a look at the info-graph below that shows the top 11 challenged books of 2018. Do some of them surprise you? Did you know that 59% of challenges take place in public libraries and 23% take place in school libraries? The other challenges take place in schools (classroom), academic libraries, and special/prison libraries. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials or services based on content. On the other hand, a band is the removal of materials or cancellation of services based on content. 

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Mepham High School Library Bulletin Board

Close up of Mepham High School Library Bulletin Board

Close up of Mepham High School Library Bulletin Board

Welcome (Back) Pirates!

For some of you, it may be the first time that you will be stepping foot in the Mepham High School Library. For others, you may have spent a lot (or a little) time here. Either way, WE WELCOME YOU!We most definitely want to extend a very special welcome to our new ninth grade students, the Class of 2023! We have many opportunities and resources waiting for EVERYONE up here. The library (room 300) is open from 7:30 AM until 3:30 PM, unless otherwise posted. Students are welcome to use the library during any free period, before or after school.

Many of our new books have arrived - over 6 shelves worth! You may notice some changes to our shelves. We have merged the reference section with our non-fiction books. Now ALL books on a subject will be in the same place and can be checked out for the standard 3-week time period. We also moved our biographies and picture books over to the main seating area.  This leaves more room on our classroom side, which houses our fiction section. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to stop by and see us. We can't wait to have a great school year with you!

P.S. Are you following the school on Twitter and Instagram? We are @MephamHS!