PSSA Reading and Writing Scores Raised for All Student Groups

PHILADELPHIA — Having access to a full-time, certified school librarian means better outcomes for Pennsylvania’s public school students, according to new research from the Colorado-based RSL Research Group.

• Students who have access to a full-time, certified librarian scored higher on the PSSA Reading Test than those students who do not have such access. This finding is true for all students, regardless of their socio-economic, racial/ethnic, and/or disability status.

• For several student groups that tend to experience achievement gaps—economically disadvantaged, Hispanic, Black, and those with IEPs (Individualized Education Programs)—Reading and Writing results are markedly better when those students attend a school with a librarian and library support staff, according to the research. In fact, they benefit more proportionally than the general student population.

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About the WHS Library

The Woodinville High School Libary Hours are: 6:45 AM until 2:10 PM (unless otherwise posted) 

Library Program Team:  Dione Garcia, Teacher-Librarian, Department Head; Andy Hegeman, Teacher-Librarian; Dalene Cothran, Library Secretary

WHS Library Mission Statement

To ensure students and staff are effective users and producers of ideas and information.

The WHS Library is a true teaching library dedicated to promoting life-long learning for all students and staff. To assist in its mission, the Woodinville High School Library Program includes:

National Board and Washington State Certified Teacher-Librarians who:

• Teach students and staff to find, use, evaluate, and produce information to acheive their academic and personal goals
• Instruct students and staff in the use of technology to teach and practice life-long learning skills and information literacy
• Collaborate with each other and other teachers to create assignments that integrate information literacy skills into subject-area curriculum
  
• Research subject-area projects for viability
• Design and teach lessons and projects for new curricula and graduation requirements
  
• Select resources vital to students' and teachers' needs
• Manage program resources effectively (such as staff, volunteers, equipment, collection development, and inventory)
• Serve on Library Advisory Team and other Learning Communities
• Teach information literacy skills to classes and individuals to ensure students become strong researchers

Highly Skilled Library Secretary, who

• Supervises students
  
• Maintains collections and inventories
  
• Trains volunteers and student assistants
• Processes resources
• Advises students
• Manages records
  
• Serves on Library Advisory Team

24/7 Remote Access via WHS Library Webpage

• Online Catalog
  
• Databases
  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library  
• An Online Reference Collection with twenty-four sets of multi-volume, digital reference books, all of which can also accessed from school and home
  
• Classroom Connections: web-based resources aligned to curricula
  
• Over 21,000 cataloged volumes 

Passwords for remote access collections available at the WHS Library and in the Student Handbook

State-of-the-Art Facility

• Three activeboards for multi-media instruction, active teaching, and multi-media presentations
• Main floor with 34 computer stations available for individual or classroom use before school, at options, lunch, and during the school day
• Library Computer Lab with 34 computer stations and activeboard for use by classes