Library Media Specialist: 
Jennifer Meltzer 
[email protected]

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Mission: Members of our learning community collaborate, communicate, share, locate information and construct new knowledge both in and out of school. 

Join the Book Club!

The PHS Book Club meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Learning Commons.   

All students are encouraged to join this amazing group of readers!  Check out our Schoology group using this code: 6P8P5-S5SND 


Suggested Reading Calendar:

September 15th-October 15th
 Hispanic Heritage Month Books to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 
October National Bullying Prevention Month

LGBTQ History Month
eBooks with LGBTQ+ Themes
 November Native American Heritage Month Native American Heritage Book Collection
December
  Chill Out with a Good Book  Holiday Themed Books
January   New Year, New You! Read books that encourage goal-setting, personal growth and improvement, positive habits and leadership.
New Year, New You! Book Collection
February  Black History Month Black history month collection
March Women's History Month Women's History Book Collection
April National Poetry Month Poetry Book Collection
May Jewish American Heritage & Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Book Collection

Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Book Collection
June  LGBTQ Pride Month  eBooks with LGBTQ+ Themes

 Citation Assistance

Regardless of the citation style you are using for a project, all BCPS students have access to Noodletools (a research platform) under Instructional & Productivity Tools.  



MLA

Citing digital sources (including images)
Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab


APA
http://www.apastyle.org/ 
http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
APA Templates (examples)


Tools to help you write

Watch Pikesville High School featured on the Parent University video below
Parent University on Literacy

(archived photos can be viewed using the link below)
www.flickr.com/photos/pikesvillehs/