Welcome
Welcome to the ASPV library web page.
Students, staff, and parents are invited to visit the ASPV libraries to browse the collection, check out materials, do class-related research, study, and use the computers. Your school librarian, Miss Jenny Orr, is responsible for the libraries’ role as a literacy and information hub for supporting student achievement. Our libraries enjoy both an Elementary and High School section.
We provide a variety of books and magazines as well as computers and Wi-Fi service in our libraries. Our total collection includes over 13,000 titles of books and audio visual materials. Our print magazine selection includes over thirty titles. We have an online library catalog, Destiny, as well as the Ebscohost database, both can be accessed from anywhere that has internet connection. Both the High School and Elementary sections are wired for computer stations.
Among the special events that take place throughout the school year are Banned Books Week, Art Exhibits, Special Project presentations, Get Caught up in Reading and others.
Suggestions and Donations.
Our collection of books and magazines is growing. We welcome your suggestions on new books to add or topics you would like to learn more about. Donations of current fiction and nonfiction books are also welcome! Please contact Miss
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Use the tabs above to explore the collection of digital resources selected for the use of the ASPV School community as well as for information regarding our hours, policies, and other information.
8th Grade English Project
The students have been reading a novel called The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle which is a story about a thirteen year old girl in 1832. She is sailing from England to America and she is having the adventure of a lifetime!
The class had to create an artistic representation of mood in the first half of the novel. They had to incorporate five words or phrases that demonstrate the mood of the novel within their piece.
Miss Jenny's comments
What do libraries, museums, concert halls, and places of worship have in common?
They are all shared, common spaces where people come together and seek a higher level of knowledge or even consciousness. They also happen to be among the most coveted architectural commissions that exist.
Now, our ASPV libraries may not compete with the New York Public Library, or the Guggenheim, but I am very proud of what we do have.
I am so grateful to our English Teacher, Miss Fenton, who has collaborated with us by bringing exhibits of student work to the upper school libraries.
The student's work is amazing. They are so creative and colorful.
Please stop by the upper school library and take a look!
The College Board’s List of 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers
We have these titles available as well as titles from Open Response Questions on the AP Literature Exams.
Follow this link for a list of books recommended by the College Board for students preparing to attend a U.S. college or university.