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Audiobooks for Teens Week 3
Week 3 of free audiobooks are available May 13-19. This week the theme is Rooted in China. Register to access SYNC titles in the Sora app here. Once downloaded, the books are yours to keep and enjoy.
Gateway to the World Library
The Gateway to the World Library serves students, parents, faculty and staff from Preparatory Academy and World Scholars and is located in Edinburg.
Library hours:
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Facility
Capacity: Currently serves 600 middle school students and 600 high school students.
Facilities: Two computer labs; Makerspace; video editing lab; conference room; quick-print station
Library Collection:
Books: 40,000+ print volumes; 90,000 eBooks
Periodicals: 60 print titles; 2 newspapers. Magazine titles cover health, science, history, technology, and current event topics, as well as leisure reading
Videos/DVDs/CDs: 2,700 titles; may be checked out for 5 days
Technology: Windows network with 118 PCs for student use; 20 take-home laptops; printers; scanners; charging stations; video editing and presentation equipment. MS Office; Inventor; and the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite are available on PCs
Online Resources: Library catalog; Office 365; eBooks; audio books; subscription databases; Accelerated Reader
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2021-22 BoB Titles - High School
High School Battle of the Books (BoB) titles have been announced, and we invite you to participate. For the 2021-22 school year, there will be four titles:
Sia Martinez and the Moonlight Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly
Fruia by Yamile Saied Mendez
Contact an STISD librarian by clicking here for more details.
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2021-22 BoB Titles - Middle School
Middle School Battle of the Books (BoB) titles have been announced, and we invite you to participate. For the 2021-22 school year, there will be four titles:
Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
How to Disappear Completely by Ali Standish
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewel Parker Rhodes
Contact an STISD librarian by clicking here for more details.
Gateway to the World Library: 510 S. Sugar Rd., Edinburg, TX 78539 | Phone: 956.318.8525
