September 1999Funding from the district's library media center
renovation project in 1997-98 and the 1998-99 Digital High School Installation
Project provided facilities upgrades for electrical, Internet access, and
workstations.
Technology
AB 862The state of California legislature has enacted Assembly Bill 862 to improve
public school libraries. The Hilltop High Collection
Development, Technology, and Services to Maximize Student Achievement 1998-2001
Action Planoutlines our needs and details the use of these funds.
Over 800 books have already been added to the collection at Hilltop High.
If you have suggestions for new books appropriate for the collection, turn
in your list to the library staff. |
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Students study and use print resources.
To
complete research projects and other assignments, students now have a total
of 22 lime-flavored iMac computers to use in the library media center.
Computers are connected to the Internet and loaded with Microsoft Office
98 for word processing, spreadsheet, and PowerPoint as well as a graphing
calculator program, Acrobat Reader, and AppleWorks. Students may
use library printers for research projects and to produce printouts for
assignments.