(DLA Las Piñas LRC) Faculty Pathfinders

We've come to help you out!

The Learning Resource Center has just provided pathfinders or research guides especially just for our patrons from the faculty to aid in locating a range of suitable and available literature and resources in particular subject areas.



Subject areas currently tackled in the pathfinders include:

• History and social sciences
• Curriculum development
• Writing
• Reading and language
• Science and educational technology
• Research
• Philosophy, psychology, and values education
• Teaching methods and teaching styles
• Mathematics
• Music, arts, and physical education

The pathfinders can be found at the green box in the faculty section of the Learning Resource Center can be used as they are needed. We highly encourage faculty patrons to approach any of the librarians present in case they would like further assistance. Pathfinders specifically made for the students in the Grade School and High School
are in the works as of the moment and could be out anytime soon!

(DLA Las Piñas GS LRC) Cat in the Hat

National Children's Book Week last month was a witness to the fun activity called
Cat in the Hat inspired by Dr. Seuss' popular book that goes by the same name where
the student participants from Grades 2 and 3 were given 30 minutes to represent their sections in designing creative patterns for the Cat's celebrated hat.

Our biggest thank you to everyone who joined and obviously put in a lot of effort,
we sure hope you had enjoyed the activity as much as we did!

After much difficult deliberation though courtesy of their very own art teachers,
we would all like to congratulate the following winners:

Audrey Moncera and Joseph Daniel Regachuelo from Tolerance
won for the Grade 2.

Angela Sanvictores and Karyl Cruz from Fidelity won for the Grade 3.

(DLA Las Piñas HS LRC) August Book of the Month - If I Stay

Would you rather have a happy past to remember forever
or an unknown future to explore?

This is what young Mia has to attempt to figure out in the critically acclaimed American novel by internationally bestselling author and journalist Gayle Forman called If I Stay which follows the simultaneously tragic yet uplifting story of a musically-gifted girl as she undergoes a supernatural out-of-body experience, abling her to walk invisibly through corridors and walls, while her actual body is comatose at the hospital's intensive care unit after the horrific car accident on a slippery road one snowy February morning.

It seems that everything her rewarding life had from a loving family and an adoring boyfriend to a bright future brimming with lots of options like prestigious Julliard schooling is almost instantly taken away in a blink of an eye except for one life-altering decision that will totally be in the main character's hands to make as memories flash before her eyes.

All of the heart-wrenching events that lead to the end will likely keep you on the edge of your seat as she swings from one difficult choice to another. We recommend the book for those who loved the Twilight series (as mentioned on the book's front cover), Thirteen Reasons Why, and The Lovely Bones.

It's also a book you should read before seeing the film next month (like what we've always been saying when it comes to movies based on books!) as If I Stay is one of the most highly anticipated movie adaptations this year alongside The Maze Runner and part one of The Hunger Games trilogy's second installment Mockingjay. The sequel, Where She Went, is available at the High School LRC's fREADom hub as well.

(DLA Las Piñas HS LRC) August Author of the Month - James Dashner

This month, we're featuring award-winning 41-year-old Georgia-born James Smith Dashner since a film adaptation of one of his books, is coming out next month at theatres all over the country! Dashner was born November 26, 1972. He has five brothers and sisters.

He writes peculative fiction, primarily series for children or young adults. His work is typically within the adventure, survival, and science-fiction genres. Once upon a time, he attended university where he received a Masters Degree in Accounting.

James worked in the field of finance for a while but then decided to try his hand at writing, having been an avid reader since childhood. (The about section is his official site even says on the matter: "He doesn’t miss numbers. At all.")

Dashner has since then been a professional full time writer since June 1, 2003 (the date his first book, A Door in the Woods, was published). The first installment in The Maze Runner series was on the New York Times Bestseller List for one entire year.

He now lives in the Rocky Mountains together with his wife Lynette Anderson from West Valley City, Utah and their four children. In his free time, James still loves to read, watch movies and (good) TV shows, snow ski, and read. (Reading was mentioned twice on purpose.) Most of all, he’s thankful that he gets to make a living writing stories and considers himself pretty much the luckiest guy on the planet.