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How-To Video: Power Library's Ebook Collection (Improved search feature)
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Scarlette Wingate won the participant drawing! Congratulations!
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Congratulations, Ellie Hammond and Sydney Miller!
They created the gingerbread house replica
that was voted as the staff favorite.
Scarlette Wingate is the participant drawing winner.
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Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (PYRCA)
Book Slides (2025-2026 Grades 6-8 nominees)
(Each slide contains links to book trailers, author interviews, and more!)
And Then, Boom!
Fast Pitch
The First State of Being
Kyra, Just for Today
Farther Than the Moon
The Labors of Hercules Beal
The Liars Society
The Lost Year
The Mona Lisa Vanishes
The Manifestor Prophecy
The Night War
Olivetti
Parachute Kids
A Rover's Story
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
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Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Program
(soon to be known as Mountain Laurel Book Award)
You can earn prizes for each book you read!!
PYRCA Participation Form
Checklist of 2025-2026 PYRCA Nominees
PYRCA Program Slide Show
Read or listen to at least three nominated books to vote for your favorite! You can check out the books from the media center or the ebooks and digital audiobooks through AccessIt or MackinVIA.
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Sign up for a public library card.
York County Public Libraries
Harford County Public Libraries
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SEMS Media Center Resources--Contains links to and information
about the resources you can access at school and at home.
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Volunteer at a public library!
York County Public Libraries (age 12 and older)
--Volunteer opportunities
--Volunteer application
Harford County Public Libraries
--Volunteer opportunities
--Volunteer application
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Free Comic Book Day Slide Show
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Invisible is the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (PYRCA) winner
for 2025 in the Grades 6-8 category!
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National Library Week was April 6-12, 2025.
National Library Week Slide Show
(contains information about your school library, local public
libraries, and our community's Little Libraries)
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How-To Video: Power Library's Middle School Database
How-To Video: Power Library's Health and Wellness Database
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2025 Book Award Winners/Honorees Slide Show (with AccessIt links)
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How-To Video: Power Teens (Power Library)
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How-To Video: Transparent Language Online (in Power Library)
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How-To Video: AccessIt Reviews
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How-To Video: AccessIt My Interests
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How-To Video: AccessIt My List
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How-To Video: AccessIt Basics
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Explore our book catalog!
Here you will find all the books we have at SEMS--
physical copies, ebooks, digital audiobooks.
AccessIt Basics (Video)
My List Feature in AccessIt (Video)
Book Reviews in AccessIt (Video)
My Interests in AccessIt (Video)
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Summer Reading and End-of-Year Wrap-Up (Slide Show)
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Free Comic Book Day--Saturday, May 4 (Slide Show)
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SIRS Discoverer (in Power Library) Overview Video
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National Library Week Slide Show
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Gale Ebooks (in Power Library) Overview Video
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ProQuest Ebook Central (in Power Library) Overview Video
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Transparent Language Online Overview Video
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Power Library's Black Freedom Struggle Database Overview Video
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Remember that you have access to World Book Online
by logging into Clever.
World Book Online Overview Video
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Scholastic Book Order
Look up South Eastern Middle School (zip code 17321),
then Mrs. Amberman.
You no longer need a class code.
All orders should be placed online.
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Power Library's Science Reference Center Video
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MackinVIA Collection Video
MackinVIA is your source for free ebooks and digital audiobooks!
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Power Library's Middle School Database Overview Video
This resource is a good place to start your research!
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Interlibrary Loan (Video)
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Overview of Media Center's Website (Video)
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