By Daily Press staff
There are good ideas coming out of Santa Monica High School, according to the state.
The Santa Monica High School Mortensen Library recently received the California School Library Association’s “Good Ideas” award at the organization’s annual conference in Long Beach.
Samohi library’s winning project, a study of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” was collaboratively planned and taught by librarian Ann McKechnie and English teacher Kristy Brehm.
The Samohi library is named for William Mortensen, former president of First Federal Bank of California and alumnus of Samohi.
“His support of the library has made it a dynamic institution visited by post-graduate library students from not only California, but other states as well,” McKechine said. “Our library is highlighted in a new university textbook titled Windows into Instructional Collaboration.”
The recognition is awarded to five school libraries in the state for strengthening student literacy and information skills.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 15, 2002. Read the original PDF.