NExT Courses: Register now!
Library NExT (Network of Education x Training) is a series of workshops for elementary, middle, and high school students . Courses are either in-person or virtual via Zoom. Please read descriptions carefully to determine each program’s format. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and opens approximately one month prior to course date for all programs. If supplies are needed for virtual programs, you will receive an email directing you to your requested branch library to pick up your supplies. Zoom links for virtual... Continue Reading >
The Student EXCEL Card program is a collaborative effort between San Diego Public Library and San Diego Unified School District with the goal to get a library card in the hands of every student in the district by 2025.
At the start of the 2023-2024 all TK- 12th grade students enrolled in a non-charter San Diego Unified School District school will be registered for a Student EXCEL Library Card account.
Please read the letter from Misty Jones, San Diego Public Library Director, introducing... 
A literacy program for pre-readers, ages 5 and under. 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a reading incentive program that encourages parents to read 1000 books to their children before they begin Kindergarten. The program is based upon evidence from research findings that the more young children hear books read to them, the more prepared they will be to learn to read upon reaching kindergarten.
Register online at sandiego.gov/1000Books, and track the books that you and your child read together. When... 