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Mission Statement

Balboa High School Wheeler Library’s mission is to be a diverse resource available to all students, providing a wide variety of reference and research materials, literature, and computer facilities for students to use for academic development and personal enrichment. 

The Balboa Library strives to:

  • develop and maintain a diverse collection of materials in various media to support the curricular and personal needs of students and staff
  • develop users who are information and technology literate, independent learners, and effective users of information
  • maintain a facility that is conducive to both formal and informal learning

 

 

Library Resources

Per the Balboa Library's Mission Statement, the Library offers:

  • Desktop and laptop computers  available for students and classes 
  • Over 20,000 books, ebooks, and audiobooks
  • Online newspaper subscriptions and magazines
  • Special collections in:
    • Reference
    • College and Career
    • World Languages selection of books
    • ELL (English Language Learners)
    • Graphic Novels
  • Access to online reference databases

This page was last updated on August 13, 2023