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Purpose. The purpose of the paper is to present the development of the project From Library to Graduation during five years, from its implementation in 2013 until 2018, pointing to the importance of library programs and services aimed at satisfying and developing educational, cultural and informational needs and interests of high school students. Methodology. The introduction includes the project design and launch incentives as well as the theoretical framework, which served as guidelines for project development. It is followed by the chronological overview of the project, from the description of the pilot project to the results of the survey conducted on the students and associates after its completion in 2013. At the end of the paper, the examples of the programs within the project are described and the final considerations are listed. Results. The results of the conducted survey have shown that there is a great interest for the project From Library to Graduation. The project has developed and changed according to the expressed needs and interests of high school students, and the programs were realized in cooperation with other individuals and institutions from the fields of education and culture. Practical implications. The project From Library to Graduation is an example of good practice, which can be implemented in other libraries in order to collaborate with other cultural and educational institutions for the benefit of young people and their lifelong learning. Social implications. Since the participants of the project are mostly the students from the high school dorms in Zagreb, the goal has been to inform them about the city's cultural events, to improve their knowledge of the city and to develop a greater sense of their belonging to the local community in which they reside during their schooling. All project participants are encouraged to use library services for the purpose of better education, better quality of leisure time, reading and expanding their interests. Originality. The originality of this work is reflected in the fact that it is the first presentation of a five-year practice of the project From Library to Graduation. The project is designed for high school students and carried out in order to meet the educational, cultural and informational needs of young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]