Last week I shared how our school helped others internationally, nationally, and within our own local community. 

The 5th grade G/T students wrote an article about our support for Lemm Elementary School in Texas.  They interviewed two fifth grade teachers to hear their stories. 

Did you see the May 16, 2018 edition of the MidWeek East O'ahu Voice?  Our school was featured on page four sharing how we take action to help others.  This is what we have done:

• Global:  Assisted a poor village in Sri Lanka, Nallathanniya.  The village needed clean, filtered water and better education for children.  From 2012 - 2017, we donated a portion of our library fundraiser proceeds toward this village through the humanitarian organization Global Hope Network International.  We are proud to report that now all homes have direct access to clean, filtered water.  Young girls no longer have to walk 90 minutes up a mountain to fetch water and carry the heavy water 90 minutes back down.  As a result, around 60 students can attend school on time.  Please see the Adopt a Village page for more information about this project. 
• National:  Lemm Elementary School was impacted by Hurricane Harvey back in August 2017.  The entire library was flooded and the students had to attend school at a nearby high school for the rest of the year.  The 5th graders voted to donate $750 from this year's Fall Festival library fundraiser to send to Lemm Library for books, supplies, and Makerspace materials. 
• Local:  Damage from flooding was close to home when Oahu was hit with heavy rains on Friday, April 13.  The Aina Haina Public Library was damaged in the flooding and will remain closed all summer long for renovations.  We collected donations at our Spring book fair and will donate $100 to help the public library.
• Local:  The Spring book fair theme was about pets so we also decided to donate money to the Hawaiian Humane Society.  We plan to give them $350 collected from donations.  This will help sponsor the adoptions of older cats and dogs and help them get some supplies. 
  

Click on the image below to be taken to the MidWeek website.  Our article is on page 4.

Our Spring Book Fair last week was a success...thank you to all of the parents and staff who volunteered and helped out!  Proceeds from the fair will go to the library for new books and supplies.

We also collected donations from our lollipop game.  Our donation money will help:

• Aina Haina Public Library:  Recovering from flooding damages
• Hawaiian Humane Society:  Sponsoring the adoptions of older cats and dogs

the eBooks list for May 2018 is in honor of the te-ruff-ic theme of last week's fair:   Pets....PAWS for Reading.  Come.  Sit. Stay for a Great Tail.  Clicking on the image will open it up as a larger view.  Then you can click on the title of the book to borrow it directly from OverDrive.  The login is your 10 digit student ID number.

Today is the first day of our Spring Book Fair!  We are open until Friday, May 18.  Please see the flier for more information!

This Book Fair theme sure has our tails wagging!  What better way to celebrate pets than to show off how cut they are?
Here are the photos we received from our Catch Pets Reading Photo Contest.  Winners will receive a $10 gift certificate to use at the fair.

The popular lollipop pull game is back and for some great causes!  Stop by before or after school to donate 25 cents to help libraries and animals.  You get a lollipop with every pull and specially marked lollipops come with a free bookmark. 

These donations will go towards:

• Aina Haina Public Library - To help them recover from damages received from heavy rains on April 13
  
• Hawaiian Humane Society - To sponsor adoptions of older dogs and cats