Mrs. Lau's Blog

Quarter 1

10/5/2021

Can you believe Quarter 1 is almost over? AHS students borrowed over 2,500 eBooks and over 2,900 library books!

Keep up the reading Jaguars!

Library Reading Button Deadline

Reading Logs due: Friday, Oct. 8, by 8:30am
Achieve300 cutoff: Thursday, Oct. 7, at 11:59pm
*Grade 2 goal: 4 activities
*Grades 3 - 5: 8 activities
(Activities count at 75% or higher on the first try)

Sora eBooks

LINKS: Sora website | AHS eBooks webpage

O-fish-ally a New School Year

8/9/2021

Sora website | Beanstack - #808Reads | Book a Trip Button Program

First library of the year! Photo by Mrs. Ramirez

Whale, it's nice to sea you.

My name is Shelley Lau and I am the librarian at Aina Haina School. I received my Master's degree in Library and Information Science in 2009 and have been here ever since. I love how kind and caring our students are. They love to read too!

I am excited to welcome students back into the library building to borrow and for in person library classes. Looking forward to a swell year!

You can reach me at shelley.lau@k12.hi.us.

Summer Reading Opportunities + Staff Video

5/25/2021

Sora (eBooks)

Continue the reading fun with Sora all summer long!

Sora Sweet Reads offers a collection of always available books from May 5 - August 20.

How to access:
1. Visit soraapp.com or download the Sora app
2. Log in with your 10-digit Student ID #
3. First time connecting? Search for our school or use the school code HIDOE

Students who are moving out of state or going to private schools will have access until the end of June.

What you can do:

Connect to the Hawaii State Public Library digital collection
Borrow eBooks, AudioBooks, Read-Alongs
5 items at a time for 2 weeks

Learn more: eBooks page | Sora website

Beanstack Summer Challenges

Participate in two summer challenges: HIDOE Level UP and the Hawai'i State Public Library System Tails & Tales!

How to access:
1. Visit our school's Beanstack page or download the Beanstack Tracker app
2. Username: 10-digit Student ID #
3. Password: 6-digit birthdate (mmddyy)
4. Read books and log your minutes

Connect your school account with the HSPL:
1. Log in to your Beanstack account
2. Click on Settings and choose Link Account
3. Create a new account for the public library or enter your HSPL Beanstack information if you already have an account

Connecting your school account to the public library will allow the reading you log to count in both locations.