January 5, 2024

Our K-12 Video Studio has officially opened!  Special thanks to the Hawaii Association Of Independent Schools Hawaii Digital Media Grant for the $8,000 to make this dream a reality.  

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Our Lower School Principal Cynthia McIntyre read The Witches by Roald Dahl to the Grades 4-6 students during recess.  Students were captivated by this spine tingling story during the Halloween festivities.

September 20, 2023

Our Lower School Library reopened last week!  We are the first school in Hawaii to have this flooring.  Click HERE for more information about our special rubber flooring.  Kapiolani Hospital and UH Manoa are also looking to install these floors as well.

Fun Facts:

• Parent can borrow an unlimited number of books!  Email me of when you'd like to visit or check my schedule (attached).

• There are no overdue fines.  Just return what you have before you get new ones.

• We have more than 9,000 books.

Rules:

• Students can borrow 3 books at a time.  There are no fines.

• If books are borrowed for more than a month, I will email parents as a heads up.

• If books are damaged, a hardcover donation of equal or greater value is greatly appreciated.

Calendar:

• Monthly:  Earn free pizza and other prizes for turning in your monthly personal reading goals (see attached).

• Sept. 5: Digital Media Club Gr. 4-6 started.  Late sign ups are okay!

• Oct. 2: Birthday Books presentations start!  Participation is optional.  Will celebrate summer and fall birthdays.

• Oct. 23: Grand opening of K-12 Video Production Studio in M-107

• Oct. 30 - Nov. 3: Book Fair.  Teachers will bring classes 2x.  Parents can visit anytime.  More info to come.

august 7, 2023

Welcome back to fun new school year!  Here is a quick update on our library renovations.  The new flooring, paint, and furniture has been needing a little more time.  We are hoping this project will wrap up by the end of first quarter so students can enjoy their new space!  Thank you for your continual patience and support.  

In the mean time, PreK-2nd Grade will still get to borrow physical books from our temporary mini library.  PreK and K will enjoy storytime and crafts.  1st and 2nd Grade will get to explore iPad educational games.  Grades 3-6 will learn how to access more than half a million eBooks, and will be focusing on digital citizenship and online safety this quarter.  Library tech classes start on August 21, 2023.

Grades 4-6 will still get to enjoy Digital Media Club!  Online applications are available and will begin in September.  We will be working in the library.  I am working on building a PK-12 video production studio in the classroom located across from the library.

April 10, 2023

Thanks to your contributions, we sold an estimated 1,037 books at our fair and raised over $8,296.42.  We will get to use the $3,961.54 that we received in Scholastic books towards purchasing 400-500 new books for our Lower School Library and other literacy materials for our classrooms.

Thank you for the extra donations from our teachers' wish lists.  And lastly, we are so thankful to all of our amazing volunteers (see list below) for donating their time and energy towards helping everything run smoothly and bringing so much joy to our fair.  Click here for PHOTOS and VIDEOS from our fair.

Special thanks to our wonderful volunteers!

• Brenda Remiticado

• Cassidy Kopf

• Celeste Barstis

• Charlene Donaldson

• Christine Carreira

• Ellen Kinoshita

• Imelda Amano

• Johanna Sadorra

• Kathryn Markle

• Katie Meadows

• Kellie Yokomizo

• Kylee Munro

• Lanaly Cabalo

• Lani Sonan

• Leigh Bovaird

• Leslie Transfiguracion

• Lexi Yeager

• Linda Mistysyn

• Machi Barros

• Mari Tsang

• Nancy Schroeder

• Sena Belgard

• Yolanda Carreira

march 1, 2023

december 19, 2022

Grades 3-6 had the joy and privilege of meeting talented author Stacy Bauer virtually on Monday, December 19, 2022.  

Stacy Bauer wrote stories about modern day youth heroes during the pandemic and published her first book at the age of 39.  She started writing when she was 7 years old, and she shared with students the process of publishing a book and inspired them to continue writing about what they are passionate about!

She went into great detail with the students about what the process was like to write a book and working with illustrators, editors, and book designers.  She spent the last couple of minutes answering students' questions like what her next book will be, how to promote reading on social media, and what inspired her to become an author.

By the end of the session, there were still 20 hands raised with curious minds motivated to start their journeys as authors.  

November 17, 2022

October 7, 2022

Grades 4-6: We'll be starting our Library Kindness Project in honor of National Bully Prevention Month.  Your work will be shared around campus to help promote a positive, friendly school!  Please click on the link below for details:

September 30, 2022

If you are in Grades 4-6, you can participate in the Nene Award reading program!  Read, rate, and recommend as many books as you can on this list.  The author with the most votes in the state of Hawai'i will be invited to Hawai'i!  

All of these 30 book titles are available in the Lower School Library and on our App Sora.  Please click on the link below to get started.

August 28, 2022

The Pizza Hut monthly reading program is starting next month.  Keep track of how many minutes that you read, and turn in your reading log to earn a free pizza and other cool reading prizes!  Click on the link below to download and print the reading log:

july 28, 2022

May 3, 2022

summer reading Program 

NOTE: Double-sided!

May 2, 2022

April 21, 2022

POETRY MACHINE

Create your original poem below using Poetry Machine! Click on any of the poetry forms below to create that type of poetry. A (*) by the title means it is an editor's favorite!

https://www.poetrygames.org/poetry-machine/ 

April 8, 2022

Hawaii's Children's Choice Book Award

Each spring Hawaii's fourth through sixth grade students vote for the best book they have read from a list of 30 nominees compiled by a group of public and school librarians. 

• The winner of the 2022 Nēnē Award is Restart by Gordon Korman

• Runner-up: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

• Our graphic novel winner is Twins by Varian Johnson & Shannon Wright

• Runner up: Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Special thanks to several SHA 4th and 5th grade students who did the voice-overs for the Nene Award winning book announcement video! SHA Voice-overs: Ivy Tsukayama, Finley Leong, Samantha Bischoff, Olivia Bugado, Kortne Ibrao, Dakota Castro

February 28, 2022

january 31, 2022

January 26, 2022

january 25, 2022

january 20, 2022

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We've made some big changes in the library this past semester.  All of our books are now organized by theme rather than author to increase access and independence for our young readers.  Click on the slideshow below to see pictures of our newly organized library.  

october 27, 2021

october 18, 2021

6th Grade: Upload your 30 second video by November 1.  Participation is optional.  Lots of prizes available!

September 16, 2021 

August 7, 2021

Welcome back to school!  I'm looking forward to a great school year with you.  Check out some exciting opportunities in the attachments below.  Feel free to email me Loshiro@sacredhearts.org if you have any book requests.  ~Mrs. Oshiro

May 22, 2021

Congratulations on your accomplishments and hard work this past year.  We send a warm thank you to Mrs. MacLean for all of her contributions to the library this past year.  She will be teaching 6th grade Math in the fall.  The library will be closed over the summer, and Mrs. Oshiro will be returning on August 2.  

• Take the summer reading challenge!

• Grades JK-2: Have your parents sign the COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) agreement

• Grades 3-6: Have your parents sign the iPad Packet.

• Sign up to receive a Birthday Book this year.