Announcements

Aloha Parents & Guardians,

Hope you and your family are getting ready for a fun summer! The Hawaii Department of Education will be hosting a Summer Reading Challenge for every interested public school child in the state. The DOE sponsored challenge will begin on June 2, 2025 and end on July 25, 2025. Please sign up your child here LINK. After signing up, you will be notified of author visits, live events, movie watch parties, prize opportunities and more. 

If your child would like a badge book (see above image), they can pick one up from our library (while supplies last) for FREE or you can purchase one with free shipping here LINK for $7.00. A special challenge for our HMS students only--- if your child completes EVERY activity page in the entire book, we will enter them into a $50.00 Barnes and Noble Gift Card drawing. Each child who completes a book will also have a goody bag delivered to their advisory period (1st quarter of next SY). Turn in completed badge books to the LIBRARY before August 30th.

If your child logs at least 900 minutes in the BEANSTACK app, they will receive a certificate recognizing their reading accomplishment.

Helpful LINKS and Handouts:

Main website: #808Reads Summer Reading Challenge

Badge Book Purchase:  https://808reads.k12.hi.us/src/badge-book.

HMS Library Website: https://sites.google.com/k12.hi.us/hms-library/home

If you have any questions for the state reading challenge email: 808libraries@k12.hi.us.

Thank you parents and guardians for helping us promote the love and joy of reading at our school. 

Respectfully,

Mrs. Lee & Mrs. Arai

How?

1. Come to the library during morning, lunch, or recess.

2. Choose the manga book of your choice.

3. Use your student ID to check it out at our circulation counter.

4. Read inside the Reading Room.

5. Return to the circulation counter before the bell rings. 

Since these selected popular series are for library use only, the volume you need will always be available! See you at our library!

Make an Earth Day button at our library until the end of April.

Use the HMS Library Book Vending Machine to get books (used & new) for FREE!

• During morning, recess or lunch time only.

• Scan your student ID to enter the library.

• Ask a Library Ambassador for a gold coin and let them know which book you chose. Your name and book title will be recorded.

• Choose one book per month, while supplies last.

Pick up an application from the library and submit the completed packet by October 6th, Friday. Sign up and schedule and interview at our library as soon as possible.

Caroline Lee © 2025  A special thank you to Joanna Dunn, HIDOE Library Media Specialist.