Welcome to
Madison Park Academy Library !
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL !!
2024/2025
Check out the Sora app! Thousands of ebooks and audio books for students!
Visit the MPA Library to view our display celebrating
Black History Month!
There are several brand new books!
Find Sora in Clever, on a browser at soraapp.com, or use the Sora app on a phone or tablet (iOS or Google)
Sign in with your OUSD username and password
Contact your school librarian with questions!
Welcome back to MPA for our 2023/2024 school year!
The MPA Library has expanded! We now have MORE books and space for tables and even a reading lounge! Come check out our new books and new space. The Library is open from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm then from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Email Mr. Lucas to set up a class visit!
Come celebrate Black History, Black Joy, and Black Excellence at the MPA Library! Also, the SORA app has over 500 books celebrating Black History Month. Look under "Student Resources" above.
We celebrate Indigenous / Native American History Month in November to honor and recognize the significant sacrifices, contributions, and achievements of this nation’s First People. We also acknowledge the current contributions of the Native American community here in Huichin (Oakland).
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
come check out some scary books!
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Come check out our selection of books paying tribute to African American writers, artists, politicians, and revolutionaries! For more information on this incredible month of celebration, reflection, and honor please navigate to this informative website: Black History Month
NEW BOOKS!
The MPA Library just received a big batch of NEW BOOKS in English and Spanish! MORE books are on the way.
Drop by during your lunch break or SRS.
WINTER HOLIDAYS!
OUSD schools will be closed for Winter Break from December 20-31, 2021. This is a time of the year that is filled with different holidays celebrated all over the world. If you're interested in learning more about such holidays as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Soyal, or Yuletide then read on HERE!
ALSO, don't forget: during winter break, all OUSD students can sign into Sora - OUSD’s digital library app to read their favorite books, audiobooks, and magazines!
Sign in with an OUSD student username and password. Look for the Sora link in Clever!
Read on any browser or use the Sora app on a phone or tablet (iOS or Google)
Request books by contacting sora@ousd.org
Happy reading!
Celebrating Native American & Indigenous Culture and Heritage 2021
OUSD Library Staff have created a list of books on Sora that feature Native American and Ingineous stories and creators that can be checked out HERE! For more info on Sora, click HERE!
Native Stories: Books for tweens and teens by and about Indigenous peoples at the SLJ (School Library Journal) website. Click HERE!