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Welcome to the 2024 Summer Challenge Page!
Here, you'll find info about summer book checkout and the summer challenge-- to keep you reading, writing, creating, and thinking all summer long! Let's beat that summer slide and start next school year off strong!
This year, our Summer Reading Challenge will be to complete as many tasks from our reading choice board as possible! The choice board will consist of mini-challenges like:
reread a favorite book
take a photo reading in an interesting place (the top of a mountain, in front of the Grand Canyon, at the Eiffel Tower!
read a book in a certain literary genre
read a picture book
etc.
Do as many choice board tasks as you want! There will be recognition for students who complete any of the challenges... the more challenges, the more recognition. Mainly, summer readers can be initiated into our RAS Reading Hall of Fame, and earn gold stars on their Hall of Fame photo. And don't forget that reading is the real treat! :)
Important Dates!
All library books due: May 31st
Summer Checkout Permission Slip Due: May 31st (more info below)
Summer Checkout for students: June 3rd-7th
Last opportunity for Parent Summer Checkout: June 13th by 4:30 pm
Info about Summer Book Checkout:
Any returning student with a library account in good standing is able to check out up to 10 books for the summer, with parent permission. We sent home permission forms, but if you still need one, find it here or reach out to library@ras.ma. Each family may ALSO check out an additional 20 books!
A special note for those leaving or incoming to RAS:
You are also welcome to complete the summer reading challenge!
If you are leaving, we'd love to hear from you in August! Upload your photos or send a message to library@ras.ma.
If you are coming to RAS soon, complete any of the challenges that sound fun and let us know what you read when you get here! Welcome!
Please submit all your photos in one upload, if you can! If you can't get the upload to work, no worries! You can email the photos to library@ras.ma.
We are having some technical issues with the form. We will work to resolve this soon, and if it isn't fixed over the summer, no worries! You can simply email the photos to library@ras.ma!
We are having some technical issues with the form. We will work to resolve this soon, and if it isn't fixed over the summer, no worries! You can simply email the photos to library@ras.ma!
Frequently Asked Questions!
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Frequently Asked Questions!
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Do I have to participate? No. This is optional, so you don't HAVE to do it! You should be reading anyway, though! :)
I didn't check out library books for the summer! Can I still participate in the Summer Reading Challenge? Yes! You can read anything you can get your hands on for the challenge! Audiobooks and read-alouds count, too!
I'm moving! Can I still participate? Sure! You can still have fun reading! Remember that reading isn't all about getting prizes or rewards! Please read anyway and consider emailing us your reading choice board or a picture of you reading in your new location. What a fun way for us to connect!
Do I have to participate? No. This is optional, so you don't HAVE to do it! You should be reading anyway, though! :)
I didn't check out library books for the summer! Can I still participate in the Summer Reading Challenge? Yes! You can read anything you can get your hands on for the challenge! Audiobooks and read-alouds count, too!
I'm moving! Can I still participate? Sure! You can still have fun reading! Remember that reading isn't all about getting prizes or rewards! Please read anyway and consider emailing us your reading choice board or a picture of you reading in your new location. What a fun way for us to connect!
Do I have to do all the challenges? No, it's okay to just do some-- as many as you want to!
What if someone cheats? I would certainly hope that no RAS Lions would cheat themselves and others by cheating on the summer reading challenge. Usually, if someone cheats, I can tell and I will handle that unfair behavior. The best thing you can do is be honest and read as much as you can!
Where can I find things to read? Look on this webpage for links to ebooks through Destiny Discover, Sora e-books and e-audiobooks, other free books and audiobooks on our Super Fun Links page, and look for magazines, newspapers, books, and articles everywhere you go! If you can't get logged into the document with all the passwords, email library@ras.ma and I'll send you the document.
Where do I keep track of the challenges I've done? You can find the choice board linked on this website, or reference the one that was sent from school at the end of the year. If you don't have a way to print the choiceboard, no problem! Just write down the challenges that you did!
Do I have to do all the challenges? No, it's okay to just do some-- as many as you want to!
What if someone cheats? I would certainly hope that no RAS Lions would cheat themselves and others by cheating on the summer reading challenge. Usually, if someone cheats, I can tell and I will handle that unfair behavior. The best thing you can do is be honest and read as much as you can!
Where can I find things to read? Look on this webpage for links to ebooks through Destiny Discover, Sora e-books and e-audiobooks, other free books and audiobooks on our Super Fun Links page, and look for magazines, newspapers, books, and articles everywhere you go! If you can't get logged into the document with all the passwords, email library@ras.ma and I'll send you the document.
Where do I keep track of the challenges I've done? You can find the choice board linked on this website, or reference the one that was sent from school at the end of the year. If you don't have a way to print the choiceboard, no problem! Just write down the challenges that you did!
I already did some of these things... can I just check them off now? That's not as much fun! Even if you've done one of these challenges in the past, take the time to do it again!
When will we receive our reading rewards? Once school starts back and the challenge is over, the Library Learning Commons team will collect all the reading logs from you, make lists of students for various rewards. So, you'll hear more about the exact dates in early September.
What if I have a question over the summer? If you have any further questions, please reach out to library@ras.ma. We'll try to get back to you within one week. If you don't hear back from us, don't fret! We trust your judgement and can work everything out in the fall. :)
When will we receive our reading rewards? Once school starts back and the challenge is over, the Library Learning Commons team will collect all the reading logs from you, make lists of students for various rewards. So, you'll hear more about the exact dates in early September.
What if I have a question over the summer? If you have any further questions, please reach out to library@ras.ma. We'll try to get back to you within one week. If you don't hear back from us, don't fret! We trust your judgement and can work everything out in the fall. :)
SORA-- we now have access to ebooks and audiobooks through Sora. Access them on your phone, tablet, or computer! Sora is Here!
SORA-- we now have access to ebooks and audiobooks through Sora. Access them on your phone, tablet, or computer! Sora is Here!
If you are in PK-3rd grade, to access SORA, you need to use your student ID! (The password is listed on the document linked under "Need to find Digital Books?" above.) 4th grade and up can sign in with your RAS Google Account!
Click on the title above to access 12 weeks worth of virtual choiceboards with activities encompassing reading, writing, virtual field trips, getting creative, giving back to the community and more! Free Capstone resources (ebooks and articles) included in this program! No sign up necessary, simply click the link and click the interesting bits on the choice board!
RAS, we are recording our reading this summer, but also continue to write and create as well!
RAS, we are recording our reading this summer, but also continue to write and create as well!
Ideas to keep you writing:
Keep a journal or diary
Write a book
Write poetry
Write letters to people far away
Send postcards
Email your extended family or teachers
Make a gratitude journal
Make a bullet journal
Check out Teen Ink: https://www.teenink.com/
Ideas to keep you creating:
Solve a problem
Learn a new craft
Make a new recipe
Write and perform a song
Do a science experiment
Build something (furniture, bird house, LEGOs)
How to: Destiny Library Catalog!
How to: Destiny Library Catalog!
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