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FAQs

What campus reading programs are offered?

🍁FALL🍁

  • K-3rd grade students are invited to participate in monthly reading challenges. The checklist challenges can be found in the Serene Scoop Principal Newsletter, and paper copies are distributed in the library.
    🏅Students who complete the monthly challenges and return them to Mrs. Stella will receive a reward.
  • 4th-5th grade students are invited to participate in the Texas Bluebonnet reading challenge. Students are encouraged to read 5 books that are nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award (including 3 chapter books) and pass a quiz found in the Serene Hills Library Google Classroom by the end of January.
    🏅Students who successfully complete all parts of the challenge are invited to a field trip in February.

🌱SPRING🌱

  • K-5 Last spring, students were invited to participate in the Schlitterbahn Waves of Pages Reading Program. We are hoping to be invited to participate again in 2025! 
    🛝Students who completed 10 hours reading and turned in the form to Mrs. Stella by the date on the Reading Log earned a free admission ticket to use in the summer of 2024.
  • K-5 students are invited to participate in the One Book One School reading program where all students are provided with a copy of the same book and families are invited to read the book together.

🏆Students who participate earn rewards.

📖When is the Book Fair? 📖 

Serene Hills hosts an annual Book Fair in November. The Book Fair dates for 2024/2025 are November 18- 22.

📱What is Beanstack and how do I access it?📱

  • Get ready to join your student on a reading adventure with Beanstack, a platform designed to make reading fun!
  • Beanstack uses competition, recognition, and proven gamification principles to motivate students to read and develop a life-long love of reading. By tracking daily reading, your student will begin to build healthy reading habits and become a more confident reader. Click here for directions to join Beanstack.

🕵️What do I do if I can't find my book? 🕵️

Look for it! Common places lost books are found include: bookcase at home, under the car seat, bookcase in the classroom, or school lost-and-found. Sometimes books find their way back to the library, so ask your librarian to check if the book is still on your record. If you don't know what the book looks like, ask your librarian to print you a picture of the cover. If the book cannot be located, you can ask the librarian the price of the book, and you can pay for it with cash or a check payable to Serene Hills Elementary.

❤️‍🩹What do I do if I ruin my library book? ❤️‍🩹

Ask your librarian how much the book costs. You can pay for it with cash or a check payable to Serene Hills Elementary. 

📌What are the district library policies?📌

Are there options for parental controls?

  • Click here for more information about parental control features in our online catalog. Conversations with your school librarian are always welcome.

Can you show me how to use Destiny (the library catalog)?

🎧How do I access e-books and audiobooks using Sora?🎧