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Who doesn’t love a playground? Students at Daniel K. Inouye Elementary School (DKIES) are fortunate they can visit one every day in their school library. DKIES is located on the Schofield Barracks Army Installation with 99 percent of students being military dependents. Librarian Michelle Colte hosted HASL members on Saturday, February 23, 2019 and showed us how she strives to meet the library’s mission of Empowering learners to explore, discover, create and share. Michelle was School Library Journal’s inaugural School Librarian of the Year in 2014. She is also a Google Educator and recently received her National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification. After walking around the bright colorful and cheery space it is apparent the space and the contents in it were designed with the students in mind. A variety of engaging learning activities from crafts to legos to puppets to reading challenges are readily accessible while makers are available after school and with classes. At lunchtime popups, students sign up to become teachers and share their knowledge and skills with others. It’s a fun place and equally important the opportunity for students to have a voice - which is one of Michelle’s goals. You can check Daniel K. Inouye’s library web site at http://dkies.weebly.com
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