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SORA & OverDrive

Did you know the ISK Library offers SORA?

Digital Ebooks and audio books are accessible on personal devices to all students using a Google ISK school account. ISK IPADs are preloaded with this free APP.  To access on a personal device, please find the free SORA APP on the APP Store.

Students in grades 3-12 can access using their ISK Google school gmail accounts.

Students in PreK- grade 2 can access using their Library ID number.  Please email Ms. Conroy for their ID number: jconroy@isk.ac.ke

Please find this video tutorial on how to access and use.  Here is a step by step tutorial on how to access SORA.

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Permission Forms

Print out agreement forms and get signed to be able to check out Kindles and Playaways.

Kindles are available to students in grades 4 and up.   Playaways are available to students in grades 2 and up.

Please note that with the addition of Overdrive, the Library will not be adding titles to Kindles and will be phasing out Kindles from the collection.

 

ISK Community members are Welcome to visit the Library on Saturdays

Parents are welcome access the ISK Library on Saturday mornings from 8:30 am to 11:45 am.   

Please note the Library is a teaching space and we ask that personal business not be conducted in the Library.                                                

Students may access the Library during the school day.   

ISK Library Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 7 am - 4:45 pm

We are closed Wednesday afternoons for Professional Development

Saturday: 8:30 am - 11:45 am.

School holiday hours (if not a national holiday): 8:00 to 3:45

 

Did you know the ISK Library has jigsaw puzzles available for borrowing?

Please see our list of various piece sized jigsaw puzzles.

*NEW* Professional Development Ebooks AVAILABLE ON SORA (OVERDRIVE)

Please find Borrowing Policies here

Librarians

Julie Ann Conroy - ES Librarian: jconroy@isk.ac.ke

Kris Yoho - MS/HS Librarian:             kyoho@isk.ac.ke

Jane Gichuru - Assistant Librarian: jgichuru@isk.ac.ke

Peter Muthusi - Circulation Manager: pmuthusi@isk.ac.ke

Grace Kitili - Library Assistant: gkitili@isk.ac.ke

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Celebrating Author Visits!

Each year ISK typically hosts at least one author to visit the school and work with students. Due to COVID-19 there are currently no plans to host a visiting author this academic school year.  Have a look at some of the amazing authors ISK has been fortunate to host:

  • Aliki
  • Jane Kurtz
  • Beverly Naidoo
  • Margaret MacDonald
  • Toni Buzzeo
  • Margaret Ruurs
  • Eric Walters
  • John Coy
  • Ishmael Beah
  • Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger
  • Candace Fleming and illustrator Eric Rohmann
  • Steve Swinburne
  • Storyteller: Mara Menzies
  • Virginia Clay
  • Peter Brown