WTJackson Media Centers
Where Reading is Our Passion! January 2020
Jags Showed Up in Force to Present at the APS Tech Fair on Sat, Jan 11th!
Enjoying Vendors Before Presenting Projects!
Ready to Present!
Looking Great!
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Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl 2020
Is almost here! The 2020 Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is quickly approaching. Our reading team students have been reading and practicing for this epic event which will take place Saturday, January 25, 2020 at D. M. Therrell High School 3099 Panther Trail SW, Atlanta, GA 30311 time: 8:30 am. Please take a moment to consider volunteering for the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. This year’s bowl is going to be record breaking in many ways. Media Services and the HRRB planning committee anticipate the highest HRRB community attendance ever, more HRRB teams have registered in all grade bands than in years past and we will be in a larger venue than ever before!! This is the reading event you don’t want to miss!
Third Annual Winter Reading Challenge, sponsored by Penguin Random House
From January 1st to January 31st, Jackson Elementary will participate in Beanstack’s Third Annual Winter Reading Challenge, sponsored by Penguin Random House (PRH). We challenge our patrons/students to read at least 1052 minutes each during the month of January and keep track of their reading on our Beanstack site at https://wtjackson.beanstack.org/reader365.
Hundreds of libraries and schools across the nation will encourage their communities to read a target number of minutes and books. Top-performing libraries and schools will earn the Golden Penguin and Random House awards. PRH pledges to donate $50,000 in prizes, including author visits and new books, to be shared among the winners. Let's light up the mind this winter! Happy reading!
Program Guidelines: Time Frame
● For the Winter Reading Challenge, we will count reading logged from January 1 - 31, 2020. However, students can log minutes into the program prior to January and longer into the year if you choose. Note that we will only count reading logged from January 1-31.
CLASSPASS
Don't forget that thanks to a partnership with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, all Atlanta Public School students are patrons of the public library! Click here: http://www.afpls.org/class
1. There is no card involved. Students use the APS username and password.
2. There are no late fees.
3. If student loses a book, the fee is a writing assignment.
Class Pass allows the following checkouts:
Print checkouts:
50 books, 10 CDs, 5 DVDs
Digital checkouts:
Hoopla - 10 downloads per month
Overdrive - 10 items every 30 days
Axis 360 - 5 titles per month
Fun JANUARY Titles
The Story of Snow
The Snow Globe Family
Oh, when will it snow again? wonders the little family who lives in the snow globe. They long for a snowstorm? if only someone in the big family would pick up the snow globe and give it a shake. Baby would love to. She notices the little family, but the snow globe is too high for her to reach. But then Baby is alone during a snowstorm. Will the snow globe family get a chance to go sledding, too?
Sneezy the Snowman
B-R-R-R-R! AH-CHOO! Sneezy the Snowman is cold, cold, cold. To warm up, he drinks cocoa, sits in a hot tub, stands near a warm fire–and melts! But the children know just what to do to build him up again–and make him feel "just right". Hilarity chills the air with playful mixed-media illustrations by Stephen Gilpin as Sneezy attempts to warm himself with some silly results.
Did you know some of our best days are in January?
National Trivia Day is observed across the United States each year on January 4.
National National Spaghetti Day on January 4 Pick your sauce!National National Technology Day January 6 the day to look to the future of technology.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day is observed each year on January 14.
National Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on January 20.
National Blueberry Pancake Day is observed January 28.
National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day January 31.
SEL Book of the Month " Me and My Fear" by Francesca Sanna. "
When a young girl has to travel to a new country and start at a new school, she is accompanied by her Fear who tells her to be alone and afraid, growing bigger and bigger every day with questions like “how can you hope to make new friends if you don’t understand their language?” But this little girl is stronger than her Fear. A heart-warming and timely tale, this book shows us the importance of sharing your Fear with others–after all, everyone carries a Fear with them.
Have an Idea for the Morning News?
Teresa Webb, Media Specialist
Email: twebb@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Website: https://wtjmediacenter.weebly.com
Location: 1325 Mount Paran Road Northwest, Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone: 404-802-8840
Twitter: @jacksonmediactr