MJHS Media Center Newsletter
December 2018
PLEASE Encourage Holiday Checkouts!
New AP Resources!
We have new AP resources in the library for your students (and you)! :)
Mr. Danser has generously provided funds to help us support our AP students and teachers. Please utilize these fantastic resources with your students.
If there is a different brand/publisher that you prefer, please let me know and I will put that on the next book order. Depending on demand, we can add to the next book order as needed.
Enjoy!
AFPLS Class Pass
Class Pass @ APS
Did you know you can access all resources (including books) from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System?
APS now has a unique partnership with AFPLS that eliminates all barriers so our students and staff have access toall that is available through the public library.
· Teachers/staff/students are able to access AFPLS through My Backpack.
· Students will need their APS network log in credentials.
· Staff will need their lawson number and the temporary password is CHANGEME.
Take some time to explore all resources available to enhance your lessons and for your own reading/learning pleasure. Did you know there are SAT/ACT prep courses available? All offerings are free of charge!
How many items may I check out at one time with my CLASS PASS @ APS?
Print Materials: 50 books, 10 CDs, 5 DVDs at a time
eResources: Hoopla digital - 10 downloads/month, Overdrive - 10 items every 30 days, Axis 360 - 3 titles at a time
More Academic Honesty Resources
PowerPoint from Dr. Celina Garza, October 2014 IB
YouTube Presentation from Dr. Celina Garza
APS Race2Read
Let's encourage our students to embrace reading and develop a lifelong 'habit'! :)
How do I log in to Beanstack?
https://apsmaynardjackson.beanstack.org/profiles/2891404/programs/11085
Teacher Login Info:
Username: Your APS Email Address
Ex: jennifer.still@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Password: beanstackreads
Ex: beanstackreads
Student Login Info:
Username: APS network username
Ex: mrobbins3478
Password: race2read
Ex: race2read
New Books for December!
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness
Turtles All the Way Down
Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza’s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship.
Someday
For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person's body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn't anyone else who had a life like this.
But A was wrong. There are others.
A has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to -- and what it's like to discover that you are not alone in the world.
In Someday, David Levithan takes readers further into the lives of A, Rhiannon, Nathan, and the person they may think they know as Reverend Poole, exploring more deeply the questions at the core of Every Day and Another Day: What is a soul? And what makes us human?
FREE Office 365 Package
Log into MyBackPack
Click on Office 365
Look in the top right corner and click on the drop down menu where it says "Install Office"
It's that easy! :)
Tutor.com
If you haven't connected yet, we just wanted to remind you that our tutors are available for personalized, one-to-one help in all the following subject areas:
- · WriteTutor Essay Drop Off Review
- · Job Help Resume and Cover Letter Drop Off Review
- · En Espanol - Matematicas, Math
- · En Espanol – Ciencias, Science,
- · WriteTutor,
- · Computer Literacy,
- · En Espanol - Estudios Sociales, Social Studies
- · English, Reading, grades 8+,
- · ESL and ELL, grades K-7,
- · ESL and ELL, grades 8+,
- · Social Studies
- · Spanish
- · SAT Test Prep
- · SAT Subject Test Prep
- · PSAT Test Prep
- · ACT Test Prep
- · Advanced Placement (AP) Test Prep
- · High School Equivalency Test Prep
- · Citizenship Tests
- · Job Help
Whenever you have a question, just sign into your account, select your subject, and click 'Connect Now' — we'll connect you in minutes for a live one-to-one session in our Online Classroom.
Not sure how to access your account?
Please visit http://www.tutor.com/afplscc/ to sign in with your username
TEACHER LOGIN
Username is your APS email
Password is CHANGEME
STUDENT LOGIN
Username is regular APS username
Password is lunch number
MJHS Media Center
Email: jennifer.still@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Website: http://mjmediacenter.weebly.com/
Location: 801 Glenwood Avenue Southeast, Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone: 404-802-5235
Twitter: @mjhsmediacenter