BMS Media Center Newsletter

The BMS Media Center's "Don't be Scared to Read" three day event was a success! Students enjoyed checking out books while earning a treat. Thank you to all of the classes who participated in this event.

APS RACE TO READ

Atlanta Public Schools will soon raise the bar for reading with the launch of our

District-wide APS Race2Read: The 2 Million Minutes Challenge, encouraging students, teachers, CLL staff, parents and community partners to read daily with a goal to collectively reach 2 million minutes of reading by the end of the school year.

Readers will track their minutes through Beanstack, available via mobile app and websites customized for each school.

Superintendent Meria Carstarphen will sound the starting pistol for Race2Read during her Nov. 6 #MeriaMeetup on APS XChange - our new digital platform powered by Facebook Workplace. If you haven't already done so, please be sure to claim your account.

What is the goal for BMS?

50,000 minutes

How can I use it?

Visit: https://apsbrown.beanstack.org/reader365or use the Beanstack app

Every child is already in the system - it is easy!

• Username: student number
  
• Password: six digit birthday (mmddyy)
  

Congratulations to the following classes for earning at least 15 points during Accelerated Reader for the month of October:

6th grade

Mr. Carr’s class with 23 points

Ms. Ross’ homeroom who is the NEW 6th grade front runner with 106 points.

7th grade

Mr. Broughton’s homeroom where one student has earned a total of 73.2 points!

8th grade

Congrats goes to Ms. Jackson-Vega’s homeroom, the only 8th grade class with 35.4 points!

Highest Readers for October

6th grader, Denarria Garrison- 34.8 points, 7th grader, Amir Mays- 73.2 points and 8th grader Medina Drew earned 27.7 points

Way to GO! Remember November is a NEW MONTH! Get to the Media Center, check out books read AR books and take test and pass with at least 15 collective points!

Summary

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.

For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by ... and the beauty of her very own papaya tree.

But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape . . . and the strength of her very own family.

This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.

AR Solutions for you!

Searching for books with a corresponding Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360® quiz is easy with Accelerated Reader Bookfinder®. Students, teachers, parents, and librarians can search in English or Spanish using criteria such as ATOS book level or a Lexile™ measure, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, CCSS Exemplars, and more.

Need to know if a book is an AR title? No problem just go to AR Book Finder

Type in your title to do a quick search and wella! You have all the information about your AR book!

http://www.arbookfind.com/ or click on the title above