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Mays High School Media Center Newsletter

Welcome to the Mays Media Center!
#WeLit and We have Hit the Ground Running this year in the New Mays Media Center!
It has been a pleasure collaborating with and supporting you thus far! Raider Readers are Logging their Reading already because of Your Daily Dedication to Literacy!
Way to Go aMAYSing Faculty and Staff!
What's Happening in the Mays Media Center?
- We are updating the Mays Website and Calendar daily!
Staff or Student: Request an Update or Add and/or Visit Us Online
-1st Period Teachers, Please Collect Laptops and highlight on your Roster. Ms. Bryant, VILS Coach will take care of your Laptops from there. Please do not send students to the Media Center with Laptops
Laptop Requests and Student Tech Issues Form
- We are creatively collaborating with teachers on instructional tasks such as FlipGrid Reading/Writing, Google Classroom Ideas, Google Sites Setup and Race2Read. Get Jump Started
- We are Reading Contemporary and Classic Woke Books! Send Individual Students with a Pass and have them Sign In by scanning the QR Code before coming. Media Center Sign In
- We are delivering technical equipment and charging carts. Charging Laptop Cart Request
- We are celebrating scholars and teachers every week at the games. Raider of the Week
- We are supporting with formatting, editing, posters and lamination. If you would like to complete your own poster-making and lamination at 433 Peeples Street, please complete form beforehand,; it is only 10 minutes away ISC Teacher Resource Center
Reservation- We are Tweeting! Follow Us at #ThatSWLlitSquad
And Overall Striving for Awesomeness!
Request Support and/or Equipment from Ms. Smith aka Smitty, your Media Specialist!
Sign Up Genius for Orientation is Coming Soon! Be sure to Review Media Center Expectations w/ Scholars before they Visit the Media Center.
Follow Us ThatSWLitSquad on Twitter @smithclass128!
Please Schedule Time with the Media Specialist
If you would like to schedule or reschedule Media Center time for your entire classes to drop in for Semester 2 App Orientation/Book Check Out/Support, you are always Welcome. We also do house calls☺️ and can come to you for 10-30 minute Media Center Support sessions. We are bustling with activity daily! Teachers, Be Our Guest but as a Courtesy Contact the Media Specialist before bringing/sending your class or guests to the Media Center.
We are Here to Support Your Success!
Happy New Year! Enjoy a Few Fall Highlights!
Nacho Average Reader Literacy Celebration Loading!
Qualify to Join Us!
A Sweet Friday, February 14th Celebration of Literacy💕💙💛
Scan or Select Flyer to Volunteer by Wednesday!
ATTN SENIORS: Log, Participate, Promote Literacy and Volunteer for Cord!📚🤓
February 2025: Week 1 in Review
Student breaks in the APS calendar are a great time to relax and recharge. It's also a great time for our students to explore learning in a fun and self-paced way! During this upcoming winter break, we encourage students to participate in APS Tech-Tivities, a site that houses a variety of enrichment activities that will help spark curiosity, reinforce skills, and encourage creativity while at home! #APSDigitalDays sites.google.com/apsk12.org/aps…
Register for Sunday's Book Breaks Webinar at 2PM
Featuring The Black Wall Street Histoire
$5,000 Scholarships for Community Advocacy, Entrepreneurship, Education, etc!
🗓️ Deadline: February 14, 2025
Apply Here! Use the Paper App to Support Your Submission!
The New Galileo Password is: backbone
Feel that Cold Winter Air? ⛄ It's the Mays Drama Dept!
Did you Grab Your Earmuffs and Enjoy the Snow Show?🏂⛄🎿 View Highlights
Reclaim Your Time and Secure the Bag with Paper Live Tutoring App!
Stop! Drop! Borrow in Sorrow! It only takes 30 Seconds!
Councilman Mitchell Ushers Senior Scholars and Parents into Legacy Commitment
Highlights Here
This Month's IB Profile is Risk-Taker
Thank You for Your Service
View Highlights Here
See Your Counselor Now to Register for Dual Enrollment Courses Next Semester!
We are #StrongerTogether
Democracy Tour 2024 Highlights Here...
Lights! Camera! Action!
Aspiring to Be a Great Leader?
Taking Notes is a Small Task that Makes a Big Difference
Welcome to Media Center Sign In
Use this QR to Document Your Literacy Journey, Visits and Win Prizes!
Join Mays Drill Team
See Highlights Here
Access Books Online in My Backpack via SORA App
Read More Books! Enjoy More Treats and Prizes!
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Raiders, Are You Reclaiming Your Time with Paper App?
Search the Word 'Paper' in My Backpack
Magic School is the New AI Cool Tool!
Use Your Personal Email when Signing Up
Let's Demonstrate Excellence!
EVERY MAYS Scholar Must Have a Personal Statement in My Backpack Paper App!
The Atlanta Hawks Check It Out Reading Challenge has officially started and runs until September 1. When students K-12 check out and read five books, they earn one (1) FREE youth ticket to a select Hawks game during the 2024-2025 season. When students complete the Challenge, they need to visit https://www.nba.com/hawks/community/checkitout and have a parent or guardian fill out the registration form. An adult ticket must be purchased along with the youth ticket. Participants will begin receiving their tickets after October 31.
See the New Fall Sports Calendar Here
See You in Your Blue and Gold Paraphernalia
🚘You Asked. We Delivered! Drive Safe out There!🚘
Nacho Average Reader Kickoff Celebration Loading...
B. E. Mays was an Author and Avid Reader
Have you Read his Book Born to Rebel?
View aMAYSing Highlights from APS Poetry Slam Here
A Word on The Power of Vocabulary
Raider Readers and Teachers! Congratulations! You Did That!
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Shout Out to our aMAYSing Counseling Department, Ms. Powell, Ms. Simon and Team!
The APS Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl was Epic!
Hope to See You on the Mays HRRB Team This Year
APS and Volunteers Host Thousands of Readers, Coaches, Parents and Community Supporters at our Superbowl for Readers, Annual APS @GAHRRB and We had....a Blast!! @DMTherrellMedia!! #Lit #BookJoy (Select Pics to View Highlights)
We not only have print copies of ¿Qué Tal? (Spanish) Scholastic Magazines and Allons-y ! (French) Scholastic Magazines to use in your room and read in the Media Center, but now we have access to at least 20 Copies of ¿Qué Tal? and Allons-y! online! Let’s become Fluent together!