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Ms. Renee Jackson
Hello, ARE Jaguars!
Welcome to our 2020-2021 school year! Hope everyone is staying well and reading a lot of great books!
I want to encourage all of our students to read at least twenty minutes each day. During the time of school building closure, you can still access ebooks through the SORA app from your Launchpad/Classlink. if you need a tutorial, checkout this link:https://help.overdrive.com/en-us/2220.htm Further instructions are on Class Dojo. You can also click on the Overdrive tab at the left of this page. There are also links to video Read Alouds on the Online Read Alouds tab to the left of this page.
Unfortunately, the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl competition for 2020-2021 has been canceled. These great books have not! Look for one soon in the media center. Happy Reading!
The 2020-2021 Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Book List:
- Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech. (2018)
- Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo. (2018)
- Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly. (2019)
- The Unteachables by Gordon Korman. (2019)
- Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon. (2018)
- Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn. (2019)
- The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf. (2019)
- Lemons by Melissa Savage. (2017)
- Solving for M by Jennifer Swender. (2019)
- Some Places More than Others by Renée Watson. (2019)
Great News! Henry County Public Library System is open for curbside service. The Fairview Branch is open Monday and Thursday from 12:00 to 8:00 pm and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. For more information, you may call 678-432-5353 or visit http://henrylibraries.org. Some resources are still available online with your library card. For the complete list, follow the link below. http://henrylibraries.org/online-resources/ You can also get a digital library card online at getacard@henrylibraries.org so you can have all the digital public library resources on your devices.
Please check out the tabs to the left that offer lots of other free resources. If you need more help, please contact me at 770-389-6556 or email me at renee.jackson@henry.k12.ga.us.
The HCS Technology Department created this site: http://bit.ly/hcsremotelearning which includes a collection of resources to help support teachers, students, and parents plan for continued learning during this extended school building closure.
Also, check out the Learn to Code tab on the left of this website. It will take you to lots of places you can practice coding whether you are a beginner or advanced coder. You can have hours of fun coding while you are learning and practicing a career skill! The Free Distance Learning tab has lots of resources for learning and fun.
See you soon!
Renée Jackson, M.Ed