EAGLE PRIDE!
BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA ACADEMY 2025 - 2026!!
Dear students, parents, faculty, and staff,
🎯 APS: One District. One Goal. Every Child.
🎯 BAMO Theme for the Year: Anchored in Improving Student Achievement!
May - IB Learner Profile is
CARING
I can be a caring by:
Having compassion for other people, places and things
Helping others
Having a positive attitude
READING INITIATIVES, GOALS AND REWARDS!
Click below to see AR Goal How To's
MAY BEANSTACK CHALLENGE
WE DID IT!!
MAY SEL BOOK!
Another Word for Neighbor
BY: Angela Pham Krans
A heartfelt tale of friendship that reminds us that the best surprises in life come from letting people in.
OUR SEL COMPETENCY IS Relationship Skills
Strong relationship skills help you communicate effectively, show empathy, and build positive connections that strengthen our school community.
OUR SEL THEME IS Collaboration
Collaboration is key as we share ideas, solve problems together, and learn from one another. Through teamwork, communication, and respect, we achieve more together!
Novel Effect for MAY
MYBACPACK RESOURCES
Reading Progress
Access through MyBacpack, search Microsoft Education and sign in.
Kid's GALILEO
Kid’s GALILEO is an excellent resource for students to do research. GALILEO is a gateway to credible and authoritative resources -- a universe of full‑text articles, ebooks, journals, educational videos and more.
You can access GALILEO through my Backpack or https://www.galileo.usg.edu/satl/elementary
The GALILEO New Password: venue
Paper!
Paper is a free 24-7 tutoring platform in our MyBaclpack.
Prepare your students for testing season for Paper's Writing Calendar Choice Board.
Use this Student Test Prep Choice Board to Prepare your students.
SORA!
myON
A personalized digital library at every student’s fingertips
myON is a student-centered, personalized digital library that gives students access to more than 7,000 enhanced digital books in the core collection. Titles are dynamically matched to each individual student’s interests, grade and reading level. Access through myBackpack! Start reading today!
NOVEL EFFECT
Watching the faces of students as they read and realize there is a soundtrack accompanying their reading is so very heartwarming! If you have not tried Novel Effect for yourself or demonstrated it for your students, will make you fall into a good book! please do! It brings so much joy and pleasure to any story time.
Username: youremail@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Password: apsreads
You can create a class for homeroom teachers and provide them with your class code. Teachers may gain access to Novel Effect with your class code.
Welcome to APS Teacher Resources! Our mission here is to help teachers focus on teaching. One of the ways we seek to do that is by making sure we extend our resources to you. Currently, you are able to make requests for copies, posters, lamination with more to come! If you'd like to come in and use these resources yourself, feel free to make a reservation. CLICK ABOVE
Need to find out if a book is an AR book?
1. Go to Renaissance Accelerated Reader Book Finder at this link: www.arbookfind.com
2. Once there, click on student, or parent
3. In "Quick Search," type the title of the book
4. If the book is indeed an AR title, information about the book will appear, if it is not an AR title, it will say, "No AR Quiz"
MyBackpack eResources
APS eResources
To access APS eResources, students should log into MyBackpack. Select eResources.
Launch Packs for Science and Social Studies
World Almanac (Elem, Middle & HS) - no additional log in required
National Geographic Kids: Password: readmore
Infobits - Password: readmore
Learn360: no additional log in required
Britannica Image Quest - no additional log in required
Blooms Literature - no additional log in required
MyBackpack eBook Shelf
APS District eBook Shelf
To access the APS eBook shelf, students should log into MyBackpack. Select the eBooks tile. From here, all apps are accessible for student use.
To access apps requiring username/password, use the following credentials:
TumbleBook Library/Cloud
Username: atlantaps
Password: books
Big Timber Books
Username: atlantaps
Password: readmore
Mango Languages
Hoopla
Overdrive
Staff members and students have access to read books online. The Overdrive database differs from Hoopla in that there are limited copies of a particular book. Users cannot read the same book simultaneously.
Staff Library Card:
Lawson Number
Password: changeme
Students Library Card:
Network ID (jdoe1111)
Password: lunch number (11111)
Loraine Foushee is a lifelong learner who enjoys sharing her knowledge with individuals aspiring to reach their full potential. Loraine completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Production and her Master of Education in Instructional Technology at American InterContinental University (AIU). It was immediately after receiving her Bachelor's in Media Production that Loraine started her career as a Production Technician at a market-8 News Station, CBS46 Atlanta for 6 years.
Loraine transitioned to a career in education, and she shared her love of media production with high school students for 7 years. Her career has spanned Clayton, Gwinnett, and Cobb County. Loraine completed her Specialist degree in Education with Certification in Library Media Science in 2013. She accepted her current position as the proud Media Specialist of Barack and Michelle Obama Academy in 2014.
Loraine Foushee is also an award-winning film producer with more than 20 years of industry experience.
Email: lfoushee@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Phone: (404)802-4200
Twitter: @apsBAMOAcademy
