Students APS version of ‘Friday Night Lights’: High school football kicks off 31 Aug 2009 talkupaps Lakewood Stadium played host to two Atlanta Public Schools season-opening football games Friday night: South Atlanta-North Atlanta and Douglass-Chamblee. APS Media Manager Scott C. King was there to capture the…
Media WABE marks 38th anniversary of desegregation of APS 31 Aug 2009 talkupaps WABA has an occasional series that turns back the clock to look at pivotal moments in the city’s history. On Sunday, Atlanta’s public radio station looked at the desegregation of…
Students Bahamian choir helps B.E.ST. Academy start school on the right note 31 Aug 2009 talkupaps B.E.S.T. Academy is already off to an exciting start this year, what with a new building and new principal. But the all-male middle school also enjoyed an early-semester musical treat…
APS Staff Media Media specialists become media-center savvy at annual kickoff 31 Aug 2009 talkupaps APS media specialists shared information and learned about new instructional resources in an annual Media Specialist Kickoff at the Salvation Army Kroc Center on Aug. 20. The Kroc Center is…
Community partners APS supports National Preparedness Month with GEMA and Ready Georgia 31 Aug 2009 talkupaps Ready Georgia is a statewide campaign supported by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) aimed at motivating Georgians to take action to prepare for a disaster. GEMA is the state…
Teachers ‘How I Spent My Summer’: Angela Nelson 31 Aug 2009 talkupaps We continue our series of stories from teachers who spent their summer using their Atlanta Fund for Teachers grant. Next up: Angela Nelson, an ESOL teacher at Garden Hills Elementary.…
Students Maynard H. Jackson High student is finalist in business competition 28 Aug 2009 talkupaps You may recall Zicuria Ussery (above right), the student at Maynard H. Jackson High who won the APS district-wide 2009 Youth Entrepreneurs Atlanta (YEA) Business Plan Competition with a blueprint…
APS Staff Parents Students APS joins campaign for parents to ‘Be There’ for students 28 Aug 2009 talkupaps On Thursday, Atlanta Public Schools became one of 14 metro Atlanta school districts to unite with state leaders for the Be There campaign. This national program reinforces the idea that…
Teachers ‘How I Spent My Summer’: Sydney Butler 28 Aug 2009 talkupaps We continue our focus on teachers and how they spent their summer with yet another winner of the Atlanta Fund for Teachers grant, Sydney Butler (above right) of Alonzo A.…
Community partners Students Former prosecutor to speak at Grady High on crime 28 Aug 2009 talkupaps On Sept. 14, former prosecutor and author J. Tom Morgan will speak to students at Grady High School on how to avoid a life of crime, and how to avoid…
