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 flavor of the games, which took place before and after sunset. Check out the images on the APS Media Gallery here. For all the scores, […]
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 Atlanta Public Schools on Aug. 30, 1961 — seven years after the historic U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. Check […]
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 on Aug. 21 in hosting the Grand Bahama Youth Choir. APS’ Media Manager Scott C. King was on hand to capture the moment. Check out his […]
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 a 53,500-square-foot arts, education, and recreation facility located in the Pittsburgh community of Atlanta, Ga. The Media Specialist Kickoff, headed by APS Media Coordinator Warren Goetzel […]
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 agency that is responsible for emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and special events. This campaign provides a local dimension to a broader national campaign, titled […]
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. Ms. Nelson traveled to Egypt and Jordan. Her goal, as she told the AJC‘s Gracie Bonds Staples: “I hope to bring back and share my […]
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 to open a smoothie cart in the school cafeteria. (See press release here.) Well, check out the latest, from the AJC‘s Gracie Bonds Staples … […]
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 parents can do little yet very important things to make a difference in their children’s lives every day. APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall joined […]
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. Crim Open Campus High School. The grant is sponsored by the Atlanta Education Fund. Ms. Butler traveled to Spain for an international conference on special […]
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 being a victim. Morgan is author of the book Ignorance Is No Defense: A Teenager’s Guide to Georgia Law. (Check out Morgan’s bio here.) Morgan […]