Sutton Middle School kicked off its No Place For Hate Campaign with a school-wide assembly on Friday. No Place For Hate is an initiative of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) offered free to schools and designed to rally the entire school around the goal of stopping all forms of bias and bullying. The event was hosted […]
Our “How I Spent My Summer” series follows the experiences of teachers who were awarded the Fund for Teachers grant through the Atlanta Education Fund. Next up: Last year’s APS Teacher of the Year Charon Kirkland (pictured above) of Carter G. Woodson Elementary and her team member, Scott Elementary‘s Lorrae Walker. The pair traveled to […]
Thirty-four Atlanta Public Schools (APS) elementary and middle schools were recognized for their academic achievement and improved performance on state standardized tests by the second annual State Superintendent Distinguished Achievement Awards program. The same number of APS schools were recognized last year as winners of the inaugural Distinguished Achievement Awards. District schools earned awards in […]
Business and civic leaders joined Atlanta Public Schools principals today at the Omni Hotel during a kickoff breakfast for this year’s Principal For A Day (PFAD) event, a 10-year partnership between APS and the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Merrill Lynch co-sponsored the event with The Atlanta Partners for Education, an organization formed as a joint effort […]
Students at Charles L. Gideons Elementary School will receive a special delivery on Friday morning, courtesy of Assistance League of Atlanta. The all-volunteer organization will provide enough new pants, polo shirts, jackets and belts to keep 125 students in style. Earlier this month, the organization also donated school clothes, hygiene kits and shoe vouchers for […]
Atlanta will soon be home to the College Football Hall of Fame, according to an article in the AJC. Scheduled to open in 2012, officials hope the venue will be located near Centennial Olympic Park and draw from various tourist attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium and The World of Coca-Cola. The $50 million facility […]
B.E.S.T. Academy eighth-grade history teacher Patia Odom-Mitchell was honored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s metro Atlanta Chapter as an “Unsung Heroine” during their 13th annual luncheon on September 18. She is the founder of Dreams, a mentoring program that provides cultural outings and volunteer opportunities from middle school to students’ junior year […]
Congratulations to Morris Brandon Elementary, which has been selected by the Georgia Department of Transportation as the “banner” school for International Walk to School Day on October 7. The annual event promotes students taking safe routes to school. Brandon has celebrated this event for several years, says Principal Karen M. Evans, who adds that the […]
We continue our series “How I Spent My Summer” looking at how APS teachers used their Atlanta Education Fund’s Fund for Teachers grant. Next up: Grady High School Latin teacher Amy Leonard, who did “Roman Holiday” one better with a heckuva learning experience in Italy. Ms. Leonard describes her story after the jump …
Atlanta Public Schools has reopened its doors today, as metro Atlanta deals the the aftermath of massive flooding that caused an estimated $250 million in damage. The district decided to close schools after discovering flooding along bus routes, joining Carroll, Cobb, Douglass, Dekalb, Fulton and other districts. Currently, all school activities are scheduled to resume, […]