Two APS elementary schools welcomed a large group of Division I NCAA athletes over the past weekend, which included building teamwork skills with students and helping build gardens on school grounds. Over at Mary Lin, third-grade teacher Lindsay Wyczalkowski helped bring in the group, which divided up into teams and completed an array of projects to […]
While Atlanta Public Schools held its 10th annual Principal for a Day event on Tuesday, it was the first ever for its newest school, Springdale Park Elementary. The Druid Hills school welcomed District 6 Atlanta City Council member Anne Fauver, as well as Sue Wasserman, public relations manager for Heery International, and Hossein Akhtarkhavari, district manager for […]
UPDATE: Hilaire Anelone photo gallery here. Atlanta Public Schools is proud to announce its Teacher of the Year, Hilaire Anelone of Maynard H. Jackson High. (Mr. Anelone also represents Jackson as the High School Teacher of the Year). Born and raised in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Anelone came to the United States to complete an engineering […]
Out of more than 500 art and writing samples, Booker T. Washington High School became the recipient of two honors from a recent essay contest. The former recognizes Kamalia Blunt and Rosa Cromartie as the first- and second-place winners, respectively, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Essay Contest. The latter acknowledges Washington High as having […]
Congratulations are in order for the Sutton Middle School boys soccer team, which captured the city championship last week in winning the Metro Atlanta Athletics Conference. Head coach Jacob Bland, who also is the head coach of the the North Atlanta High boys varsity team, was extremely proud of a team that finished the season with […]
We’re not exactly restaurant critics over here, but we know a great APS parent when we see one, so we couldn’t more thrilled to learn that E. Rivers Elementary parent/supporter and rock-star chef Linton Hopkins had his Restaurant Eugene named the AJC‘s 2009 Restaurant of the Year. (Guess they’d seen enough after 10 months.) Hopkins […]