Community Service Performing Arts Schools North Atlanta High School marching band rocks the Little Five Points Halloween Parade 18 Oct 2009 talkupaps The annual Little Five Points Halloween Parade always seems to give Atlantans a nice head’s up that the ghoulish holiday is coming. And the freaks and geeks to lined Euclid…
Athletics Media Schools Atlanta Public Schools hosts first annual Domecoming Football Classic 16 Oct 2009 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools (APS) presents its first-annual Domecoming Football Classic Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Georgia Dome. The first game starts at 11 a.m. with Grady vs. St. Pius, followed…
Curriculum School Honors Students Teachers Uncategorized Meet the 2009 APS Elementary School Teacher of the Year: Rachel Willis 16 Oct 2009 talkupaps We continue our look at the APS Teachers of the Year with a mini-profile of the Elementary School Teacher of the Year, Morningside Elementary‘s Rachel Willis. Rachel Willis is a…
Parents Schools Father knows best this morning at Burgess-Peterson Academy 16 Oct 2009 talkupaps This morning, Burgess-Peterson Academy‘s pre-kindergarten students had a wonderful time engaging in a festive fall activity. About 20 fathers came out to carve and decorate pumpkins with the pre-K classes.…
Community partners Community Service Schools King Middle School gets quality service that cuts straight to the Corps 15 Oct 2009 talkupaps Georgia AmeriCorps and Georgia Recovery Corps members from all over the state met at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School on Saturday, Oct. 10 to kick off their 2009-2010 service…
Community partners Community Service Schools Students Teachers Catching up with … CSKYWLA 14 Oct 2009 talkupaps As we gear up for the next issue of The Atlanta Educator (download out the summer issue here), we touch base with a School Reform Team each issue to find…
Curriculum Students Georgia students show significant improvement on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 14 Oct 2009 talkupaps Georgia is one of just 15 states to show significant improvement in eighth-grade mathematics, according to national test results released today. The information came in a press release from the…
Atlanta Board of Education Community partners Media Atlanta Board of Education wins prestigious award: AJC 14 Oct 2009 talkupaps The AJC had a nice article on the Atlanta Board of Education’s winning the CUBE award for board governance in today’s print edition, but not online. Here’s the complete text:…
Curriculum Dr. Hall Events Principals School Honors Schools Students APS salutes school achievements with Convocation 2009 13 Oct 2009 talkupaps UPDATE: Check out photo gallery here. The Atlanta Public Schools celebrated elementary, middle and high schools that achieved at least 70 percent of their performance targets today during the APS…
APS Staff Community partners Curriculum Health & Wellness Media Nutrition Schools APS battles obesity in the schools: AJC 13 Oct 2009 talkupaps There’s a great story in the AJC today by Gracie Bonds Staples about how local school systems (including APS) are fighting obesity with innovative strategies. The story includes one of…
