Community partners Health & Wellness Media Nutrition Schools Students Teachers Whitefoord Elementary students get screen time with HGTV in community garden 12 Oct 2009 talkupaps WSB-TV filmed Whitefoord Elementary students working in the Edgewood Community Learning Garden on Sept. 28. This taping, featuring Joe Washington from HGTV, will be used as a public service announcement…
APS Staff Atlanta Board of Education Atlanta Board of Education wins CUBE award! 10 Oct 2009 talkupaps The National School Boards Association’s Council of Urban School Boards of Education (CUBE) has awarded the Annual 2009 Award for Urban School Board Excellence to the Atlanta Board of Education.…
Arts & Literature Community partners Media Schools Teachers More images from Garden Hills’ Jumpstart Read for the Record 9 Oct 2009 talkupaps The folks at Garden Hills Elementary were kind enough to take lots of fun pictures from yesterday’s Jumpstart Read for the Record event, in which students were read The Very…
Uncategorized B.E.S.T. Academy holds monthly Meeting of the Minds 9 Oct 2009 talkupaps We were out at B.E.S.T. Academy hoping to interview some students and sat in on the monthly Meeting of the Minds assembly, in which students are recognized for various achievements.…
Arts & Literature Community partners Curriculum Events Parents Schools Students Teachers Uncategorized Finch, Garden Hills, Towns and Venetian Hills elementary schools participate in Jumpstart Read for the Record 8 Oct 2009 talkupaps Students from around Atlanta Public Schools took part in Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record event, with Garden Hills and Towns elementary schools each hosting their own event and Finch…
Community partners Curriculum Events Media Jumpstart’s Read for the Record will be all over APS on Thursday 7 Oct 2009 talkupaps On Thursday, Jumpstart‘s Read for the Record will be a major part of Atlanta Public Schools’ day. There’s the major event planned at the Hyatt Regency (265 Peachtree St. NE,…
Community partners Community Service Curriculum Health & Wellness Nutrition Parents Principals Schools Students Teachers Uncategorized Morningside Elementary gets into some green acres 7 Oct 2009 talkupaps This just in, courtesy Morningside Elementary Instructional Specialist Kori Sanchez, who shared with us this video on the Atlanta-based Mother Nature Network of recent garden work at the school. The…
Community partners Curriculum Events Schools Students F.L. Stanton Elementary gets a ticket to ride … the BioBus 7 Oct 2009 talkupaps Frank L. Stanton Elementary fourth-graders will receive a valuable environment lesson when they hop on Georgia State University’s BioBus on Thursday morning in the school parking lot. Students will learn…
Community partners Schools Teachers Two APS teachers get surprise visits from OfficeMax 7 Oct 2009 talkupaps Two teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools system got the most pleasant surprise of the new school year on Tuesday when OfficeMax provided each with $1,000 worth of supplies for…
APS Staff Athletics Program for Exceptional Children APS Special Olympics master softball team wins state championship! 7 Oct 2009 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools’ Special Olympics master’s level softball team brought home gold medals by winning the state championship held Oct. 2-4 in Statesboro. After a grueling three-day competition, the team…
