[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] A trip around the world in one stop? The Garden Hills International Festival held on Saturday, Nov. 21, is a wonderful community tradition. It celebrates the special and unique cultural diversity at the school that,through the years, has served students from well over 100 countries. This year’s event, organized by GHES parent […]
As we come together to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, it is my sincere wish that each and every one of you will be able to spend quality time with your family and friends during this period. I appreciate all that you do for our students throughout the year. Now is the time to relax and […]
This year’s Center for Learning and Leadership’s Holiday Can-A-Thon campaign netted more than 4,000 cans of nonperishable food items for local needy individuals and families. The food, which was donated by APS employees assigned to the CLL building, was delivered to the Atlanta Community Food Bank on Tuesday afternoon for distribution to those in need over […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School continues its commitment to improving teaching and learning. Just recently, State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox announced the winners of the second annual Superintendent’s Distinguished Achievement Awards. These awards honor schools for high achievement and the greatest improvement on state curriculum tests. “We are honoring schools that showed the greatest improvement […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] Once again, Morningside Elementary hosted the annual One Academic Fair, on Tuesday. The “One Fair,” as it is called, encourages students to extend their understanding of high-interest concepts by completing a formal project. Kindergarten-through-second grade students have the process modeled for them with the completion of classroom projects. Upper-grade students (third […]
More than 300 parents, community members and APS employees packed the gymnasium of Inman Middle School on Monday to hear Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall’s report on SRT-3 schools. Atlanta Board of Education members Emmett D. Johnson, Cecily Harsch-Kinnane (vice chair), Brenda Muhammad and Mark Riley were present. The superintendent talked about the district’s work […]
Beginning Thursday, Nov. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 29, all APS administrative offices and facilities will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Our offices and facilities will reopen and classes will resume on Monday, Nov. 30. For information about Atlanta Public Schools, please visit our Web site at http://www.atlantapublicschools.us.
The Student Wellness Ambassadors (SWA) from Burgess-Peterson Academy excitedly greeted the visitors from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity on Nov. 17 as they entered the school. The visitors were in town to attend their annual convention and signed up for a tour of a local school that including gardening in […]