[gallery link=”file”] (UPDATE: APS’ Scott King talks with parents at the High Schools Showcase. Listen here.) Natasha Radford (pictured above, bottom row/middle) is an eighth-grader at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy. She moved diligently with the rest of her classmates from an orientation session in a conference room on the Atlanta Metropolitan College campus […]
Fifty-eight Atlanta Public Schools were named 2009 Georgia Title I Distinguished Schools by Georgia State Superintendent Kathy Cox during the State Board of Education Meeting on Wednesday. Title I Distinguished Schools recognized for achieving adequate yearly progress (AYP) for three consecutive years are awarded a certificate, while those making AYP four or more years receive […]
We continue our look at the APS middle school football championship game today at 5:30 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium between Harper-Archer and Parks with a look at the Parks team, courtesy head coach Attica Landers: What has been the key to your team’s success? The key to my football team’s success are a number of […]
The APS middle school football season’s championship game between Harper-Archer and Parks was rained out last Saturday, and has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Lakewood Stadium. The game features two undefeated teams, with both sporting 6-0 records. Both teams also sport high-scoring offenses with stifling defenses; Harper-Archer has registered three shutouts, while Parks has posted four. […]
APS offers its annual High Schools Showcase today (Thursday) and Friday at Atlanta Metropolitan College. (Directions here.) The showcase offers tips for incoming freshmen, such as setting goals, understanding graduation requirements, developing study habits; extra-curricular options and volunteer requirements that will bolster their high school transcripts for prospective colleges; and financial-aid opportunities like the HOPE scholarship. Information […]
[gallery link=”file”] APS’ School Reform Team 4 held its inaugural Parent Center Open House and Fall Festival on Oct. 23, 2009. The event was held at the SRT-4 office at Harper-Archer Middle. SRT-4 showcased its newly renovated parent center, located at the SRT office, and exposed parents to all of the resources available for them […]
Did you know that Oct. 23-31 was National Red Ribbon Week? Each year, millions of students across the country don red ribbons to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. To underscore that message, the counseling department at Parks Middle School joined with the Communities in Schools program and the West End Medical Center to help students […]
UPDATE: Vincent Martinez has passed along the amazing news that Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has offered to host Grady’s annual “Doggies on the Catwalk” event, in GPB’s Midtown studios, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. On top of that, GPB plans to feature the Grady fashion program’s top designers in an hour-long documentary leading […]
Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education are excited to announce this year’s batch of quarterfinalists for the awards, which will be announced this winter. It’s considered the “Oscars” of APS. Fifty-six APS teachers and principals were chosen as quarterfinalists out of 111 applicants. Those applicants are selected based on […]
LaToria Dixon, a senior at APS’ Frederick Douglass High School, has been selected to serve on State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox’s 2009-2010 Student Advisory Council. The council meets three times throughout the school year to advise Superintendent Cox on how state policies impact the classroom. Council members also meet to discuss education-related issues and […]