Only 50 high school seniors have been recognized as 2010 Horatio Alger Georgia Scholars, but four of those students attend Atlanta Public Schools. Please congratulate Kamalia Blunt and Shaeroya Earls of Booker T. Washington High School, as well as LaToria Dixon and Amanda Harrison of Frederick Douglass High. Each student will receive a college scholarship […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] The APS Health Career Fair was held this week, co-hosted by the APS Department of Career Technology Education and Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta Metropolitan College and Fulton County Department of Health and Human Services. Presenters included representatives from the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, Planned Parenthood and the Diabetes Association of […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] As part of this year’s celebration of Black History Month, the Atlanta Hawks are honoring prominent African-American leaders during home games in February for their civic contributions, accomplishments and leadership. During Wednesday’s night game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall and her work to tranform the district were […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] Atlanta Falcons players William Moore and Lawrence Sidbury joined some of the Falcons cheerleaders for Coan Middle School’s Black History Month Celebration on Wednesday (Feb. 24), and APS’ Armon Moore was there to capture the moments including a Quiz Bowl hosted by the Falcons reps.
Forty-five APS students in grades 5-12 will be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals on March 11 for their performance in the APS One Academic Fair. Their math and science projects were culled from 200 entries submitted during an earlier event at North Atlanta High School. The One Academic Fair showcases quality instruction as part […]
For the third consecutive year, eighth-graders at Price Middle School participated in IBM E-Week (Engineers Week) activities (Feb. 14-20). E-Week was created to increase students’ awareness of engineering, math and science and how they influence their lives. IBM provided 10 volunteers to work with 42 students to create Puffmobiles. Each group was given three straws, […]
After years of discussing the possibility, Atlanta city officials were able to take advantage of Outward Bound Atlanta’s (OBA) executive leadership programs. On Feb. 19, 17 members of Atlanta’s City Council spent their afternoon engaged in an OBA leadership course designed to promote leadership, problem solving and trust. Thanks to the leadership of Council President […]
We here at Talk Up APS want to make sure that everyone is able to share all the good news that’s going on around the district with as many people as possible. Often times, we cut and paste links/URLs of certain blog posts into emails to friends and supporters. Have you? And have you ever […]
The Metro Atlanta Chamber has partnered with Price Middle School for the last 21 years, and one of their main areas of support is a tutoring program. During the first 19 years of the partnership, the Chamber provided tutoring in reading and language arts, but last year they also agreed to help tutor math. After working with the […]
Kudos to Grady High School students Jhari V. Ponder and Claire Buyens, who will present their work at the National Black Arts Festival’s Fine Art + Fashion event on Thursday (Feb. 25) at the AmericasMart’s Building 2 West Wing. The students, who work with UrbanCouture teacher Vincent Martinez, were interviewed on WSB-TV’s “People2People.” Here’s the video […]