Since January, Harper-Archer Middle School’s eighth-graders have been working hard to improve their writing abilities and prepare for a school essay competition. Verna P. Colson, the school’s writing coach, made sure each received a thrilling compensation. Teams A, B, and C competed in the essay contest with three students from Team A — Marvin Nash, […]
On Feb. 9, students from all APS elementary schools were invited to a chess tournament held at Humphries Elementary School. However, the traveling trophy is still at the host school because the Humphries chess team used determination, skill and their principal’s advice to achieve a victory. The trophy will be up for grabs again in March […]
Come support your favorite middle school on Feb. 20 at the APS middle school basketball championships being held at Douglass High School. (The game has been moved from Saturday due to anticipated inclement weather.) This APS version of the middle school Final Four will tip off at 10 a.m. with the girls semifinal matchup between […]
Carver’s School of the Arts allows students to pursue various avenues ranging from drama to music technology. As a result, they were recently featured on CBS News’ “Cool Schools” series, which highlighted work from the drama, music technology, dance, band and the choir departments. After-school programs available to all Carver students were also filmed. Check […]
King Middle School has a personal connection with the situation that has taken place in Haiti — eighth-grade team leader and physical science teacher Patricia Dunac is a native of Port Au Prince. In fact, her mother was home visiting family when the earthquake took place last month, and Ms. Dunac went days without knowing […]
Atlanta Public Schools has launched an investigation into the findings of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s analysis of Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) answer sheets for the 2008-2009 school year, which indicate that a large number of district schools experienced a high frequency of erasures in comparison with other school districts around the state. APS […]
This is your invitation to get the latest news and information on Atlanta Public Schools’ achievements and initiatives at the next Superintendent’s Fireside Chat for SRT-2. The event is hosted by Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall and will take place Tuesday, Feb. 23, beginning at 7 p.m. at John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School. The school […]
Parkside Elementary is known for giving and supporting, but this year, they have gone all out!. Gregory Coleman, a third-grade teacher and winner of an Atlanta Families’ Award, along with his student teacher, Ms. Walker, came up with the idea of supporting the victims of the Haiti earthquake. After sharing it with Armelia Braddy, the cheerleader sponsor, […]
This year APS high school students will read the classic Zora Neale Hurston novel Their Eyes Were Watching God as part of the annual “The Big Read,” an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture. In partnership with Public Broadcasting Atlanta, the […]
The noted author Milton Davis met with Towns Elementary School fifth-graders on Feb. 5 in conjunction in honor of Black History Month. Mr. Davis read a selection from Meji, a fantasy adventure series inspired by his research in African history and culture. He told the students that by writing adventures set in an imaginary Africa, he […]