10 Mar 2010 – APS Today

Program for Exceptional Children’s Wolfpack plays for state wheelchair hoops title Friday

talkupaps10 Mar 20100

[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”rand”] The Atlanta Wolfpack has qualified to compete in the AAASP State Wheelchair Basketball Championship at noon Friday (March 12) at the Gwinnett Arena (6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, 30096). The championship game will be held in conjunction with the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Basketball Championship. The game will be taped and broadcast by […]

In the next Atlanta Educator: Check, mate

talkupaps10 Mar 20100

Chess is a game steeped in tradition, concentration and strategy. Yet, despite its ancient roots and stark simplicity compared to video games, more and more young people throughout Atlanta Public Schools are jumping on board. Chess clubs are thriving at Fain, Dobbs, West Manor, Usher-Collier Heights, Humphries and M. Agnes Jones elementary schools, spurred by […]

Whitefoord Elementary receives national recognition as a top-performing urban school

talkupaps10 Mar 20100

Whitefoord Elementary is one of only 13 schools in the country to receive the 2010 National Excellence in Urban Education Award from San Diego State University’s National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST). To be eligible for this recognition, schools must have a large percentage of students who qualify for the federal free and reduced meals […]