Thanks to a dedicated media specialist and a great partnership, Adamsville Elementary enjoyed a return engagement with noted children’s book author Ashley Bryan in an appearance this week at the school. Bryan is author and illustrator of such respected works as Beautiful Blackbird, which earned the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. He read to a group of […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] In the first public-private partnership of its kind in metro Atlanta, APS celebrated the grand opening (photos) of an Early Learning and Literacy Resource Center (ELLRC) housed at Dunbar Elementary. Funded by partners such as the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation and the Atlanta Housing Authority, the […]
APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall was elected chair-elect of the board of the Washington, D.C.-based Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) during the group’s meeting on March 21. The national policy and research organization is a coalition of 66 of the nation’s largest urban public school systems. The 132-member board is composed of […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] WSB-TV news anchor Monica Pearson has some fierce competition waiting in the wings. Dunbar Elementary fifth-grader Angel Evans did a great job interviewing Patrick McCarthy, CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation today. (Check out the photos and click here for the interview.) McCarthy is in town to celebrate the grand […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Check out Scott King’s photo gallery here. Debate-team students representing all four of APS’ School Reform Teams squared off Wednesday at Communities in Schools Atlanta‘s First Annual Middle School Moot Court by presenting their oral arguments for a select issue that affects Georgia students. The competition featured presentations by Kennedy […]
In just under a month, students at Gideons Elementary School raised $1,800 to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Pennies for Patients” program. Gideons’ students in all grades donated their pennies and encouraged family, loved ones and friends to do the same. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society offers schoolchildren in more than 3,000 schools around the country […]
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Poet and spoken word artist Reed Dorty prepares to recite the poetry of Langston Hughes to W.L. Parks Middle School on a scheduled visit Friday, March 26. The Parks’ students have been preparing for Dorty’s visit by researching and studying […]
The Program of Exceptional Children (PEC) invites all Atlanta Public Schools’ PEC parents to attend a parent focus group. Parents/guardians are invited to participate by sharing their child’s experiences and their involvement in the program. The meeting will be facilitated by The Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, a network of special and general education leaders that […]
Registration for the APS Pre-Kindergarten Lottery will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Benjamin E. Mays High School and The New Schools at Carver. Weeknight registrations will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, and Thursday, April 22, at Inman Middle School. Another registration session will be […]
Project GRAD Atlanta will host the National College Access Network’s (NCAN) Southeast Regional Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on the campus of Atlanta Metropolitan College (AMC) on Wednesday (March 24). Project GRAD Atlanta is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure a quality public school education for Atlanta children from economically-disadvantaged communities so that they […]