[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] Some photos you just have to share because they’re so fun, and that’s definitely the case with Burgess-Peterson Academy Principal Robin Robbins. Here we have her sharing images of her reading a little Dr. Seuss — I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! — to kindergarten through second-graders in celebration of Dr. […]
Last week we shared a letter from education reformer Kati Haycock of The Education Trust who urged caution when considering the results of the recent report on CRCT answer-sheet erasures. This week brings another interesting article, from Karin Chenoweth, Education Trust senior writer and author of How It’s Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools. Writing for the Encyclopedia […]
There’s a great report on the WXIA (11Alive) Web site about how community partners and their private funding play such a crucial role in supporting Atlanta Public Schools. In this case, the report cites the incredible back-up provided to maintain the soccer field and field house and concession stands at E. Rivers Elementary — an […]
Due to inclement weather, APS has canceled all extracurricular and sports events, including all evening classes at Crim Evening School and other schools. The district Web site contains specific information on the status of APS schools, especially during conditions and events that potentially impact normal operations. Afterschool programs are NOT canceled.
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] As part of its annual Black History Month program, Humphries Elementary School received a bit of good news when Principal Donald Clark announced a partnership with MVG Consulting Group, LLC. The group participated in last fall’s popular Principal for a Day program at the school in which community partners follow a principal […]
On Jan, 19, Beecher Hills Elementary kindergarten teachers Linda Smith and Tonette Little challenged the fellow teachers, staff, students and the surrounding community to help raise $1,000 through a “Coins for Haitians” initiative. By the end of January, Beecher Hills had raised more than $1,300! This is not the end of the school’s efforts, though; Each month […]