By now, most everyone in the APS community is familiar with the announcement this week of the 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships, with APS leading the nation in the number of scholarships received at 29. And as some may have noticed in this moving account inside Thursday’s article in the AJC, one student in particular stands […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] College-bound APS seniors got their moment in the sun Thursday during the fourth-annual Project GRAD-Atlanta College Signing Day. During the ceremony, parents and college representatives watch as each student signs on the dotted line at the school they will attend in the fall. Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) provides activities […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] GE Vice Chairman John Rice spent the morning at Toomer Elementary School with Caitlin Hickey‘s kindergarten class learning all about the ritual of their daily morning meeting and listening to them count in Mandarin to showcase Toomer’s participation in the Confucius Institute. “I feel so glad that I finally got a chance to meet you,” […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: For more images, visit photo gallery here. Coan Middle School built on the momentum started last summer with an Edgewood community learning garden with the unveiling of an edible garden in the back of the school’s campus. (See photos of the Edgewood community garden here.) Thanks to a partnership with the […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] More than 250 volunteers came together with teachers, staff and students on Wednesday to help Slater Elementary School fulfill a six-year dream by installing a playground, thanks to an ongoing partnership with KaBOOM! and Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA). But the renovations didn’t stop there. Volunteers also added an outdoor classroom, picnic tables, […]
APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall was recently recognized for her outstanding efforts to change the face of urban school communities. (Check out the Associated Press article here, as published in the AJC). Dr. Hall became the first K-12 school administrator to be awarded nationally by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). On May 2, she will receive […]
Cook Elementary School is celebrating its 2nd Annual Poetry Cafe at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 29, in the school auditorium. Since the school’s students have been focusing on poetry as a literary device in SFA, and because April is National Poetry Month, teachers thought it would be befitting to pay homage to legendary poets, as […]
That’s right: May 3-7 is National Teacher Appreciation Week. (We always thought every week should be National Teacher Appreciation Week, but we digress.) This gives us an opportunity to recognize those educators who are in the trenches, every day (and many nights and weekends) dedicating themselves to preparing out students for graduation, college and life in […]
Congratulations to Parkside Elementary’s Teacher of the Year, Ronnie Thomas, who recently earned a scholarship to attend the 2010 Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy (HE@SA) program this June. Here’s his own take on this experience … “I was reminded while attending the High Museum Leonardo Da Vinci Math and Science Professional Development that minorities and […]
Heritage Academy’s multi-purpose room was abuzz April 16 with more than 50 dedicated and committed community men, and 38 enthusiastic and energetic fifth-grade boys reading to each other for the first annual “Driven to Read: 5th Grade Boys-Male Read-IN.” The event was planned exclusively for fifth-grade boys, but due to an overwhelming response from the […]