The South Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., is partnering with Maynard H. Jackson High School’s Engineering Early College Academy by conducting its community service project “Earth Day 2010: Enthusiastically Safeguarding our Planet” from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, April 22. The school is located at 801 Glenwood Ave., Atlanta, 303016. This […]
Every now and then we stumble to not just one but a whole ton of news items about the great things happening around this district. For example, earlier this week we learned that current Sutton Middle School Teacher of the Year Julie Corey, had been selected as a “Class Act” by WXIA/11Alive and would filmed this […]
“Human Highlight Film” took on a whole new meaning Friday morning when Dominique Wilkins — the most celebrated Atlanta Hawks player of all time — served as the guest speaker at the second annual Calvin “Monk” Jones Lecture Series at The New Schools at Carver. Wilkins inspired the guests of honor — the 2010 […]
B.E.S.T. Academy will host “Making the Connection” on May 8. This is a conference in observance of the 2010 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Asthma and Stroke Awareness Month to educate and empower families and communities to utilize all resources to promote, protect and assure the health and well-being of the people of Fulton County. The conference, sponsored by […]
Visiting International Faculty (VIF) Program has an International Educator of the Year recognition program for its teachers, and was thrilled to announce that Ingrid Arriagada (pictured, above right), a Spanish teacher at Bolton Academy, has been selected as one of its five International Educators of the Year. Not every one of the states in which VIF […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG35PdJwecA%5D We’re excited to learn about a wonderful partnership between Project GRAD Atlanta and The New Schools at Carver and GivingPoint, a nonprofit based in nearby Roswell. The fine folks at GivingPoint shared this illuminating video clip (above) showing Carver students making a difference in their community. According to representative Ansley Colby, GivingPoint is a […]
We’re still making a push to encourage our APS community to set up their own Twitter accounts and follow one another on Twitter. (APS is @apsupdate). The biggest reason is you learn ALL KINDS of cool information as it’s disseminated practically in real time. Take, for instance, one of our fave APS nouveau tweeters at […]
APS announced the details of its pre-kindergarten lottery that will determine the allocation of state-funded Pre-K positions in Atlanta Public Schools. Registration for the APS Pre-kindergarten Lottery will be held from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, at Mays High School, 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Dr., SW, and The New Schools at Carver, 55 […]
Washington High School of Banking, Finance and Investment received a $5,000 contribution from banking partner BB&T on Monday, April 12. The partnership was established by APS Associate Superintendent for High Schools Randolph Bynum, BB&T Vice President Derold McIver and Principal Charcia Nichols. The donation will fund workshops on financial literacy, a Wall Street field trip for […]
This morning, more than 30 prospective pre-kindergarten and kindergarten parents and their children from the East Atlanta community attended Burgess-Peterson Academy’s first Pre-K and Kindergarten Roundup for the 2010-2011 school year. Principal Robin Robbins provided an overview of the school, followed by parent testimonials about Burgess-Peterson’s Pre-K program. The parents were then led on a tour […]