Arts & Literature District honors Dr. Hall Middle Schools Students Uncategorized APS eighth-graders advance in state writing test 26 Apr 2010 talkupaps APS students improved their performance by five percentage points and closed the achievement gap between the district and students around the state on the 2010 Georgia Grade 8 Writing Assessment.…
Dr. Hall High Schools Schools Student honors Students APS wins most 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships in nation 23 Apr 2010 talkupaps UPDATE: Read more about South Atlanta High scholarship winner Alyssia Clore here. Twenty-nine Atlanta Public Schools students have been awarded 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships – more than any other school…
Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Environment Events High Schools Middle Schools Schools Students Trees Atlanta partners with APS for Earth Day and beyond 23 Apr 2010 talkupaps For Earth Day, schools joined in on Trees Atlanta’s BeltLine Arboretum Education Program to go green and make their schools greener in the process. Students in environmental clubs from Grady…
Arts & Literature Elementary Schools Students APS’ Gifted and Talented students show how to spend spring break 22 Apr 2010 talkupaps Guess how APS’ students in the Gifted and Talented program spent spring break? Twelve students and 12 adults toured Europe — Rome, Florence, Paris and London. (They’re pictured above in…
Community partners Events High Schools Student honors Students APS high school students dominate honors from Alpha Kappa Alpha 21 Apr 2010 talkupaps The Nu Lambda Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority has recently selected six out of eight honorees from Atlanta Public Schools at its 23rd Annual Pink Pearl Mother-Daughter Luncheon…
APS Staff District honors Facilities Finance APS Operations Officer Larry Hoskins receives national award 20 Apr 2010 talkupaps APS Deputy Superintendent of Operations Larry Hoskins received the Council of the Great City Schools’ (CGCS) Distinguished Service Award last week at the organization’s Chief Operating Officers Conference in Florida.…
Events High Schools Middle Schools APS continues 2010-11 pre-kindergarten lottery through April 24 20 Apr 2010 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools announced the details of its pre-kindergarten lottery that will determine the allocation of state-funded Pre-K positions. Registration for the APS Pre-Kindergarten Lottery will be held from 5…
Community partners CRCT Elementary Schools Burgess-Peterson Academy holds luau for CRCT ‘prep’ rally 20 Apr 2010 talkupaps In preparation for the CRCT, Burgess-Peterson Academy hosted a “school luau” for students who completed a Web-based instructional tool, Study Island, over the course of two months. This social event,…
Community partners Community Service Curriculum Middle Schools Schools Students Teachers Uncategorized Ritz-Carlton Buckhead rolls out blue carpet for Sutton Middle’s seventh-grade computer literacy class 20 Apr 2010 talkupaps The Ritz-Carlton of Buckhead launched a partnership with Sutton Middle School as a part of America’s Promise Alliance with former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Many of us know the…
Community partners Events Facilities Health & Wellness High Schools Uncategorized Driving safety demonstration at Douglass High set for Wednesday 20 Apr 2010 talkupaps Douglass High School will stage a dramatic reenactment of a traffic accident on Wednesday morning on the school’s football field to demonstrate for junior- and senior-class students the dangers associated…