[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HOupyITkOk%5D Update: Check out the photo gallery here. Dunbar Elementary students celebrated the end of the school year with a little face painting, potato sack racing and the electric slide during Field Day on Tuesday. More than 35 parents also lent their support, donning Dunbar T-shirts and corralling excited students between events. “I can’t […]
Morningside Elementary first-grade teacher Leigh Ann Bliss become the only APS teacher to be named one of 70 winners of RBC Bank‘s Tribute to Teachers Award. The award, which was given out after screening 700 applicants, is earned “[t]hrough their tireless dedication, exemplary leadership, and outstanding performance, they truly accomplish giant things — for our students, our […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] When Judith Costello, academic relations officer for the Atlanta Canadian Consulate General, made a classroom visit recently, Parks Middle School students were. “Canada has 10 provinces and three territories!” said a sixth-grade student when prompted. That student is among a group of 15 Parks’ students that were visited by Costello; the […]
UPDATE: Check out this cool AJC photo gallery. Burgess-Peterson Academy students attended the dedication of Atlanta Fire Station 13 located in East Atlanta Village at 431 Flat Shoals Ave. They were greeted by Mayor Kasim Reed and Interim Fire Chief Joel Baker (pictured). The students toured the new building and learned it is 9,775 square feet, has […]
Orchestra teachers throughout APS hosted the second annual String Fling on Thursday (May 13) at Grady High. This event was an excellent performance opportunity for all of the district’s orchestra students to celebrate their talent and play in a large ensemble comprised of elementary, middle and high schools. About 200 students performed, according to Erik […]