Alumni Athletics Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Facilities High Schools Schools Students Teachers Grove Park Elementary gets helping hand from C.J. Stewart and his ‘Ambassadors’ 30 Jul 2010 talkupaps Former Chicago Cubs baseball player C.J. Stewart never forgets his roots — and we’re talking roots that go all the way back to elementary school. Stewart brought the “Ambassadors” players…
APS Staff Events Facilities High Schools Program for Exceptional Children Schools Teachers Save the date: Program for Exceptional Children system-wide teachers’ meeting, Aug. 4-5 29 Jul 2010 talkupaps Next week the Program for Exceptional (PEC) children will hold a system-wide teachers’ meeting at Douglass High School (map). Titled “Pathways to Change,” the meeting will be held from 8…
APS Staff Curriculum Effective Teacher in Every Classroom Elementary Schools Events High Schools Middle Schools Professional Development Teachers Scenes from APS’ New Teacher Orientation 29 Jul 2010 talkupaps APS’ annual New Teacher Orientation, held Thursday and Friday at Long Middle School, offers an opportunity for newly hired teachers to learn about system policies, procedures and current district initiatives.…
APS Today Media Students Deonte Bridges, YouTube sensation 27 Jul 2010 talkupaps It seemed like a simple enough idea: Take Deonte Bridges‘ moving valedictorian speech at the Booker T. Washington graduation ceremony that had been recorded by our Learning Technologies staff and…
Schools University Community Academy scores $1 million grant 26 Jul 2010 talkupaps University Community Academy, a charter school within APS, earned a $1 million grant for afterschool care, the AJC reported Monday. The grant will be spread out over three years to…
APS Staff Events High School Transformation High Schools Jumpstart to Success Summer Academy informs incoming APS ninth-graders to high school 26 Jul 2010 talkupaps Incoming APS ninth-grade students were provided a weeklong preview of high school life during the district’s Jumpstart to Success Summer Academy held last week at all APS high schools. The…
Community partners Curriculum Events High Schools Schools Student honors Students Teachers Grady High students state their case in speech and debate competition 26 Jul 2010 talkupaps Once again Grady High has found its voice in speech and debate competition, scoring highly in last month’s National Forensics League championships. Rising senior Taylor Walker placed third in Poetry…
APS Staff Communications Community partners Events Facilities Media Principals Professional Development A video look at the Principals’ Academy 23 Jul 2010 talkupaps Here’s a great video from our coverage of Principals’ Academy held Thursday at Douglass High School. (Check out the blog post below.) Kudos to our intern, Lyntoria Newton, who serves…
APS Staff Elementary Schools Health & Wellness Nutrition Schools Students Teachers An apple a day keeps the doctor away at Burgess-Peterson Academy 23 Jul 2010 talkupaps Do you remember hearing your parents and grandparents telling you the little folklore, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well, we all know how important fresh fruits and…
Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Health & Wellness Nutrition Schools Teachers There’s not one but two HealthMPowers honorees at APS! 22 Jul 2010 talkupaps About a month ago we noted how Parkside Elementary teacher Armelia Braddy and “two other physical educators” as three Georgia P.E. teachers were honored by HealthMPowers for promoting healthy behaviors…
