[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKa-NCysz_k%5D 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 from his LEAD2Legacy foundation to his old stomping grounds at Grove Park Elementary to help teachers prepare for Day One APS (Aug. 9). […]
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 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4 and Thursday, Aug. 5. The first day will include SRT-1 and SRT-2 PEC teachers, paraprofessionals and middle-school teachers […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] 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. Teachers are engaging in hands-on professional learning that will increase their skill set and further prepare them for the classroom. Some of the trainings will […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IyAdMhXkt0%5D 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 put it up on our newly opened YouTube channel. Well, next thing you know, Bridges’ speech went viral, currently surging past 60,000 page […]
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 manage child care before and after school at the Learning Village, according to Georgia Department of Education spokesman Matt Cardoza. The funding for the final […]
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 students attended orientation classes that detailed the district’s themed small learning communities that are associated with all APS high schools. The purpose of the program is to […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] 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 Interpretation. The policy team of Michael Barlow and Holden Choi placed in the top 20, and the Lincoln-Douglas debater, Lucas Bailey, placed […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neuyVgPrGAQ%5D 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 as the executive producer of this video in collaboration with our media production team of Scott King and Armon Moore.
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 vegetables are to our diet and also for our health. The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 authorized funds for a program that offers free fruits […]
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 and environments. Which is all very well and good except we didn’t add that one of the other two teachers, Julie Chartier, was also from APS! […]