APS Staff Facilities APS schools closed from Dec. 20-Jan. 4 for winter break; district-office staff off from Dec. 22-Jan. 2 21 Dec 2010 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools are closed from Dec. 20 to Jan. 4 for winter break. The last day of classes for schools on the APS traditional school calendar is Friday, Dec.…
APS Staff District honors Finance APS earns national financial reporting award 21 Dec 2010 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools won the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award reflects the commitment of APS and…
APS Staff Community partners Elementary Schools APS alum gives back to Thomasville Heights Elementary 21 Dec 2010 talkupaps Duane West, a motivational speaker and TV personality, has donated two bicycles to deserving students at Thomasville Heights Elementary. West, a former wrestler and football player, has made health and…
Community partners Elementary Schools Principals Professional Development Teachers Teachers Honors M.A. Jones Elementary teacher selected to attend Teach For All Global Workshop in Mumbai, India 20 Dec 2010 talkupaps Erica Franklin, a second-year Teach For America corps member and fifth-grade teacher at M. Agnes Jones Elementary, is one of six corps members nationwide who was chosen to participate and…
Middle School Transformation Middle Schools School Honors Coretta Scott King YWLA earns honorable mention in the 2011 High Flying Schools Award competition 20 Dec 2010 talkupaps We recently learned that Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) will receive an honorable mention at the 2011 High Flying Schools Award ceremony at the National Youth-At-Risk Conference,…
Arts & Literature Community partners Elementary Schools Reading Student honors Students Teachers Gideons Elementary student spells his way to success 20 Dec 2010 talkupaps Jamonté Kearse, a fifth-grader at Gideons Elementary (pictured above, middle), placed second in the Regional Spelling Legal Bee hosted by Michael B. King law firm on Dec. 18 at the…
APS Staff Athletics Community partners High Schools Program for Exceptional Children Schools Students Teachers Inside The Atlanta Educator: Adapted sports athletes 17 Dec 2010 talkupaps We continue our look at the features, profiles and images from the latest issue of of The Atlanta Educator with a look at the adapted sports athletes of Atlanta Public…
Arts & Literature Community partners Community Service CRCT Curriculum Elementary Schools Principals Reading Science Students Teachers Fickett Elementary is doubly gifted with holiday cheer from its partners 17 Dec 2010 talkupaps Due to a little scheduling snafu, Fickett Elementary got a double dose of holiday cheer on this, the last day of school for Atlanta Public Schools before the break —…
Arts & Literature Media Middle Schools Students The Atlanta Educator Inside The Atlanta Educator: Our talented student artists 17 Dec 2010 talkupaps What better way to show how creative and artistically inclined our Atlanta Public Schools students can be than by showing their work? Well, in the latest issue of The Atlanta…
Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Principals Schools Students Uncategorized Carter G. Woodson Elementary students get warm for winter, with a little help from their friends 16 Dec 2010 talkupaps With the temperatures dipping lower and sooner this winter, the Atlanta Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc., provided 139 warm coats to students at Carter G. Woodson Elementary. President Jean Cooper…
