Elementary Schools MLK Week “teach-ins” rescheduled for this week 31 Jan 2011 talkupaps MLK Week “teach-ins” around the district, originally scheduled for Jan. 10-14, have been rescheduled to this week. “These ‘teach-in’ lecturers will deliver Dr. King’s principles of non-violence to schoolchildren by…
APS Staff Athletics Events High Schools Schools Student honors Students Teachers APS basketball team earns runner-up honors at Special Olympics’ Indoor Winter Games 31 Jan 2011 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools’ Warriors basketball team earned second place and a silver medal during the recent Special Olympics’ State Indoor Winter Games in Marietta. With only seven players on the…
APS Staff Community partners Events High Schools Schools In School Mentoring program challenges Washington High students 31 Jan 2011 talkupaps Young men in the In School Mentoring program at Booker T. Washington High participated in an Gender Specific Empowerment Forum last week designed to challenge them to be their best…
Arts & Literature Community partners High Schools Media Students Grady High art student is driving force behind Atlanta Art Throwdown 2011 31 Jan 2011 talkupaps Is it Atlanta’s next great sporting event — or outstanding education? Judging from the response to the first-ever Atlanta Art Throwdown, the answer is both. Although the competition is serious,…
Athletics Community partners High Schools Media Schools Students APS student-athletes welcome Atlanta Braves for ‘Caravan’ stop at The New Schools at Carver 31 Jan 2011 talkupaps Several schools from APS were in the audience at The New Schools at Carver as players from the Atlanta Braves players fielded questions about life in the Major Leagues. Pitchers…
Dr. Hall Parents PTA Safety and Security Letter from APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall 28 Jan 2011 talkupaps From APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall: I’m asking for your help on a significant collaboration between our school district and Public Broadcasting Atlanta in order to increase public awareness…
APS Staff Dr. Hall Safety and Security APS honors school crossing guards, students’ ‘first line of defense’ 28 Jan 2011 talkupaps Describing them as “students’ first line of defense,” APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall paid tribute to the district’s school crossing guards at an awards ceremony held in the Brewer…
Academy Leaders Community partners Curriculum High School Transformation High Schools Performing Arts Schools Students Jasmine Guy offers career advice to students from North Atlanta High’s Center for the Arts 28 Jan 2011 talkupaps When Jasmine Guy spoke with students from North Atlanta High‘s Center for the Arts, she was on familiar ground in more ways than one. The Atlanta stage actress and director…
Community partners Events Facilities High Schools Schools Students Teachers Grady High’s Urban Couture fashion design students strut their stuff with ‘Doggies on the Catwalk’ 27 Jan 2011 talkupaps It came a week later than expected, but the Grady High gym was packed, the spotlights were streaming, the celebrities were preening and the dogs were barking as the “Doggies…
Community partners Parents Parents as Partners Academic Center Uncategorized Parent Action Day warms up the Capitol 26 Jan 2011 talkupaps About 100 parents, educators, students and legislators gathered for Parent Action Day on Wednesday morning in the South Atrium of the Capitol to emphasize the need for parental involvement in…
