Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools High Schools Music Performing Arts Schools Teachers Uncategorized APS educators raise their voices in chorus for Atlanta Opera production of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 28 Feb 2011 talkupaps We couldn’t be prouder of Miles and Adamsville elementary chorus teacher Letricia Henson and Douglass High choral director Ben Polite, who currently are performing in the chorus for the Atlanta…
Curriculum Elementary Schools Performing Arts Schools Students Teachers Miles Elementary celebrates Black History Month 25 Feb 2011 talkupaps L.P. Miles Elementary celebrated Black History Month with its annual program Friday. Parents and community members were delighted by the talent of the participating classes. After a rousing welcome by…
Curriculum Elementary Schools NAEP Science Students APS fourth-graders score on par with students in other urban districts on national science exam 25 Feb 2011 talkupaps APS fourth-grade students scored on a par with their counterparts in other large urban school districts across the nation in the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)…
Community partners Curriculum Media Middle Schools Music Performing Arts Schools Students Teachers Young Middle welcomes Little Kids Rock — and rocks 24 Feb 2011 talkupaps Big thanks to Young Middle orchestra director Erik Herndon for pointing out this article in today’s AJC, in which singer-songwriter Joshua Radin of the popular Little Kids Rock organization visited…
Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Health & Wellness High Schools Middle Schools Schools Science Students Teachers Uncategorized Bunche Middle students learn how to ‘Be Water Wise’ from Atlanta Watershed Department 23 Feb 2011 talkupaps Representatives from the City of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management, Office of Water Efficiency taught Ralph J. Bunche Middle School sixth-graders how to conserve water and explore careers in environmental…
Atlanta Partners for Education Community partners Elementary Schools Principals Schools Georgia-Pacific honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by donating school supplies to APS elementary schools 23 Feb 2011 talkupaps This just in from our good friends over at Georgia-Pacific: Each year, continued cuts in education budgets have forced teachers to spend hundreds of their own dollars just to keep…
Athletics Community partners High Schools Media Schools Student honors Students Teachers North Atlanta High senior honored by the National Football Foundation and Chick-fil-A Bowl 23 Feb 2011 talkupaps APS Director of Athletics Jeff Beggs was excited to share this press release with us: The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF), in partnership with the Chick-fil-A…
Arts & Literature Middle Schools Principals Schools Students Long Middle School celebrates African art for Black History Month 23 Feb 2011 talkupaps Long Middle annually holds an art exhibit in celebration of Black History Month. Under the guidance of Principal Dr. Elizabeth Harris, students get a chance to see a range of…
Athletics Community partners Community Service Health & Wellness Schools Students Teachers Washington Early College gets an assist from Atlanta Hawk Damien Wilkins 22 Feb 2011 talkupaps Big thanks to Washington High’s Early College for sharing information about the 5-Alive Program presented by D.Y.N.A.2M.I.C. Foundation, Inc., led by president and founder Shena Locke and Atlanta Hawk Damien…
Athletics Health & Wellness Media Centers Middle Schools Physical Education School Honors Student honors Students Teachers Harper-Archer Middle girls’ basketball team wins APS Middle School title 22 Feb 2011 talkupaps The Harper-Archer Middle School girls basketball team does it again. The Lady Jaguars defeated the Young Middle Wolves for the APS Middle School Championship. The Lady Jaguars had an undefeated…
